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.
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