Bidirectional Associations between Coparenting Relations and Family Member Anxiety: A Review and Conceptual Model

Autor/inn/en	Majdandzic, Mirjana; de Vente, Wieke; Feinberg, Mark E.; Aktar, Evin; Bogels, Susan M.
Titel	Bidirectional Associations between Coparenting Relations and Family Member Anxiety: A Review and Conceptual Model
Quelle	In: Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 15 (2012) 1, S.28-42 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1096-4037
DOI	10.1007/s10567-011-0103-6
Schlagwörter	Family Relationship; Organizations (Groups); Fathers; Anxiety; Correlation; Marital Status; Marital Instability; Intervention; Clinical Psychology; Longitudinal Studies; Time Perspective; Parenting Skills; Interpersonal Relationship; Family Characteristics; Mothers; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Korrelation; Familienstand; Familienkonflikt; Klinische Psychologie; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Zeitbezug; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Research into anxiety has largely ignored the dynamics of family systems in anxiety development. Coparenting refers to the quality of coordination between individuals responsible for the upbringing of children and links different subsystems within the family, such as the child, the marital relationship, and the parents. This review discusses the potential mechanisms and empirical findings regarding the bidirectional relations of parent and child anxiety with coparenting. The majority of studies point to bidirectional associations between greater coparenting difficulties and higher levels of anxiety. For example, the few available studies suggest that paternal and perhaps maternal anxiety is linked to lower coparental support. Also, research supports the existence of inverse links between coparenting quality and child anxiety. A child's reactive temperament appears to have adverse effects on particularly coparenting of fathers. A conceptual model is proposed that integrates the role of parental and child anxiety, parenting, and coparenting, to guide future research and the development of clinical interventions. Future research should distinguish between fathers' and mothers' coparenting behaviors, include parental anxiety, and investigate the coparental relationship longitudinally. Clinicians should be aware of the reciprocal relations between child anxiety and coparenting quality, and families presenting for treatment who report child (or parent) anxiety should be assessed for difficulties in coparenting. Clinical approaches to bolster coparenting quality are called for. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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