Küçük çocuklu ailelerde ebeveynlerin genel psikolojik sıkıntıları ve ortak ebeveynliği araştırmak: İlişki doyumunun aracı rolü

Coparenting relations are a crucial component of family functioning, and cooperation of parents in child related issues have been highlighted as a protective factor for family cohesion especially when parents are in distress. This research explored the relationships between general psychological distress and coparenting dimensions of cooperation, conflict, and triangulation through the mediating role of couple satisfaction on a dyadic level among Turkish parents with young children. The sample was composed of 184 heterosexual parents (184 mothers, 184 fathers, age range from 25 to 57 years) married for 10 years on average. Parents completed demographic information form, Depression Stress Anxiety Scale, Couple Satisfaction Index, and Coparenting Inventory for Parents with Preschoolers. Results of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) and APIM Mediation Model (APIMeM) analyses demonstrated statistically significant relationships between mothers' and fathers' psychological distress and all three of their own coparenting dimensions (direct actor effects) and between mothers' psychological distress and fathers' coparenting cooperation (direct partner effect, mothers to fathers). Mothers' and fathers' psychological distress had significant indirect effects on all three of their own coparenting dimensions through their own couple satisfaction (indirect actor effects). Furthermore, fathers' psychological distress had significant indirect effects on all three dimensions of mothers' coparenting through mothers' couple satisfaction, plus on mothers' coparenting triangulation through fathers' couple satisfaction (indirect partner effects, fathers to mothers). Findings of this study were in line with Family System Theory and prior research. Clinical implications are discussed.