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Supportive coparenting relationships as a haven of psychological safety at the transition to parenthood

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Schoppe-Sullivan, Sarah J., Settle, Theresa, Lee, Jin-Kyung, Kamp Dush, Claire M.·2016·Research in Human Development

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Guided by research on psychological safety, we used longitudinal survey data from a sample of 182 dual-earner male-female couples to examine the role of supportive coparenting in mediating relations between adult attachment orientations and parenting stress/satisfaction, and further considered whether parenting self-efficacy moderated relations between supportive coparenting and parenting stress/satisfaction. Path analyses using IBM SPSS AMOS 22 and bootstrapping techniques indicated that fathers' (but not mothers') perceptions of supportive coparenting at 3 months postpartum mediated the associations between their attachment anxiety in the third trimester of pregnancy and their parenting stress and satisfaction at 9 months postpartum. Additional tests of moderation revealed that mothers' perceptions of greater supportive coparenting were associated with lower parenting stress only when their parenting self-efficacy was low, but fathers' perceptions of greater supportive coparenting were associated with greater parenting satisfaction only when their parenting self-efficacy was high. Implications and limitations are discussed.

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Authors
Schoppe-Sullivan, S. J., Settle, T., Lee, J.-K., & Kamp Dush, C. M.
Affiliations
The Ohio State University (US)
Venue
Research in Human Development
Published
2016-01-02
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
32-48
ISSN
  • 1542-7609 (ISSN-L)
  • 1542-7617
OpenAlex
W2291984941
Cited by
75
References
42
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 2
FWCI
7.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Research in Human Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K01HD056238, R24HD058484)
  • National Science Foundation (0746548)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
psychological safety, transition to parenthood, adult attachment, attachment anxiety, parental stress, parenting satisfaction, parental self-efficacy, fathers, mothers, dual-earner couples, postpartum period, pregnancy

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