The Correlates of Coparenting in Families with Preschoolers: Marital Relations, Gender-Role Attitude, and Parenting Self-Efficacy

Influences within family needs to be considered from extended interpersonal relationships and context. The purpose of this study is to explore how preschoolers\' parents coordinate while rearing their children.

Marital relation, gender-role attitude, and parenting self-efficacy are studied as possible determinants of coparenting. Participant parents and their children are observed at home. Parents fill self-report scales measuring coparenting and three correlates.