Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Parenting, Coparenting, and Adolescents’ Sense of Autonomy and Belonging After Divorce
Originally published 2024-03-30 · Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Springer Science and Business Media LLC · DOI 10.1007/s10964-024-01963-2 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
How can separated caregivers think about cooperation while taking a teenager’s sense of belonging seriously?
This study examines caregiver cooperation and conflict after divorce alongside adolescent autonomy and belonging. It represents family structures often absent from studies focused on intact couples.
Who was studied?
Dutch adolescents and divorced parents from 146 families.
Age / stage: 11–18 years
Read with three questions
- How were coparenting cooperation and conflict distinguished from parenting warmth?
- What between-family associations appeared?
- What did the absence of within-family lagged effects mean?
Keep the limits in view
No significant within-family effects showed that changes in coparenting predicted changes in autonomy or belonging. Self-reports and limited father reporting restrict causal and family-specific conclusions.
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Zoë Rejaän; Inge van der Valk; Wendy Schrama; Susan Branje (2024). Parenting, Coparenting, and Adolescents’ Sense of Autonomy and Belonging After Divorce Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-01963-2
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