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Parenting Alliance Among Mothers Of Psychosocially At-Risk Families

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Parenting alliance is the degree of commitment and cooperation present between a mother and father in raising their child, and its lack has been linked to inadequate parenting practices and subsequent negative developmental outcomes for the child. Supportive coparenting after relationship dissolution is associated with increased paternal involvement. At-risk families are much more likely to experience relationship dissolutions; therefore, it is especially important to study parenting alliance in such families. This study analyzes the parenting alliance of 80 mothers of families at psychosocial risk with their children’s father, and its relationship with several socio-economic, family, couple and child-related variables using the Parenting Alliance Inventory and a socio-demographic questionnaire. The results showed lower parenting alliance scores in at-risk mothers than those reported in community samples and a negative association between parenting alliance and number of children. Moreover, mothers of one-parent, unstable, separated or divorced families showed significantly lower levels of parenting alliance than their counterparts. These findings highlight the need to include the strengthening of parenting alliance as the primary aim of psycho-educational interventions in at-risk families, especially in the many families in which the parents are no longer a couple.

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  • Ayala Nunes, Lara & Nunes, Cristina & Lemos, Ida, 2014. "Parenting Alliance Among Mothers Of Psychosocially At-Risk Families," Spatial and Organizational Dynamics Discussion Papers 2014-2, CIEO-Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, University of Algarve.
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    1. Rodrigo, Maria Jose & Martin, Juan Carlos & Maiquez, Maria Luisa & Rodriguez, Guacimara, 2007. "Informal and formal supports and maternal child-rearing practices in at-risk and non at-risk psychosocial contexts," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 29(3), pages 329-347, March.
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    Parenting Alliance; Coparenting; At-risk Families; Psychosocial risk;
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    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General

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