Predictors of undermining coparenting

Laxman, Daniel J.

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Title

Predictors of undermining coparenting

Author(s)

Laxman, Daniel J.

Issue Date

2010-05-18T18:55:58Z

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Mangelsdorf, Sarah C.

Department of Study

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

M.A.

Degree Level

Thesis

Keyword(s)

• coparenting
• predictors of coparenting
• undermining coparenting
• predictors of undermining coparenting

Abstract

This investigation explored how parent personality, division of labor, maternal gatekeeping, and child temperament predicted undermining coparenting. Parent characteristics were assessed during the third trimester of pregnancy. Parent and child characteristics were assessed at 3 months and at 1 year. Undermining coparenting was observed at 3 years. Couples in which fathers were higher on negative affect or higher on positive affect displayed more undermining coparenting. Families showed greater undermining coparenting if they divided household and child care tasks unevenly and perceived their child as difficult. Mothers’ encouragement of father involvement was associated with less undermining coparenting if parents perceived their child as difficult. There was a significant interaction between fathers’ depressive symptoms and child difficult temperament; couples who perceived their child as more difficult and in which fathers reported experiencing more depressive symptoms later exhibited higher levels of undermining coparenting. In general, child difficult temperament was not directly related to undermining coparenting, but moderated the association between other predictors and undermining coparenting. This study points to the need for further research into the role parents’ and children’s characteristic play in influencing coparenting quality.

Graduation Semester

2010-5

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