title: Coparenting profiles in the context of Mexican-origin teen pregnancy: links to mother-daughter relationship quality and adjustment.
abstract: The current study explored the multifaceted nature of the mother-adolescent coparental relationship with data from 167 Mexican-origin adolescent mothers and their own mothers at 10 months post childbirth. Profiles of mother-adolescent coparenting were created with latent profile analysis using adolescents' reports of three dimensions of coparenting (communication, involvement, and conflict). Four profiles were identified: (a) Harmonious Coparents (equal involvement, high communication, low conflict); (b) Harmonious-Adolescent Primary (adolescent is more involved than mother, high communication, low conflict); (c) Conflictual Coparents (equal involvement, high communication, high conflict); and (d) Conflictual-Adolescent Primary (adolescent is more involved than mother, moderate communication, high conflict). Families characterized by high mother-daughter conflict and psychological control prior to childbirth were more likely to belong in the Conflictual Coparents profile. In addition, adolescents' and mothers' depressive symptoms and parenting efficacy after childbirth were linked to profile membership, such that the Harmonious-Adolescent Primary profile reported the most positive adjustment patterns, whereas profiles with high coparental conflict (i.e., Conflictual Coparenting and Conflictual-Adolescent Primary profiles) showed the least positive adjustment patterns. Discussion considers the applied implications of identifying precursors to healthy and problematic mother-daughter coparenting for families of adolescent mothers in the early years of parenting.
authors.affiliation: School of Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX.
authors.forename: Norma J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Perez-Brena
authors.affiliation: T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Updegraff
authors.affiliation: T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
authors.forename: Adriana J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Umaña-Taylor
authors.affiliation: Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Laudan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jahromi
authors.affiliation: T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guimond
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Coparenting; Mexican-Origin; Mother-Adolescent Relationship; Teen Pregnancy; cocrianza; embarazo adolescente; origen mexicano; relación entre madre y adolescente; 共同承担养育子女的责任; 墨西哥裔; 母亲-少女妈妈关系; 青少年怀孕