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CHILD & FAMILY SOCIAL WORK
Volume -, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cfs.13042
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co-parenting; parent mental health; parenting hostility; parenting warmth
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between co-parenting, parent mental health, and parenting during the postnatal period. The findings revealed that supportive co-parenting was associated with fewer mental health difficulties for mothers and fathers. However, there were differences in the relationship between co-parenting and parenting outcomes for mothers and fathers. The study highlights the importance of interventions focused on the co-parenting relationship during early childhood.
The relationship between co-parenting, parent mental health and parenting remains unclear for parents during the postnatal period, particularly fathers. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to investigate these relationships for families in the postnatal period. Routinely collected self-report data from 138 mothers and 138 fathers participating in Family Foundations, a co-parenting intervention facilitated by a community health service in Melbourne, were used. Path analysis revealed that for mothers, more supportive co-parenting was associated with fewer mental health difficulties and, in turn, low parenting hostility and high parenting warmth. For fathers, supportive co-parenting was associated with fewer mental health difficulties, which was associated with low parenting hostility but not parenting warmth. Co-parenting was also directly associated with parenting warmth and hostility for fathers. The findings highlighted some key differences between mothers and fathers and the importance of interventions targeting the co-parenting relationship during early childhood.
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