Coparenting And Father Involvement In Chinese Families: The Associations With Toddlers' Social Emotional Development

Family systems framework emphasizes the other relationships within the family in which the multiple, interdependent relationships may have important implications for child socio-emotional development (Cowan, 1997). Within this framework, coparenting and father engagement have emerged as two key constructs that require further attention with respect to child social development. The present study is to expand the existing literature by examining associations among coparenting, father engagement, and socio-emotional outcomes in contemporary Chinese family. The proposed study will explore the association between supportive coparenting and mother-reported child's social competency, with a special interest in the role of father engagement. To date, there is no prior study that explores the link between coparenting and father engagement to toddler's social competency within the same study or using the meditation/moderation model among these constructs.