Coparentalidade e autoeficácia parental de mães e pais no período pós-parto
Year: 2023
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The quality of the coparenting relationship is a form of feedback about one’s parenting competence and it influence one’s parenting self-efficacy. This study aimed to analyze the association between coparenting relationship and parenting self-efficacy at the postpartum period, as well as to assess the moderating role of parents' gender on this association. The study included 51 mothers and 51 fathers. At six months postpartum, parents completed the Coparenting Relationship Scale (CRS), that assessed their coparenting, and the Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale (KPCS), that assessed their parenting self-efficacy. Results showed that the CRS total score and coparenting agreement were associated with KPCS total score and KPCS parenting subscale, with higher coparenting being associated with higher parenting self-efficacy. A moderating impact of the parents' gender on the association between CRS total score and KPCS total score and KPCS parenting subscale was also observed, with this association being stronger in fathers than in mothers. This study highlights the importance of targeting coparenting to promote parents' parenting self-efficacy during the transition to parenthood. From a perspective that includes both parents, this study makes an important contribution to a better understanding of the association between coparenting relationship and parenting self-efficacy.
Author: Lopes, Alexandra Isabel da Silva Dias
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7036867082