[en] The purpose of this study was to assess the factor structure and the measurement invariance of the Coparenting Relationship Scale (CRS) across 10 countries based on the seven-factor coparenting model (i.e., Coparenting Agreement, Coparenting Closeness, Exposure to Conflict, Coparenting Support, Endorsement of Partner's Parenting; Division of Labor) proposed by Feinberg (2003). The results of research on coparenting from numerous countries have documented its foundational importance for parent mental health, family relationship quality, child development, and psychopathology. Yet, a cross-country perspective is still lacking. Such a perspective can provide insight into which dimensions of coparenting are universally recognized and which are especially prone to variation. A unique multinational data set, comprised of 15 individual studies collected across 10 countries (Belgium, Brazil, China, Israel, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, USA) in nine languages was established (N = 9,292; 51.1% mothers). Measurement invariance analyses were conducted. A six-factor structure (original seven factors minus Division of Labor) of the measure was consistent across the different contexts and measurement invariance was achieved at the configural level. There was no support for metric or scalar invariance. These findings provide a basis for the CRS to be used across countries and should inspire future quantitative and qualitative research in cross-country coparenting research to understand what aspects are universal and what aspects of coparenting are linked to specific material, relational, or ideational conditions that underlie high-quality coparenting. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Tissot, Hervé ✱; Department of Psychiatry, University of Lausanne
Van Heel, Martijn ✱; Department of Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Feinberg, Mark E ✱; Prevention Research Center, Pennsylvania State University
Gedaly, Lindsey R; Prevention Research Center, Pennsylvania State University
Barham, Elizabeth Joan; Department of Psychology, Federal University of Sao Carlos
Calders, Filip; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven
Camisasca, Elena; Faculty of Psychology, eCampus University
de Carvalho, Thais Ramos; Department of Psychology, Federal University of Sao Carlos
Çetin, Mustafa; Faculty of Education, Akdeniz University
Dennis, Cindy-Lee; Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Favez, Nicolas; Department of Psychiatry, University of Lausanne
Figueiredo, Bárbara; School of Psychology, University of Minho
Galdiolo, Sarah ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education > Service de Psychologie clinique
Khawaja, Maham; Department of Humanities and Basic Sciences, National University of Sciences and Technology
Lamela, Diogo; Digital Human-Environment Interaction Labs, Lusofona University
Latham, Rachel M; Medical Research Council Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London
Luo, Na; School of Teacher Education, Ningbo University
Mosmann, Clarisse; Health Sciences Center, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
Nakamura, Yasuka; Department of Women's Health Nursing and Midwifery, Tohoku University
Oliver, Bonamy R; UCL Institute of Education, University College London
Pinto, Tiago Miguel; School of Psychology, University of Minho
Perez-Brena, Norma; Norton School of Human Ecology, University of Arizona
Roskam, Isabelle; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Universite Catholique de Louvain
Shai, Dana; Study of Early Emotional Development Center, Academic College of Tel-Aviv
Takeishi, Yoko; Department of Women's Health Nursing and Midwifery, Tohoku University
Van Leeuwen, Karla; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven
Wells, Michael B; Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet
Xu, Weiman; College of Education and Human Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
