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Coparenting in Latino Families

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Much of the research on coparenting has focused on White, middle-class, two-parent, or post-divorce families, less is known about coparenting in ethnically and culturally diverse families and whether this process has similar predictors and consequences. Given that family process may be different in ethnically and racially diverse families, we might also expect coparenting to differ. In this chapter, we provide a sociodemographic profile of Latino families in the United States, review theoretical and empirical research on the key predictors of coparenting and implications for parenting and children’s development, and present directions in coparenting research in Latino families as well as the role of intervention and prevention programs.

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  1. Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Natasha J. Cabrera

  2. Department of Early Childhood Education and Art Education, Brooklyn College, Cuny, New York, NY, USA

    Jacqueline D. Shannon

  3. Center for Translational Science Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Stephanie Jolley-Mitchell

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    Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda

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Cabrera, N.J., Shannon, J.D., Jolley-Mitchell, S. (2013). Coparenting in Latino Families. In: Chuang, S., Tamis-LeMonda, C. (eds) Gender Roles in Immigrant Families. Advances in Immigrant Family Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6735-9_2

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