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Father involvement and maternal stress: The mediating role of coparenting
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: In recent years mothers have been finding themselves overwhelmed by the need to balance
work and maternal duties. Father involvement in childcare has been related to a decrease in mother’s
burden in childcare. This association is influenced by multiple aspects, such as the way parents
share parenting perspectives and views about child rearing, i.e., coparenting. Nevertheless, the
mediating role of coparenting on the association between father involvement and maternal stress
has been overlooked. This will be addressed by the current study. A total of 254 Portuguese
married/cohabiting mothers of preschool children reported on maternal stress, father involvement in
caregiving, and coparenting. Data was collected in public and private schools through questionnaires
and online through advertisements in social media. Results show that greater father involvement in
direct care was associated with greater maternal stress, but this direction changes when mediated
by cooperative coparenting. Moreover, results suggest that when mothers perceived less conflict in
coparenting, greater father (in)direct care contributed to decreased maternal stress. The current study
supports the notion that fathers involvement and parent’s cooperation account to mothers’ wellbeing,
which will improve family dynamics.
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Maternal stress Father involvement Coparenting Parenting
Citation
d, O. D., Veríssimo, M., & Diniz, E. (2023). Father involvement and maternal stress: The mediating role of coparenting. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085457
Publisher
MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute