246-01: Intimate Partner Aggression, Conflict Resolution, and Child Social-Emotional Adjustment

An emerging and growing body of research has compellingly demonstrated the importance of the interparental or coparenting relationship for parent mental health and child social-emotional health. Now that the field has established the critical role that the coparenting relationship plays in family health, the next step is to better understand the mechanisms by which the relationship between parents influences child well-being and other aspects of family dynamics. This symposium draws on family systems theory to highlight three such studies. Conducted with three different samples, from different couples-based interventions, each study is intended to extend existing research on coparenting. Each contributes an importance piece to our increasing understanding of this complex family process. 

Objectives

- To describe interparental and parenting behaviors in three different samples of coparenting couples.
- To examine potential mechanisms by which the interparental relationship influences child well-being.
- To explore how findings about the interparental relationship can inform future intervention development.

Keywords: Actor–partner Interdependence Model (APIM), coparenting, parents / parenting

246-02: Coparenting, Parenting, and Infant Behavior Among Low-Income, African American Teen Parent Families

An emerging and growing body of research has compellingly demonstrated the importance of the interparental or coparenting relationship for parent mental health and child social-emotional health. Now that the field has established the critical role that the coparenting relationship plays in family health, the next step is to better understand the mechanisms by which the relationship between parents influences child well-being and other aspects of family dynamics. This symposium draws on family systems theory to highlight three such studies. Conducted with three different samples, from different couples-based interventions, each study is intended to extend existing research on coparenting. Each contributes an importance piece to our increasing understanding of this complex family process. 

Objectives

- To describe interparental and parenting behaviors in three different samples of coparenting couples.
- To examine potential mechanisms by which the interparental relationship influences child well-being.
- To explore how findings about the interparental relationship can inform future intervention development.

Keywords: Actor–partner Interdependence Model (APIM), coparenting, parents / parenting

246-03: Parental Attachment, Emotional Regulation, and Parenting Styles: An Actor-Partner Model

An emerging and growing body of research has compellingly demonstrated the importance of the interparental or coparenting relationship for parent mental health and child social-emotional health. Now that the field has established the critical role that the coparenting relationship plays in family health, the next step is to better understand the mechanisms by which the relationship between parents influences child well-being and other aspects of family dynamics. This symposium draws on family systems theory to highlight three such studies. Conducted with three different samples, from different couples-based interventions, each study is intended to extend existing research on coparenting. Each contributes an importance piece to our increasing understanding of this complex family process. 

Objectives

- To describe interparental and parenting behaviors in three different samples of coparenting couples.
- To examine potential mechanisms by which the interparental relationship influences child well-being.
- To explore how findings about the interparental relationship can inform future intervention development.

Keywords: Actor–partner Interdependence Model (APIM), coparenting, parents / parenting