Development of coparenting during the transition to parenthood: Integrating parents' representations with observed interactions.
Autor: | Pérez Cortés F; Psychology, Adolfo Ibañez University, Peñalolén, Chile., León MJ; Escuela de Psicología Macul, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile., Philipp D; Psychiatry, Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Infant mental health journal [Infant Ment Health J] 2024 Sep; Vol. 45 (5), pp. 483-496. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 19. |
DOI: | 10.1002/imhj.22133 |
Abstrakt: | The transition to parenthood is a significant period of transformation and adjustment for all members of a new family, reshaping relational dynamics that often endure throughout the initial years of a child's life. This qualitative and longitudinal study aimed to explore coparenting representations held by both partners in a parental couple, along with observations of their family interactions, at three distinct points in time, with the aim to better understand the interaction between these representational and behavioral observations. In-depth interviews were conducted with 17 heterosexual, first-time parents in Santiago de Chile, during pregnancy and at two different times during the first year of their child's life. Family interactions were assessed using the Lausanne Trilogue Play task (LTP) on all occasions. Three main coparenting representation categories emerged: traditional, ambiguous, and co-responsible. On observation, approximately half of the couples showed cooperative coparenting interactions, while the other half had conflictual interactions. Couples generally followed stable trajectories over time. Cooperative couples demonstrated co-responsibility and open dialogue, while conflictual couples tended to follow traditional gender roles with tacit communication styles. This study highlights the importance of promoting co-responsibility and dialogue for fostering cooperative relational dynamics during the critical transition to parenthood. (© 2024 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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