Cultural consonance as a mediator between maternal adversity and parenting practices across family contexts in the Dominican Republic
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Adversity is linked to compromised parenting, but the mechanisms remain unclear. This study examines cultural consonance-the extent to which individuals' lives align with shared cultural models-as a mediator between maternal adversity and three parenting practices: violent discipline, positive discipline, and cognitive stimulation. METHODS: We collected and analyzed data from 1019 mothers living in poverty in 2024-25 in the Dominican Republic. Maternal adversity was modeled as a latent construct including adverse childhood experiences, intimate partner violence, and depression symptoms. Cultural consonance was assessed across material-social and family dynamics domains. Structural equation models tested mediation; regressions explored predictors by family structure and maternity onset age. RESULTS: Adversity lowered material-social (β = -.56, p < .001) and family dynamics consonance (β = -.87, p < .001). For violent discipline, family dynamics consonance was protective (β = -.37, p = .013), while material-social consonance increased its use (β = .22, p < .001); adversity's effect was fully mediated. For positive discipline, adversity had a positive direct effect (β = 39, p = .014) but negative indirect effects (β = -.31, p = .025), suggesting suppression. For stimulation, adversity's positive direct effects (β = .44, p = .018) were offset by stronger negative indirect effects (β = -.61, p < .001), yielding a negative total effect. Family structure and age at first childbirth shaped these pathways. Households with both parents and other adults had better outcomes; single mothers with multiple children faced the greatest challenges. Paternal consonance consistently predicted cognitive stimulation; consonance in all family domains were protective against violent discipline. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions that enhance cultural consonance may complement traditional parenting programs, but they should be tailored to the family composition and the mother's age.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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