Concurrent Sessions 5 - (NBCC CE Credit: #1 hr and Conference Attendance Credit: #1 hr)

220-01: It Takes Two: Fathers' and Mothers' Interparental Conflict Behaviors and Relations to Parenting and Child Wellbeing Outcomes
Shawna J. Lee

220-02: The  Role of Conscientiousness in Predicting Constructive and Destructive Conflict and Parenting
Melissa A. Barnett, Olena Kopystynska  

220-03: Emotional Security Theory Processes Among Parents With Low Income: Moderation by Parental Relationship Status
Shawna J. Lee, Garrett Pace, Joyce Lee, Inna Altschul

Discussant: Kevin Shafer
Moderator/Chair: Shawna J. Lee

Summary
These presentations utilize family systems theory and emotional security theory to examine how interparental conflict contributes to parenting behavior and child wellbeing. Analyses examine moderation by parental relationship status (married, cohabiting and "churning") and father involvement (residential and nonresidential).Data are from: (1) Building Strong Families (BSF), mostly unmarried urban parents with high levels of socioeconomic disadvantage; (2) Iowa Youth and Families Project, rural families; and (3) socioeconomically diverse fathers from a Responsible Fatherhood initiative. Results show that the mechanisms linking interparental conflict to parenting processes and child wellbeing differ for mothers and fathers. These processes are moderated by parental relationship status and father involvement.The discussant will highlightthe impact of the results particularly for federally-fundedHealthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhoodprograms.

Objectives
-- To examine how fathers' and mothers' interparental conflict behaviors relate to parenting and child wellbeing among large diverse samples of rural and urban parents.
-- To examine moderation of interparental conflict processes by parental relationship status (married, cohabiting, and "churning") or father involvement (residential and nonresidentialfather families).
-- To highlight common themes and implications of study results forfederally-fundedHealthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhoodprograms.

Subject Codes: family processes, fatherhood, family structure
Population Codes: marital status, relational status, and family structure or identity, low income, rural
Method and Approach Codes: path analysis, structural equation modeling (SEM), mediation/indirect effects models