%0 Journal Article
%T Cooperative, Compromising, Conflictual, and Uninvolved Coparenting Among Teenaged Parents
%A Assaf Oshri
%A Geoffrey L. Brown
%A Jacquelyn K. Mallette
%A Ted G. Futris
%J Journal of Family Issues
%@ 1552-5481
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0192513X19842239
%X Adolescent parents often maintain a coparenting relationship that is characterized by frequent conflict and unhealthy communication. However, in relationships with less conflict and more cooperation, adolescent mothers display well-being and greater self-acceptance, while young fathers are more likely to be involved with their children. Based on human, financial, and social capital theory that reinforces the influence of parents¡¯ investments on family processes and well-being, we examined how capital was related to coparenting behaviors, and how coparenting related to parental functioning. We examined data from 125 adolescent mothers who attended a program for pregnant/parenting teens. Using a latent profile analysis, we (1) identified patterns of coparenting; (2) examined social, financial and human capital resources; and (3) evaluated between-group differences in parental functioning. Results indicated four unique patterns of coparenting based on adolescent mothers¡¯ reports, which were associated with indicators of social, financial, and human capital and between-group differences in parental functioning
%K adolescent parents
%K human capital
%K social capital
%K financial capital
%K father involvement
%K coparenting
%K latent class analysis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0192513X19842239