Trial reportJournal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)2016
Longitudinal associations between relationship quality and coparenting across the transition to parenthood: A dyadic perspective.
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- 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
- Parenting Stress and Couple Relationship Quality Among Transgender and Nonbinary Parents: The Roles of Discrepancy in Division of Childcare Labor and Gender Identity.Family process · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations between father- and mother-child interactions, coparenting, and child cardiometabolic health.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- A qualitative study on expectant and new parents' perceptions of Interplay, a digital support tool for parents' couple relationship and parenting.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Dyadic Relationship and Coparenting Quality During the Transition to Parenthood for Couples With Childhood Maltreatment History.Family process · 2025Article
- Partner-inclusive prenatal intervention to promote parenting readiness: Results from a pilot trial.Infant mental health journal · 2025Article
- Do psychological flexibility and interparental mutually responsive orientation reduce postpartum parenting stress and coparenting difficulties?Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2025Article
- Dyadic Analysis of Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Parental Alliance.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2025Article
- Association of maternal and paternal adverse childhood experiences with emotional and behavioral problems among preschool children.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Long-term effects of changes in coparenting quality during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2025Article
- The indirect impact of infant negative emotionality on interparental conflict via perceptions of coparenting challenges: What prenatal resources mitigate this risk?Family process · 2024Article
- Development and psychometric evaluation of a new domain-specific coparenting measure: Coparenting Children's Emotion Scale.Family process · 2024Article
- Prenatal coparenting and attachment style in Japanese pregnant women: A cross-sectional survey.PloS one · 2024Article
- Dyadic associations between marital satisfaction and coparenting quality: gender differences and the moderating role of caregiving identity.Frontiers in sociology · 2024Article
- The relationship between parental mental health, reflective functioning coparenting and social emotional development in 0-3 year old children.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual Desire in Women Partnered with Men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- 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
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Abstract
The couple and coparenting relationship are theorized to influence each other in a reciprocal manner over time. Empirical evidence demonstrates cross-sectional associations between the 2 as well as prospective predictions of coparenting by relationship quality and vice versa. However, less is known about the longitudinal reciprocity between the couple relationship and coparenting from the perspective of both parents. The current study sought to examine longitudinal associations between relationship quality and coparenting support/undermining across the transition to parenthood from a dyadic perspective. Participants were 164 cohabiting heterosexual couples expecting their 1st child, assessed during pregnancy and at 6 and 36 months after birth. Actor partner interdependence modeling was used to examine, for both men and women, (a) stability over time in relationship quality and coparenting, (b) reciprocal associations between relationship quality and coparenting support/undermining, and (c) the gender differences in those associations. Moderate rank-order stability in relationship quality and coparenting support/undermining across the 1st 3 years of parenthood was demonstrated. For women, but not men, findings suggested longitudinal reciprocal associations between relationship quality and coparenting support/undermining. Specifically, our findings suggested that prenatal relationship quality sets the stage for coparenting functioning after birth for both men and women but that coparenting functioning is then connected to subsequent feelings about the romantic relationship for only women. (PsycINFO Database Record
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