Establishment and Analysis of 3D Structure in Co-Parenting Behavior of Pupil’s Parents

Ping Zou, Lizhu Yang, Wen Liu, Wei Zou, Xinlei Li

Higher Education Research Institute, Dalian University, Dalian, China.
Teachers College, Dalian University, Dalian, China;Higher Education Research Institute, Dalian University, Dalian, China.
The Research Center of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China.
The Research Center of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China;ollege of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ce.2014.54034                

Abstract

Questionnaire method was used to study co-parenting structure with a sample 775 of couples of school-age children in Dalian of China. At the same time, through situational observations, coding analyses and evaluating for 28 nuclear families’ parents, co-parenting behavior’s actuality and characteristics were shown. The results show that (1) Three factors covered in co-parenting structure: Harmonious-support, active-involvement and opposite-conflict; (2) Superior reliability and validity in self-designed, parental reported co-parenting questionnaire, a reliable test instrument measuring and analyzing the co-parenting behavior, three factors related model, turn to be reasonable and valid.

Keywords

Pupil; Co-Parenting Behavior; Structure

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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