| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 心理與諮商學系 === 103 === “Pseudo single-parent families” indicate those families in which one of the parents has to take most of the responsibilities for child-care because of their spouse’s work or other factors. In pseudo single-parent families, parents are married, just as double-parent families. On the other hand, pseudo single-parent families are similar to single-parent families in parenthood.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences of perception of spouse’s/ex-spouse’s coparenting and parental stress among parents in three types of families, and the relationship between these variables. The mediating effect of perception of spouse’s/ex-spouse’s coparenting between family types and parenting stress was also examined.
The sample consisted of 548 parents with child(ren) under 12 years old. Data was collected via paper-and-pencil and web questionnaires including measurement of coparenting, need of social support, parenting stress and demographic variables. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, ANCOVA, MANCOVA, Pearson’s product moment correlation and hierarchical regression analysis.
The results indicated as follows:
1. The differences of perception of spouse’s/ex-spouse’s coparenting among parents in different types of families were statistically significant. Parents in pseudo single-parent families and single-parent families perceived lower level of spouse’s/ex-spouse’s coparenting than parents in double-parent families.
2. The difference of parenting stress among parents in different types of families was not statistically significant.
3. Higher spouse’s/ex-spouse’s coparenting was related to lower parenting stress.
4. The mediating effect of the perception of spouse’s/ex-spouse’s coparenting among family types and parenting stress was not confirmed.
These findings entail several practical implications for parents and family educators, and an appeal for additional research is made to understand more about parenthood.
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