The role of co-parenting alliance as a mediator between trait anxiety, family system maladjustment, and parenting stress in a sample of non-clinical Italian parents.
This study investigated the role of co-parenting alliance in mediating the influence of parents’ trait anxiety on family system maladjustment and parenting stress. A sample of 1606 Italian parents (803 mothers and 803 fathers) of children aged one to thirteen years completed measures of trait anxiet...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-08-01
|
| Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01177/full |
| _version_ | 1818844476505849856 |
|---|---|
| author | Elisa eDelvecchio Andrea eSciandra Livio eFinos Claudia eMazzeschi Daniela eDi Riso |
| author_facet | Elisa eDelvecchio Andrea eSciandra Livio eFinos Claudia eMazzeschi Daniela eDi Riso |
| author_sort | Elisa eDelvecchio |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This study investigated the role of co-parenting alliance in mediating the influence of parents’ trait anxiety on family system maladjustment and parenting stress. A sample of 1606 Italian parents (803 mothers and 803 fathers) of children aged one to thirteen years completed measures of trait anxiety (State Trait Anxiety Inventory - Y), co-parenting alliance (Parenting Alliance Measure), family system maladjustment (Family Assessment Measure - III), and parenting stress (Parenting Stress Inventory - Short Form). These variables were investigated together comparing two structural equations model-fitting including both partners. A model for both mothers and fathers was empirically devised as a series of associations between parent trait anxiety (independent variable), family system maladjustment and parenting stress (dependent variables), mediated by co-parenting alliance, with the insertion of cross predictions between mothers and fathers and correlations between dependent variables for both parents. Results indicated that the relation between mothers and fathers’ trait anxiety, family system maladjustment and parenting stress was mediated by the level of co-parenting alliance. Understanding the role of couples’ co-parenting alliance could be useful during the family assessment and/or treatment, since it is an efficient and effective tool to improve the family system maladjustment and stress. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-19T05:14:22Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-655052151a0e44b9b6380a62e0900bbc |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1664-1078 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-19T05:14:22Z |
| publishDate | 2015-08-01 |
| publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Frontiers in Psychology |
| spelling | doaj.art-655052151a0e44b9b6380a62e0900bbc2022-12-21T20:34:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-08-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.01177153452The role of co-parenting alliance as a mediator between trait anxiety, family system maladjustment, and parenting stress in a sample of non-clinical Italian parents.Elisa eDelvecchio0Andrea eSciandra1Livio eFinos2Claudia eMazzeschi3Daniela eDi Riso4University of PadovaUniversity of PadovaUniversity of PadovaUniversity of PerugiaUniversity of PadovaThis study investigated the role of co-parenting alliance in mediating the influence of parents’ trait anxiety on family system maladjustment and parenting stress. A sample of 1606 Italian parents (803 mothers and 803 fathers) of children aged one to thirteen years completed measures of trait anxiety (State Trait Anxiety Inventory - Y), co-parenting alliance (Parenting Alliance Measure), family system maladjustment (Family Assessment Measure - III), and parenting stress (Parenting Stress Inventory - Short Form). These variables were investigated together comparing two structural equations model-fitting including both partners. A model for both mothers and fathers was empirically devised as a series of associations between parent trait anxiety (independent variable), family system maladjustment and parenting stress (dependent variables), mediated by co-parenting alliance, with the insertion of cross predictions between mothers and fathers and correlations between dependent variables for both parents. Results indicated that the relation between mothers and fathers’ trait anxiety, family system maladjustment and parenting stress was mediated by the level of co-parenting alliance. Understanding the role of couples’ co-parenting alliance could be useful during the family assessment and/or treatment, since it is an efficient and effective tool to improve the family system maladjustment and stress.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01177/fullStructural Equation Modelingtrait anxietyParental stressCo-parenting alliancefamily maladjustment |
| spellingShingle | Elisa eDelvecchio Andrea eSciandra Livio eFinos Claudia eMazzeschi Daniela eDi Riso The role of co-parenting alliance as a mediator between trait anxiety, family system maladjustment, and parenting stress in a sample of non-clinical Italian parents. Frontiers in Psychology Structural Equation Modeling trait anxiety Parental stress Co-parenting alliance family maladjustment |
| title | The role of co-parenting alliance as a mediator between trait anxiety, family system maladjustment, and parenting stress in a sample of non-clinical Italian parents. |
| title_full | The role of co-parenting alliance as a mediator between trait anxiety, family system maladjustment, and parenting stress in a sample of non-clinical Italian parents. |
| title_fullStr | The role of co-parenting alliance as a mediator between trait anxiety, family system maladjustment, and parenting stress in a sample of non-clinical Italian parents. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of co-parenting alliance as a mediator between trait anxiety, family system maladjustment, and parenting stress in a sample of non-clinical Italian parents. |
| title_short | The role of co-parenting alliance as a mediator between trait anxiety, family system maladjustment, and parenting stress in a sample of non-clinical Italian parents. |
| title_sort | role of co parenting alliance as a mediator between trait anxiety family system maladjustment and parenting stress in a sample of non clinical italian parents |
| topic | Structural Equation Modeling trait anxiety Parental stress Co-parenting alliance family maladjustment |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01177/full |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT elisaedelvecchio theroleofcoparentingallianceasamediatorbetweentraitanxietyfamilysystemmaladjustmentandparentingstressinasampleofnonclinicalitalianparents AT andreaesciandra theroleofcoparentingallianceasamediatorbetweentraitanxietyfamilysystemmaladjustmentandparentingstressinasampleofnonclinicalitalianparents AT livioefinos theroleofcoparentingallianceasamediatorbetweentraitanxietyfamilysystemmaladjustmentandparentingstressinasampleofnonclinicalitalianparents AT claudiaemazzeschi theroleofcoparentingallianceasamediatorbetweentraitanxietyfamilysystemmaladjustmentandparentingstressinasampleofnonclinicalitalianparents AT danielaediriso theroleofcoparentingallianceasamediatorbetweentraitanxietyfamilysystemmaladjustmentandparentingstressinasampleofnonclinicalitalianparents AT elisaedelvecchio roleofcoparentingallianceasamediatorbetweentraitanxietyfamilysystemmaladjustmentandparentingstressinasampleofnonclinicalitalianparents AT andreaesciandra roleofcoparentingallianceasamediatorbetweentraitanxietyfamilysystemmaladjustmentandparentingstressinasampleofnonclinicalitalianparents AT livioefinos roleofcoparentingallianceasamediatorbetweentraitanxietyfamilysystemmaladjustmentandparentingstressinasampleofnonclinicalitalianparents AT claudiaemazzeschi roleofcoparentingallianceasamediatorbetweentraitanxietyfamilysystemmaladjustmentandparentingstressinasampleofnonclinicalitalianparents AT danielaediriso roleofcoparentingallianceasamediatorbetweentraitanxietyfamilysystemmaladjustmentandparentingstressinasampleofnonclinicalitalianparents |