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

Ece, Cansu and Gürmen, M. Selenga and Acar, İbrahim Hakkı and Büyükcan Tetik, Asuman (2024) Examining the dyadic association between marital satisfaction and coparenting of parents with young children. Current Psychology, 43 (2). pp. 1473-1482. ISSN 1046-1310 (Print) 1936-4733 (Online)

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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.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Actor-Partner Interdependence Model; Coparenting; Dyadic analysis; Marital satisfaction
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Asuman Büyükcan Tetik
Date Deposited: 25 Sep 2024 15:02
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2024 15:02
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/50140

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