RT Article
T1 Family stress processes underlying material hardship and parental detachment and warmth amongst racially diverse fathers and mothers with low income
JF Journal of family violence
VO 39
IS 6
SP 1075
OP 1091
A1 Lee, Joyce Y.
A1 Lee, Shawna J.
A1 Yoon, Susan
A1 Kirsch, Jaclyn
A1 Pace, Garrett T.
A1 Schoppe‑Sullivan, Sarah J.
A2 Lee, Shawna J.
A2 Yoon, Susan
A2 Kirsch, Jaclyn
A2 Pace, Garrett T.
A2 Schoppe‑Sullivan, Sarah J.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/194072189X
AB Purpose: The Family Stress Model was applied to examine the associations between material hardship, parental depressive symptoms, destructive interparental conflict, and parental emotional availability. This study contributes novel information to the literature by including data from both mothers and fathers from racially diverse and socioeconomically disadvantaged contexts, using multimethod data (observational and survey), and examining fathers’ residential status as a moderator. Method: Participants (n = 858) were racially and ethnically diverse families with preschoolers and low income from the Building Strong Families project. Mothers primarily reported on material hardship, and both mothers and fathers reported on their depressive symptoms, destructive interparental conflict, and warmth. The two-bags task was employed to assess both parents’ detachment. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the links between material hardship and parental warmth and detachment, with depressive symptoms and destructive conflict as mediators. Results: Material hardship was linked with higher maternal and paternal depressive symptoms, which were each, respectively, associated with mothers’ and fathers’ destructive conflict. Subsequently, maternal destructive interparental conflict was linked with higher, but paternal destructive interparental conflict linked with lower, maternal detachment. For both parents, depressive symptoms were linked with lower warmth. Fathers’ resident status did not moderate examined family processes. Conclusions: Fathers and mothers with low income share similar and different pathways by which material hardship impacts their emotional availability toward their preschoolers. Importantly, the findings point to targeting parental depressive symptoms and maternal destructive interparental conflict to facilitate positive parenting in diverse families.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 1089-1091
K1 Family Stress Model
K1 Warmth
K1 Detachment
K1 Building Strong Families
K1 Two-bags task
DO 10.1007/s10896-023-00583-x