Examining the dyadic association between marital satisfaction and coparenting of parents with young children

C. Ece; M.S. Gürmen; I.H. Acar; A. Buyukcan-Tetik

doi:10.1007/s12144-023-04363-0

Examining the dyadic association between marital satisfaction and coparenting of parents with young children

C. Ece^*, M.S. Gürmen, I.H. Acar, A. Buyukcan-Tetik

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1473-1482
Number of pages	10
Journal	Current Psychology
Volume	43
Issue number	2
Early online date	23 Feb 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04363-0
Publication status	Published - Jan 2024
Externally published	Yes

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I would like to express my very great appreciation to Doğan Cüceloğlu for his support in data collection process. He provided significant support for our research to reach large audiences. I would like to express my thanks to Semiha Bekaroğlu for contribution to writing of introduction part. This paper is an extended version of the first author’s master’s thesis.

Keywords

Actor-Partner Interdependence Model
Coparenting
Dyadic analysis
Marital satisfaction

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