Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2014
The effects of the family foundations prevention program on coparenting and child adjustment: a mediation analysis.
Trial report in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01851577 (Engaging Fathers in Home Visitation), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers.
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Engaging Fathers in Home Visitation: Incorporation of a Coparenting Intervention
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed.
- Building long-term family resilience through universal prevention: 10-year parent and child outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.Family process · 2022Trial
- Parenting stress mediates the association between negative affectivity and harsh parenting: A longitudinal dyadic analysis.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2017Trial
- Longitudinal associations between relationship quality and coparenting across the transition to parenthood: A dyadic perspective.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2016Trial
- Couple-Focused Prevention at the Transition to Parenthood, a Randomized Trial: Effects on Coparenting, Parenting, Family Violence, and Parent and Child Adjustment.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Trial
- Understanding Who Benefits Most from Family-Based Prevention: Differential Intervention Effects for Families with Low Income.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- Mapping What Works to Strengthen the Relational Ecology of Early Child Development: A Systematic Scoping Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Article
- Does Coparenting Quality Mediate the Link Between Postpartum Parenting Stress and Perceptions of Emotion Regulation During Parenting?Family process · 2025Article
- Adaptation of a couples intervention to promote coparenting and reduce hazardous drinking during transition to parenthood.Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2025Article
- Long-term effects of changes in coparenting quality during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2025Article
- Trajectories of parent and child well-being across the pandemic year: Role of financial strain, social distancing, and COVID-19 prevalence.Family process · 2023Article
- Firstborn Children's Reactions to Mother-Doll Interaction Do Not Predict Their Jealousy of a Newborn Sibling: A Longitudinal Pilot Study.The Journal of perinatal education · 2022Article
- Evidence base review of couple- and family-based psychosocial interventions to promote infant and early childhood mental health, 2010-2019.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2022Review
- Helping couples achieve relationship success: A decade of progress in couple relationship education research and practice, 2010-2019.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2022Review
- Improvements in coparenting conflict and child adjustment following an online program for relationship distress.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2020Article
- Experimental Support for a Family Systems Approach to Child Development: Multiple Mediators of Intervention Effects across the Transition to Parenthood.Couple & family psychology · 2018Article
- Potential Mediators in Parenting and Family Intervention: Quality of Mediation Analyses.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2017Review
- How Do Family-Focused Prevention Programs Work? A Review of Mediating Mechanisms Associated with Reductions in Youth Antisocial Behaviors.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2016Review
- Effects of universally offered parenting interventions for parents with infants: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2016Article
- Preventive Effects on Birth Outcomes: Buffering Impact of Maternal Stress, Depression, and Anxiety.Maternal and child health journal · 2016Article
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Abstract
Behavioral and emotional problems are common in early childhood and put children at risk for developing more serious problems. This study tested the mediating mechanisms through which a universal coparenting intervention implemented during the transition to parenthood led to reduced child adjustment problems at age 3 and explored child gender as a potential moderator. One hundred sixty-nine heterosexual couples expecting their first child were randomly assigned to a control condition or Family Foundations, a series of eight classes that targeted the coparenting relationship. Data were collected through videotaped triadic mother-father-child interaction tasks when the child was 1 and 3 years of age. Separate longitudinal path analyses for mothers and fathers tested coparenting competition and positivity as mediators of program effects on child adjustment problems. Significant mediated effects for coparenting competition were found for fathers with both sons and daughters and for mothers with sons but not for mothers with daughters. These effects accounted for between 39 and 55% of the intervention's impact on child adjustment problems. Coparenting positivity did not mediate program effects. These results support the use of a prevention approach to reduce coparenting competition and enhance child adjustment and provide information that can be used to refine theory.
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