Investigation of the Relationships Between Co-Parenting, Marital Satisfaction, and Perceived Child Behavior

The present research was designed to examine the relationships between co-parenting, facets of marital distress, and perceived child behaviors using participants from nonclinical settings 45 married parents of children between the ages of 6 and 11were subjects in this study. Participants completed the Participant Demographic Information Questionnaire (PDIQ), the Parenting Alliance Measure (PAM), the Marital Satisfaction Inventory-Revised (MSI-R), and the Behavior Assessment System for Children-Parent Rating Scale (BASC-PRS-C). Findings were inconsistent across mothers\u27 and fathers \u27 scores with a greater number of significant correlations found between mothers\u27 ratings than those of fathers. Mothers\u27 ratings of global distress and problem solving communication positively correlated with internalized child behavior scores Mothers\u27 dissatisfaction with children, global distress, and problem solving communication scores, were negatively correlated with adaptive skills scores Fathers\u27 PAM scores positively correlated with externalizing child behavior scores Finally, mothers\u27 scores of dissasfaction with children and conflict over child rearing positively correlated with PAM score