Coparenting Negotiation During the Transition to Parenthood: A Qualitative Study of Couples' Experiences as New Parents.
Coparenting – how couples relate to one another in their joint roles as parents – is predictive of a wide variety of family and child outcomes. The current study used a qualitative, phenomenological approach to understand how couples negotiate the coparenting relationship during the transition to pa...
| Published in: | American Journal of Family Therapy Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 67 - 87 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar/Apr2019
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