Parenting Style, Parental Adjustment, and Co-Parental Conflict: Differential Predictors of Child Psychosocial Adjustment Following Divorce

Helen M Stallman; J L Ohan

doi:10.1017/bec.2016.7

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Parenting Style, Parental Adjustment, and Co-Parental Conflict: Differential Predictors of Child Psychosocial Adjustment Following Divorce

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Parenting Style, Parental Adjustment, and Co-Parental Conflict: Differential Predictors of Child Psychosocial Adjustment Following Divorce

Helen M Stallman and J L Ohan

Behaviour Change, Vol.33(2), pp.112-126

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/bec.2016.7

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Abstract

child behaviour

co-parenting

conflict

divorce

parenting

Parents' adjustment, co-parenting conflict, and parenting style are often intervention targets for parents following divorce. However, little is known about how these three aspects together relate to child outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine how parent adjustment (distress and anger), parenting conflict, and parenting style (laxness and over-reactivity) predict child internalising, externalising, and prosocial behaviours. Participants were a community sample of 109 divorced parents with a child aged 4-17 years. Results showed that increased parental distress and co-parent conflict predicted increased child emotional and behavioural problems; and increased lax parenting also predicted increased externalising behaviour problems. However, greater prosocial behaviour was predicted only by lower lax parenting. The results highlight the differential impact of parenting factors on child outcomes following divorce and have implications for the content and tailoring of interventions for divorced parents.

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Title: Parenting Style, Parental Adjustment, and Co-Parental Conflict: Differential Predictors of Child Psychosocial Adjustment Following Divorce
Authors: Helen M Stallman (Author) - University of South Australia
J L Ohan (Author) - University of Western Australia
Publication details: Behaviour Change, Vol.33(2), pp.112-126
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1017/bec.2016.7
ISSN: 0813-4839
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450886602621
Output Type: Journal article

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