SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
The Association between Coparenting Behavior and Internalizing/Externalizing Problems of Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.
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- Coparenting Closeness and Psychological Distress as Predictors of Life Satisfaction Among Romanian Divorced and Separated Parents.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Grandparental involvement and preschoolers' externalizing problem behaviors: the mediating roles of family functioning and emotion regulation.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Family coalitions and restrictive eating disorders in adolescence: a lausanne trilogue play study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Grandparenting, intergenerational coparenting, and mental health of vulnerable children in Chinese families: risks, resilience, and clinical implications.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Psychometric properties of the Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale (CPIC), in a sample of Chilean adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Nurses' interactions shape coparenting relationships during early parenthood: a longitudinal study of fathers with infants in Sweden.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Network Analysis of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Arab Gifted Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Article
- The effect of adolescents' perceived social support types on sense of meaning in life: the mediating role of social- emotional competence.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Distant mothering, grandparenting, intergenerational coparenting relationship, and child adjustment: evidence from Chinese families with young left-behind children.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Neighborhood selection by parent personality, depression, and coparent support: A two-study replication.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2024Article
- Coparenting Profiles and Children's Socioemotional Outcomes in Unmarried Parents with Low-Income.Journal of marriage and the family · 2024Article
- Mothers' Perceived Co-Parenting and Preschooler's Problem Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Maternal Parenting Stress and the Moderating Role of Family Resilience.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Development of a Brief Coparenting Measure: The Coparenting Competence Scale.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms and parental cognitions: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to determine the association between coparenting behavior and children's externalizing and internalizing problems and possible factors that may moderate their associations. A meta-analysis of 93 studies involving 41,207 participants found that coparenting behavior was slightly and significantly related to externalizing problems, r = -0.17, 95% CI [-0.194, -0.15], and internalizing problems, r = -0.16, 95% CI [-0.18, -0.14]. In addition, coparenting integrity, cooperation, conflict, competitiveness, and triangulation were significantly related to externalizing and internalizing problems. Moderation analyses revealed the following findings: (a) data reporter moderated the association between coparenting and internalizing problems, with children-report coparenting showing a significantly stronger relation with internalizing symptom than father-report coparenting; (b) developmental stage was found to moderate the association between coparenting behavior and externalizing problems, with stronger association found in childhood than in toddlerhood; (c) female percentage, individualism-collectivism culture, research methods, and publication year were not found to moderate the association between coparenting behavior and externalizing or internalizing problems. These findings help summarize the previous studies and provide an empirical basis for the relation between coparenting and child externalizing/internalizing problems, and benefits targeted interventions towards coparenting behaviors.
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