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. 2022 Oct 10:13:976982.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.976982. eCollection 2022.

Maternal positive coparenting and adolescent peer attachment: Chain intermediary role of parental involvement and parent-child attachment

Wanghua Ji  1 , Yang Yang  2 , Ying Han  1 , Xiaohua Bian  3 , Yunhong Zhang  1 , Junqi Liu  1
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Maternal positive coparenting and adolescent peer attachment: Chain intermediary role of parental involvement and parent-child attachment

Wanghua Ji et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between maternal positive coparenting and adolescent peer attachment, and the intermediary role of parental involvement and parent-child attachment in 1,807 families using the maternal positive coparenting scale, the parental involvement scale, and the parent and peer attachment scale. The results showed that maternal positive coparenting behaviour, parental involvement, parent-child attachment, and peer attachment had significant positive relationships, and maternal positive coparenting had a positive correlation with adolescent peer attachment. Moreover, parental involvement and parent-child attachment played a significant mediating role between maternal positive coparenting behavior, including unity and consistent behavior, and adolescent peer attachment, respectively, which consisted of a sole intermediary role of parental involvement; a single intermediary role of parent-children attachment; and a chain intermediary role of parental involvement and parent-children attachment. Hence, maternal positive coparenting was positively associated with adolescent peer attachment, in which parental involvement and parent-child attachment served as a crucial bridge.

Keywords: adolescents; maternal positive coparenting; parental involvement; parent–child attachment; peer attachment.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Chain mediating of parenting involvement and parent-child attachment between maternal positive co-parenting integrity and peer attachment. ***p < 0.001.
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Chain mediating of parenting involvement and parent-child attachment between maternal positive co-parenting consistency and peer attachment. ***p < 0.001.
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