Adaptation of the complete and brief versions of the Coparenting Relationship Scale in a community sample of Portuguese fathers and mothers

Authors

  • Pedro Alexandre Costa William James Center for Research, ISPA – Instituto Universitário
  • Inês Queiroz Garcia William James Centre for Research, ISPA - Instituto Universitário
  • Fiona Tasker Birkbeck, University of London
  • Isabel Leal William James Center for Research, ISPA – Instituto Universitário

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17575/psicologia.v34i1.1598

Keywords:

coparenting, validation, marital relationship, dyadic adjustment

Abstract

The Coparenting Relationship Scale (ERC) is one of the most used measures to evaluate coparenting relationship. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the complete and brief versions of the ERC in a community sample of 779 Portuguese fathers and mothers, aged between 23 and 65 years (M = 42.73, SD = 5.27). Confirmatory factor analyzes provided evidence of good model fit, internal reliability, and convergent validity, although in both versions the Division of labor dimension was eliminated. Regarding discriminant validity, two out of the seven dimensions – Coparenting agreement and Coparenting support - did not show evidence of discriminant validity. Concurrent validity was also tested and confirmed through the correlations between the dimensions of the ERC and the dimensions of the RDAS (dyadic adjustment) and the SDQ (child adjustment).

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Published

2020-08-07

How to Cite

Costa, P. A., Garcia, I. Q., Tasker, F., & Leal, I. (2020). Adaptation of the complete and brief versions of the Coparenting Relationship Scale in a community sample of Portuguese fathers and mothers. PSICOLOGIA, 34(1), 236–248. https://doi.org/10.17575/psicologia.v34i1.1598

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Non-thematic articles