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Linking Changes in Couple Functioning and Parenting Among Couple Relationship Education Participants
Author(s) -
AdlerBaeder Francesca,
Calligas Alexa,
Skuban Emily,
Keiley Margaret,
Ketring Scott,
Smith Thomas
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/fare.12006
Subject(s) - psychology , coparenting , developmental psychology , parenting styles , parenting skills , positive parenting , child rearing , test (biology) , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
The current study represents a novel test of parenting outcomes among participants in couple and relationship education ( CRE ). Utilizing a systems theory framework and empirical linkages between couple functioning and parenting, this study examined the extent to which several parenting dimensions (coparenting conflict, parental involvement, and positive discipline practices) change after CRE participation and, importantly, whether and how these changes are related to changes in dimensions of couple functioning. In a sample of 623 adult parents, diverse in gender, race, and marital status, positive changes were found in the parenting dimensions over time. In addition, levels of change in the couple domain were associated with levels of changes in the parenting domain over the same period of time, with a pattern of stronger links between conceptually similar dimensions of couple functioning and parenting .