Executive functioning (EF) skills contribute positively to mental and physical health across the lifespan. High-quality parenting is associated with better child EF. However, research has largely focused on the contributions of mothers’ parenting and failed to apply a family systems perspective to more comprehensively consider the consequences of parenting quality and coparenting relationship quality for the development of children's EF. This study examined the independent and joint contributions of mothers’ observed parenting, fathers’ observed parenting, and supportive coparenting during infancy to children's attention in toddlerhood (26 months) and aspects of EF (i.e., inhibitory control and impulsivity) at 7.5 years of age. Data came from a study of 166 families who participated in a larger longitudinal study. Assessments were conducted at 9-months postpartum (n=158), 26-months postpartum (n=114), and when children were 7.5 years of age (n=100). Results indicated statistically significant associations between fathers’ parenting quality at 9-months postpartum and greater child inhibitory control at 7.5 years of age. Mothers’ parenting quality at 9-months postpartum was associated with better child attention in toddlerhood. Supportive coparenting was not directly associated with toddler or child EF. However, supportive coparenting moderated the association between fathers’ parenting quality and child impulsivity, such that the adjusted effect of fathers’ parenting on child impulsivity was negative when supportive coparenting was high. Findings highlight the importance of considering the development of child EF within a family systems framework.

执行功能 (EF) 技能对整个生命周期的身心健康都有积极的贡献。高质量的养育与更好的儿童 EF 相关。然而，研究主要集中在母亲养育的贡献上，未能应用家庭系统的视角来更全面地考虑养育质量和共同养育关系质量对儿童 EF 发展的影响。本研究考察了母亲观察养育、父亲观察养育和婴儿期支持性共同养育对幼儿（26 个月）儿童注意力和 7.5 岁时 EF 方面（即抑制性控制和冲动）的独立和共同贡献. 数据来自对参与更大纵向研究的 166 个家庭的研究。n =158）、产后 26 个月（n =114）和儿童 7.5 岁时（n=100)。结果表明，父亲在产后 9 个月的养育质量与 7.5 岁时更大的儿童抑制控制之间存在统计学显着关联。母亲在产后 9 个月的养育质量与幼儿时期更好的孩子注意力有关。支持性共同养育与幼儿或儿童 EF 没有直接关系。然而，支持性共同养育缓和了父亲养育质量与儿童冲动性之间的关联，因此当支持性共同养育高时，父亲养育对儿童冲动性的调整效应为负。研究结果强调了在家庭系统框架内考虑儿童 EF 发展的重要性。