title: Changes in Stepparents' Coparenting and Parenting Following Participation in a Community-Based Relationship Education Program.
abstract: Studies of coparents typically center on the relationship between parents who share a biological child; limited attention in research on community-based programs is given to the coparenting relationship within a stepfamily, even though clinicians note the challenges inherent in this relationship. We examined changes in coparenting agreement, parenting efficacy, and parental involvement for 96 stepparents following participation in a coparenting-focused community education program. A significant main effect of time was found for improvement in coparenting agreement, yet a significant time × gender interaction effect suggests that this is driven by improvements for stepmothers only. Parenting efficacy improved, regardless of gender, race, residence, or curriculum. A significant time × race interaction effect on change in parental involvement indicates increases in parental involvement for European American participants only. Finally, increases in coparenting agreement were associated with increases in parenting efficacy, and increases in parenting efficacy were associated with increases in parental involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development & Family Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
authors.forename: Chelsea L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Garneau
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Adler-Baeder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D004505:Education, Nonprofessional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012946:Social Welfare; D013997:Time Factors; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Coparenting; Parenting; Stepparents; co-crianza; crianza; padrastros y madrastras; 共同养育子女; 养育子女; 继父母