ERIC Number: EJ1386351
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-9289
EISSN: EISSN-1556-6935
The Influence of Parent-Grandparent Co-Parenting on Children's Problem Behaviors and Its Potential Mechanisms
Xu, Xinpei; Xiao, Bowen; Zhu, Li; Li, Yan
Early Education and Development, v34 n4 p791-805 2023
This study aimed to examine the influence of parent-grandparent co-parenting on children's problem behaviors and its potential mechanisms. Participants were 412 children aged 3 to 6 years from four kindergartens in Shanghai, China. Their mothers were asked to complete a series of questionnaires including the parent-grandparent co-parenting scale, parenting style scale, parent-child relationship scale, and their grandparents were asked to complete children's behavior evaluation scale. Research Findings: The results showed that--(1) Supportive co-parenting was associated with less internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors in preschool children, and unsupportive co-parenting was associated with more internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors; (2) Supportive parent-grandparent co-parenting was negatively associated with children's internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors mainly through maternal authoritative parenting and mother-child conflict, and unsupportive parent-grandparent co-parenting was positively associated with children's internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors mainly through maternal authoritarian parenting and mother-child conflict, or directly through mother-child conflict. Practice or Policy: These findings provide valuable information on the importance of parenting styles and parent-child relationships between parent-grandparent co-parenting and children's problem behaviors in Chinese culture.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Young Children, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Parenting Styles, Mothers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China (Shanghai)
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