Psychological Development and Education ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 49-55.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2016.01.07

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Effect of Marital Satisfaction and its Similarity on Coparenting in Family with Adolescence

LIU Chang, WU Xinchun, ZOU Shengqi   

  1. School of Psychology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • Online:2016-01-15 Published:2016-01-15

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Abstract: A total of 336 couples with adolescence nationwide were surveyed with questionnaires, including Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire and Coparenting Scale. Based on the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, structural equation modeling results revealed spillover and crossover effects across the associations between marital satisfaction and coparenting. There was no gender difference between the spillover and crossover effects. The results also showed that the higher of similarity of marital satisfaction, the lower of mother coparenting conflict behavior. The similarity of marital satisfaction had no effect on father coparenting behaviors.

Key words: coparenting, marital satisfaction, actor-partner interdependence model

CLC Number: 

  • B844

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