Longitudinal Links between Early Coparenting and Infant Behaviour Problems

Autor/inn/en	LeRoy, Michelle; Mahoney, Annette; Pargament, Kenneth I.; DeMaris, Alfred
Titel	Longitudinal Links between Early Coparenting and Infant Behaviour Problems
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 183 (2013) 3-4, S.360-377 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2012.711588
Schlagwörter	Infant Behavior; Behavior Problems; Parents; Mothers; Fathers; Longitudinal Studies; Marriage; Spouses; Marital Satisfaction; Parent Attitudes; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Eltern; Mother; Mutter; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ehe; Ehepartner; Elternverhalten; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala
Abstract	This study of 164 married couples examined longitudinal links between parents' perceptions of coparenting support and undermining by spouse at 6 months postpartum and infant behaviour problems at the age of 12 months after controlling for marital quality, individual parenting, and infant temperament. Multiple methods (i.e. parent reports and direct observations) and sources (i.e. mothers and fathers) were used to assess marital, parenting, and coparenting dynamics. Higher levels of maternal undermining at the age of 6 months as reported by fathers were linked to greater infant behaviour problems at the age of 12 months. In addition, higher paternal reports of maternal coparenting support at the age of 6 months were also linked to greater infant behaviour problems at the age of 12 months. No results emerged for paternal undermining or paternal coparenting support as reported by mothers in predicting infant behaviour problems. These novel findings utilising parents' reports of coparenting dynamics suggest reports from fathers about their wives' coparenting behaviour are a useful supplement to information about the marriage, individual parenting, and infant temperamental characteristics in understanding infant behaviour problems. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10