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The effects of marital satisfaction on coparenting in Turkish families: A dyadic perspective
Ece, Cansu; Gürmen, Münevver Selenga; Gürmen, Münevver Selenga; Acar, İbrahim Hakkı; Tetik, A. B.; Department of Psychology; Ece, Cansu
Coparenting is an executive relationship in a family and refers to how parents interact with each other regarding child-rearing issues. Coparenting relationship is associated with many factors in family system including child and parent characteristics; parent and child adjustment; and relationships such as marital relationship. Dyadic-level overall interparental relationship is one of the most important factors in terms of quality of coparenting relationship (Kitzmann, 2000). Therefore, it is important to examine the association between marital and coparenting relationship. Although there are many studies that shows the association between marital and coparenting relationship, these are different concepts. According to family systems theory (Minuchin, 1985; Minuchin, 1974), it can be concluded that coparenting is an executive subsystem and interconnected with marital subsystem. However, less is known about the association between marital and coparenting relationship in Turkish families. Therefore, current study aimed to investigate the effects of marital satisfaction on coparenting relationship from a dyadic perspective in Turkish families with preschool age children. The participants comprised 249 married co-parent dyads (249 mothers and 249 fathers) having a child between the ages of 3 and 7 (M =56.96, SD =15.16). Both parents reported their marital satisfaction on Couples Satisfaction Index (Funk & Rogge, 2007) and coparenting relationship as three dimensions (cooperation, conflict and triangulation) on Coparenting Inventory for Parents with Preschoolers (CI-PA) (Pinquart & Teubert, 2015). Three different the actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) including marital satisfaction and coparenting cooperation; marital satisfaction and coparenting conflict; and marital satisfaction and coparenting triangulation were conducted to clarify the interdependence between partners and to test for possible actor and partner effects (Cook & Kenny, 2005). Results from actor partner interdependence models revealed that (1) marital satisfaction influenced coparenting cooperation positively for both parents (actor effect). Also, father's marital satisfaction had a positive effect on mother's coparenting cooperation (partner effect from father to mother). (2) marital satisfaction influenced coparenting conflict negatively for both parents (actor effect). (3) marital satisfaction influenced coparenting triangulation negatively for both parents (actor effect). Also, father's marital satisfaction had a negative effect on mother's coparenting triangulation (partner effect from father to mother). Finding actor and partner effect on these associations was consistent with both Family System Theory (Minuchin, 1988) and previous works. Clinical implications were discussed.
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Evaluating psychometric properties of the Coparenting inventory with Turkish mothers and fathers of preschool children
(Springer, 2022-11) Acar, İbrahim Hakkı; Ece, Cansu; Saral, Bengi; Gürmen, Münevver Selenga; Psychology; ACAR, Ibrahim Hakkı; ACAR, Münevver Selenga Gürmen; Ece, Cansu; Saral, Bengi
The qualities of coparenting is important for children's development. Mothers and fathers may differently perceive their coparenting behaviors. In the present study, we investigated the psychometric properties of the Coparenting Inventory with Turkish mothers and fathers. The sample of the current study was 1566 parents of preschool-aged children (1249 mothers and 317 fathers). Confirmatory factor and measurement invariance analyses were used to test the structure of the inventory for both mothers and fathers. Additionally, we used marital satisfaction with subsample to test the criterion validity. The results confirmed the triad structure of the inventory: cooperation, conflict, and triangulation. Measurement invariances of the subscales were partially supported. All subscales were significantly associated with marital satisfaction for both mothers and fathers within the same family (n = 249), indicating the criterion validity of the measure. Overall results suggest that the researchers and practitioners may use this measure to reliably assess coparenting qualities of parents of preschool-aged children.
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Examining the dyadic association between marital satisfaction and coparenting of parents with young children
(Springer, 2024-01) Ece, Cansu; Gürmen, Münevver Selenga; Acar, İbrahim Hakkı; Buyukcan-Tetik, A.; Psychology; ACAR, Münevver Selenga Gürmen; ACAR, Ibrahim Hakkı; Ece, Cansu
Healthy coparenting and marital satisfaction are two main components of within-family functioning, providing the basis for healthy child development. In the current study, we investigated the link between marital satisfaction and coparenting from a dyadic perspective in Turkish families with young children. The sample is composed of 249 married coparent dyads (249 mothers and 249 fathers) with at least one child between the ages of three and seven (M = 56.96 months, SD = 15.16). Couples reported their coparenting and marital relationship satisfaction levels. Three separate Actor-Partner Interdependence Models tested the association between marital satisfaction and coparenting dimensions (cooperation, conflict, and triangulation). Results revealed that marital satisfaction was positively associated with coparenting cooperation and negatively associated with coparenting conflict and triangulation for both parents (actor effect). In addition, fathers’ marital satisfaction was positively associated with mothers’ coparenting cooperation and negatively associated with mothers’ coparenting triangulation (partner effect). These findings suggest that marital satisfaction has both within-person and between-partner links with coparenting, albeit the between-partner effect is pronounced only from fathers toward mothers.