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Abstract
Despite considerable evidence that nurturant-involved parenting is linked with children’s social, psychological, and physiological development, less is known about the specific contexts in which nurturant-involved parenting is most beneficial for children’s mental and physical health. The present study examined how associations between nurturant-involved parenting, internalizing symptoms, and cardiometabolic risk varied as a function of stress and discrimination. Analyses indicated that among youth who reported high levels of stress and racial/ethnic discrimination, nurturant-involved parenting was negatively associated with cardiometabolic risk. Although stress and discrimination were significantly associated with internalizing symptoms, neither stress nor discrimination moderated the relation between nurturant-involved parenting and internalizing symptoms. Results highlight the significant role that parents play in shaping children’s health, particularly among youth experiencing high levels of stress and discrimination.