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ArticleBMC psychology2025

Parental co-parenting quality, children's emotion regulation abilities, and prosocial behavior.

Baocheng Pan, Youli Wang, Jinghui Zhang, Jingyao Wang, Bowen Xiao, Yan Li

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Article in BMC psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Parent-reported children's self-efficacy in linking family resources to preschoolers' learning dispositions: a mixed-methods study.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2026
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Baocheng Pan *Shanghai Institute of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
Youli Wang *Shanghai Institute of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
Jinghui ZhangShanghai Institute of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
Jingyao WangShanghai Institute of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
Bowen XiaoShanghai Institute of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
Yan LiShanghai Institute of Early Childhood Education, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China. liyan@shnu.edu.cn.

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation No. 2023M742374STI 2030-Major Projects Nos. 2022ZD0209000, 2022ZD0209001, 2022ZD0209002, 2022ZD0209003, 2022ZD0209004, 2022ZD0209005, and 2021ZD0200516
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study used latent profile analysis to explore latent profiles of parental coparenting quality and their relationships with children's prosocial behavior, and to examine the mediating role of children's emotion regulation abilities.

methodsA sevenmonth longitudinal survey was conducted with 496 father-mother-child triads (fathers: M

resultsThree coparenting profiles were identified: lowquality, moderatequality, and highquality parental coparenting. Compared with the lowquality profile, both the moderatequality profiles and highquality profiles significantly predicted higher children's prosocial behavior via enhanced emotion regulation and reduced emotion lability/negativity. Compared with the moderatequality profile, the highquality profile predicted children's prosocial behavior only through reduced emotion lability/negativity.

conclusionThese findings highlight the critical role of parental coparenting quality in shaping children's emotion regulation abilities and prosocial behavior, demonstrating distinct pathways for different coparenting profiles. The results offer practical insights for fostering children's prosocial development.

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Child BehaviorEmotional RegulationParent-Child RelationsParentingSocial BehaviorAdultChildChild, PreschoolEmotionsFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleParentsChinese familiesEmotion regulation abilitiesLatent profile analysisParental co-parentingProsocial behavior

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