Trial reportJournal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)2014
A randomized controlled trial of brief coparenting and relationship interventions during the transition to parenthood.
Trial report in Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Tavistock First-Time Parent Study: a pilot randomised controlled feasibility trial of a brief couple-focused perinatal intervention to reduce inter-parental discord.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Improved Child Mental Health Following Brief Relationship Enhancement and Co-Parenting Interventions During the Transition to Parenthood.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Improving Couples' Relationship Functioning Leads to Improved Coparenting: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Rural African American Couples.Behavior therapy · 2019Trial
- Parents' PTSD symptoms and child abuse potential during the perinatal period: Direct associations and mediation via relationship conflict.Child abuse & neglect · 2019Trial
- The Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effects of a Prenatal Preventive Intervention Program for Coparenting: A Pilot Study in Japan.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Partners Now Parents: Supporting Couples During the Journey to Parenthood.Family process · 2025Article
- Health during Relationship Transitions: Policy Implications for Dating, New Parenthood, and Bereavement.Policy insights from the behavioral and brain sciences · 2024Article
- A method and approach for evaluating coparenting events during couples group interventions.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- "It felt like I had an old fashioned telephone ringing in my breasts": An online survey of UK Autistic birthing parents' experiences of infant feeding.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Development of a Brief Coparenting Measure: The Coparenting Competence Scale.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Does coparenting improve during the OurRelationship program? Explorations within a low-income sample during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2022Article
- Fathers Raising Children on the Autism Spectrum: Lower Stress and Higher Self-Efficacy Following SMS (Text2dads) Intervention.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Importance of living arrangements and coparenting quality for young children's mental health after parental divorce: a cross-sectional parental survey.BMJ paediatrics open · 2021Article
- Improvements in coparenting conflict and child adjustment following an online program for relationship distress.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2020Article
- Coparenting and parenting pathways from the couple relationship to children's behavior problems.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2019Observational
- Relationship Quality with Parents: Implications for Own and Partner Well-Being in Middle-Aged Couples.Family process · 2018Article
- A Dyadic Perspective on PTSD Symptoms' Associations with Couple Functioning and Parenting Stress in First-Time Parents.Couple & family psychology · 2017Article
- Parenting Stress and Sexual Satisfaction Among First-time Parents: A Dyadic Approach.Sex roles · 2017Article
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Abstract
The transition to parenthood has been repeatedly identified as a stressful period, with couples reporting difficulties in domains of individual, coparenting, and relationship functioning. Moreover, these difficulties have been shown to impact children's development. To buffer against these difficulties, numerous effective parenting, couple, and combined interventions have been developed; however, these interventions are typically lengthy, which limits their potential for dissemination. Therefore, in the present study, we developed and tested separate 6-hr interventions that focused exclusively on improving either coparenting or relationship functioning. In a randomized control trial, 90 heterosexual couples (180 individuals) were randomly assigned to an information control group, a coparenting intervention, or a relationship intervention and assessed on 7 occasions during the 2 years following birth. Results revealed that women and high-risk men in both the couple and coparenting interventions showed fewer declines in relationship satisfaction (Cohen's d = 0.53-0.99) and other areas of relationship functioning. Women also reported improved coparenting in both intervention groups (Cohen's d = 0.47-1.06). Additionally, women in both interventions experienced less perceived stress during the first year after birth. Given similar effects of the 2 interventions on coparenting and relationship functioning, future dissemination may be enhanced by delivery of coparenting interventions, as coparenting (compared with relationship) interventions seem to attract more interest from couples and are likely easier to integrate into existing services.
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