Examining the Dyadic Associations between Marital Satisfaction and Coparenting of Parents with Young Children

Co-parenting is how parents or parental figures relate to each other in the role of parenting. Therefore, co-parenting involves parents to share, discuss, and to manage parenting responsibilities and decisions. 

Therefore, parents should jointly participate and support each other's roles to achieve a beneficial and effective co-parenting system. 

This study by Dr. Selenga Gürmen and her colleagues focused on the relationship between marital satisfaction and parents' co-parenting with young children in Turkish culture. 

The study found that each parent's marital satisfaction levels were positively related to co-parenting collaboration and negatively associated with co-parenting conflict and triangulation. Studies have shown that co-parenting interacts with many factors and outcomes, such as parenting quality and the child's social skills/competencies. 

Studies suggesting that the early years of child development are the period of development of autonomy and self-control skills have stated that co-parenting is exceedingly more complex and important for parents during these periods.