The Impact of Coparenting on Mothers’ COVID-19-Related Stressors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. COVID-19
1.2. The Importance of Adding Coparenting to COVID-19 Research
1.3. Purpose of the Study
1.4. The Study Model: Positive Coparenting as a Protective Buffer
- More positive coparenting (a higher score on the CoPAFS scale) will significantly predict a lower COVID-19-related stress across all family configurations (unmarried, separated/divorced, married) and for both higher- and lower-income mothers.
- The size of the effect of positive coparenting (indicated by the regression coefficient of coparenting as a predictor and COVID-19-related stressors as the outcome variable) and how much of the COVID-19-related stress it accounts for (indicated by the proportion of the variation in COVID-19-related stressors predicted by the model), though significant for all family configurations, will vary between these groups, and for both higher- and lower-income mothers.
- The relative weight of each of the coparenting factors, though all significantly accounted for by coparenting as a latent construct, will vary across family configurations and dynamics and for both higher- and lower-income mothers.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Measures
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Demographics
3.2. Model Fit Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Future Research
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Mean (SD) | Median | Cronbach’s Alpha | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
CoPAFS | Total | 80.36 (21.94) | 76.00 | 0.93 |
Communication | 12.89 (5.17) | 12.00 | 0.82 | |
Respect | 10.58 (4.40) | 10.00 | 0.81 | |
Trust | 20.30 (6.30) | 19.00 | 0.80 | |
Animosity | 18.45 (5.11) | 18.00 | 0.75 | |
Value | 18.10 (4.61) | 18.00 | 0.77 | |
COVID-19 related stressors | 16.37 (4.89) | 17.00 | 0.82 |
Frequency | Percentage | |
---|---|---|
Less than 30K | 42 | 17.9% |
30–59K | 65 | 27.7% |
60–89K | 44 | 18.7% |
90–119K | 31 | 13.2% |
120K+ | 53 | 22.6% |
Chi-Square | DF | P | RMR | GFI | CFI | NFI | RMSEA | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full sample | 239.70 | 34 | <0.01 | 0.53 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.83 | 0.16 |
Divorced/Separated | 181.34 | 34 | <0.01 | 0.61 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.18 |
Never married | 67.18 | 34 | <0.01 | 0.70 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.70 | 0.12 |
Intact | 74.09 | 34 | <0.01 | 0.49 | 0.79 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.17 |
Income > 60K | 163.57 | 34 | <0.01 | 0.54 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.17 |
Income < 60K | 134.21 | 34 | <0.01 | 0.74 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.75 | 0.16 |
Full Sample | Divorced/Separated | Never Married | Intact | Income > 60K | Income < 60K | |
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Proportion of variation on COVID-19 Stress | 0.07 (7%) | 0.07 (7%) | 0.16 (16%) | 0.05 (5%) | 0.06 (6%) | 0.13 (13%) |
Regression coefficient Coparenting → COVID-19 Stressors | −0.27 (p < 0.01) | −0.26 (p < 0.01) | −0.40 (p < 0.01) | −0.22 (p < 0.01) | −0.25 (p < 0.01) | −0.35 (p < 0.01) |
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Pruett MK, Alschech J, Saini M. The Impact of Coparenting on Mothers’ COVID-19-Related Stressors. Social Sciences. 2021; 10(8):311. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10080311
Chicago/Turabian StylePruett, Marsha Kline, Jonathan Alschech, and Michael Saini. 2021. "The Impact of Coparenting on Mothers’ COVID-19-Related Stressors" Social Sciences 10, no. 8: 311. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10080311
APA StylePruett, M. K., Alschech, J., & Saini, M. (2021). The Impact of Coparenting on Mothers’ COVID-19-Related Stressors. Social Sciences, 10(8), 311. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10080311