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Parental separation in childhood as a risk factor for depression in adulthood: a community-based study of adolescents screened for depression and followed up after 15 years
Typologies of post-divorce coparenting and parental well-being, parenting quality and childrenâs psychological adjustment
First published online: 30 October 2015The aim of this study was to identify post-divorce coparenting proïŹles and examine whether these proïŹles differentiate between levels of parentsâ well-being, parenting practices, and childrenâs psychological problems. Cluster analysis was conducted with Portuguese heterosexual divorced parents (N = 314) to yield distinct postdivorce coparenting patterns. Clusters were based on parentsâ self-reported coparenting relationship assessed along four dimensions: agreement, exposure to conïŹict, undermining/support, and division of labor. A three cluster solution was found and replicated. Parents in the highconïŹict coparenting group exhibited signiïŹcantly lower life satisfaction, as well as signiïŹcantly higher divorce-related negative affect and inconsistent parenting than parents in undermining and cooperative coparenting clusters. The cooperative coparenting group reported higher levels of positive family functioning and lower externalizing and internalizing problems in their children. These results suggested that a positive coparenting alliance may be a protective factor for individual and family outcomes after parental divorce