Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
The Association between Coparenting Behavior and Internalizing/Externalizing Problems of Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis
Originally published 2022-08-19 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/ijerph191610346 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
How might the way caregivers work together relate to children’s adjustment?
The review examines cooperation, conflict, competition, and triangulation between caregivers. It provides a broad foundation for considering collaboration as a family relationship rather than simple agreement on every decision.
Who was studied?
93 studies involving 41,207 participants across coparenting research.
Age / stage: Children and adolescents; age ranges vary across studies
Read with three questions
- Which dimensions of coparenting were combined or separated?
- How did reporter and developmental stage affect associations?
- Why should the small pooled correlations not be read as causal effects?
Keep the limits in view
The synthesis largely concerns associations and uses varying coparenting definitions. Classification differences and reporter effects limit interpretation; it does not establish that a particular coparenting action causes a child outcome.
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Fengqing Zhao; Haomeng Wu; Yixuan Li; Huifang Zhang; Jie Hou; Alessandra Simonelli; Chiara Sacchi (2022). The Association between Coparenting Behavior and Internalizing/Externalizing Problems of Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610346
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