Parental self-efficacy and the coparental relationship · Nahema El Ghaziri, Joëlle Darwiche Family and Development Research Center University of Lausanne, Switzerland Parental self-efficacy

Nahema El Ghaziri, Joëlle Darwiche

Family and Development Research Center University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Parental self-efficacy and the coparental relationship

ESFR 2016

Parental self-efficacy =

Belief of having the knowledge and capacities to raise our child (Coleman & Karraker, 1998)

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Parental self-efficacy

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Thoughts

Feelings Behaviors

Motivation

Depression

Anxiety

Stress

Satisfaction

Child Competence

Involvement

Responsiveness

Bandura 1994; Bouchard & al. 2007; Coleman & Karraker, 2000; Fox & Gelfand, 1994; Hoover-Dempsey et al., 2005; Jones & Prinz 2005; Leahy-Warren et al., 2011

Parental self-efficacy

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Child Development

+ Socio-emotional adjustment - Behavioral -  problems

Bogenschneider et al.1997; Izzo et al. 2000; Meunier et al. 2011

Coparental relationship

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Coparental relationship

Child

McHale & Irace (2011)

Mother Father

Coparenting

= Alliance between parents concerning the caring and the upbringing of their child High coparental quality → secure context (McHale, 2007)

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Secured attachment

✓

Psychological problems

✗

School achievement

✓ Brown et al.

2010 Cabrera et al.

2012

Teubert & Pinquart, 2010

Parental self-efficacy and the coparental quality

Korja et al. 2015

Favez et al. 2015

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Parental self-efficacy and the coparental quality

Korja et al. 2015

•  Higher parental self-efficacy is associated to higher coparental quality for mothers (emotional support) and fathers (teaching)

•  Both parents with high self-efficacy → higher coparental quality

Favez et al. 2015 •  Mothers’ high self-efficacy predicts higher use of supportive

coparental behaviors

•  Father’s high self-efficacy predicts lower use of supportive coparental behaviors

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Hypotheses

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Partner’s coparental behaviors Positive ++ Negative --

Own coparental behaviors Positive ++ Negative --

Parental self-efficacy

Actor-Partner interdependence model (APIM) (Kenny, Kashy, & Cook, 2006)

Sample

N = 201 Swiss couples

Age: Mothers M= 35.09 (SD = 4.2)

Fathers M= 38.09 (SD = 5.3)

Children M= 3.25 (SD = 5.3)

Relationship duration Myears= 7.10 (SD = 4.3)

Married : 78.6%

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Measures

•  Questionnaires: –  Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (Johnston & Mash,

1989)

–  The Coparental scale (McHale, 1997)

•  Analyses: –  Actor-Partner interdependence model (APIM) (Kenny, Kashy,

& Cook, 2006)

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Descriptive results

Parental self-efficacy

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Min: 16 Max: 96

Fathers: M = 74.33

Mothers: M = 73.33

Min: 1 Max: 7

Fathers: M = 5.45

Mothers: M = 5.64

Min: 1 Max: 7

Fathers: M = 2.04

Mothers: M = 2.20

Negative coparenting Positive coparenting

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APIM results

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Father’s negative

coparenting

Mother’s negative

coparenting -. 243**

Father’s parental self-

efficacy

Mother’s parental self-

efficacy

-. 000

Standardized β * p < .05 ** p < .001

-. 225*

-. 410**

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APIM results

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Father’s positive

coparenting

Mother’s positive

coparenting . 064

Father’s parental self-

efficacy

Mother’s parental self-

efficacy

- . 022

Standardized β * p < .05 ** p < .001

. 073

. 301**

Conclusion

Parental self-efficacy an asset for the coparental quality

Fathers’ parental self efficacy has a greater influence •  Fathers expect maternal self-efficacy ? •  Mothers do not expect paternal self-efficacy → more benefits ?

Positive and negative coparental behaviors are different dimensions

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Limits and future directions

•  Adolescence? •  Evolution through time? •  Family model ?

16 Degas, E. (1967). La famille Bellelli.

Thank you for your attention!

Contact: Nahema El Ghaziri [email protected] University of Lausanne

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