Keywords
phenomenological approach
qualitative research
semi-structured interview
How to Cite
Abstract
In this study, the experiences related to the coparenting process of married and living together couples with children aged 0-18 in different regions and the context of Turkey have been investigated. The phenomenological approach, as a qualitative research, was utilized in the present research. Within the scope of the study, face-to-face interviews with a total of 60 married couples were conducted in urban and rural areas of İzmir, Ankara, and Van provinces. In this study, Demographic Information Form and Semi-Structured Interview Form developed by the researchers were used as tools for collecting data. The analysis of qualitative data was carried out in three phases: data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. While the findings of the study have indicated that fathers in the urban areas are more involved in childcare process and manage the process in cooperation/division of labor with their spouses; during the interviews conducted in the rural areas, it was determined that childcare responsibilities were frequently fulfilled by the mothers. It is seen that more emphasis is placed on coparenting agreement in urban areas, whereas a parenting agreement generated by the mother and approved by the father was more emphasized in rural areas. While the examples related to disagreements in the process of the coparenting both in rural and urban areas are given, it was noted that the theme of no conflict was more frequently highlighted in rural areas. Significant differences and similarities have been identified in terms of coparenting patterns in families by different socio-economic statuses and regions/contexts. The findings were discussed and the recommendations for implication and research were provided.
References
Abidin, R. R. ve Brunner, J. F. (1995). Development of a Parenting Alliance Inventory. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 24, 31-40. doi: 10.1207/s15374424jccp2401_4
Baydar, N., Akçınar, B. ve İmer, N. (2012). Çevre, sosyoekonomik bağlam ve ana babalık. M. Sayıl ve B. Yağmurlu (Ed.), Ana babalık: Kuram ve araştırma içinde (ss. 81-127). İstanbul: Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Cabrera, N. J., Shannon, J. D. ve Jolley-Mitchell, S. (2013). Coparenting in Latino families. S. S. C. Catherine ve S. Tamis-LeMonda (Eds.), Gender roles in immigrant families içinde (ss. 9-25). New York, NY: Springer.
Creswell, J. W. (2005). Educational research: Planning, conducting and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (2. bs.). Upper Saddle River, NY: Pearson Education.
Feinberg, M. (2003). The internal structure and ecological context of coparenting: A framework for research and intervention. Parenting: Science and Practice, 3(2), 95-132. doi: 10.1207/S15327922PAR0302_01
Feinberg, M. E., Kan, M. L. ve Goslin, M. C. (2009). Enhancing coparenting, parenting, and child self- regulation: Effects of family foundations 1 year after birth. Prevention Science, 10(3), 276-285. doi: 10.1007/s11121-009-0130-4
Feldman, R., Masalha, S. ve Nadem, R. (2001). Cultural perspective on work and family: Dual-earner Israeli Jewish and Arab families at the transition to parenthood. Journal of Family Psychology, 15(3), 492- 509.
Feldman, R. ve Masalha, S. (2010). Parent–child and triadic antecedents of children’s social competence: Cultural specificity, shared process. Developmental Psychology, 46(2), 455-467.
Giorgi, A. (2012). The descriptive phenomenological psychological method. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 43(1), 3-12.
Hill, C. E., Knox, S., Thompson, B. J., Williams, E. N., Hess, S. A. ve Ladany, N. (2005). Consensual qualitative research: An update. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52(2), 196-205. doi: 10.1037/0022-0167.52.2.196
İmamoğlu, O. (1998). Individualism and collectivism in a model and scale of balanced differentiation- integration. The Journal of Psychology, 132(1), 95-105. doi: 10.1080/00223989809599268
Jost, J. T. ve Banaji, M. R. (1994). The role of stereotyping in system-justification and the production of false consciousness. British Journal of Social Psychology, 33(1), 1-27. doi: 10.1111/j.2044- 8309.1994.tb01008.x
Kağıtçıbaşı, Ç. ve Ataca, B. (2005). Value of children and family change: A three decade portrait from Turkey. Applied Psychology: International Review, 54(3), 317-337. doi: 10.1111/j.1464- 0597.2005.00213.x
Margolin, G., Gordis, E. ve John, R. S. (2001). Coparenting: A link between marital conflict and parenting in two-parent families. Journal of Family Psychology, 15(1), 3-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1464- 0597.2005.00213.x
McHale, J. P. (1995). Coparenting and triadic interactions during infancy: The roles of marital distress and child gender. Developmental Psychology, 31(6), 985-996.
McHale, J. P. (2007). Charting the bumpy road of coparenthood: Understanding the challenges of family life. Washington, DC: Zero to Three.
McHale, J. P., Dinh, K. T. ve Rao, N. (2014). Understanding coparenting and family systems among east and south-east Asian-Heritage families. H. Selin (Ed.), Parenting across cultures içinde (ss. 163-173). Dordrecht: Springer.
McHale, J. P. ve Lindahl, K. M. (2011). Coparenting: A conceptual and clinical examination of family systems. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Merriam, S. B. (1998). Qualitative research and case study applications in education. Revised and expanded from "case study research in education.". San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Miles, M. B. ve Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis (2. bs.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Minuchin, S. (1974). Families and family therapy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Salman-Engin, S. (2014). Coparenting processes in the US and Turkey: Triadic interactions among mothers, fathers, and grandmothers with 3-month-old infants (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Salman-Engin, S., Sümer, N., Sağel, E. ve McHale, J. (2018). Coparenting in the context of mother–father– infant versus mother–grandmother–infant triangular interactions in Turkey. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(10), 3085-3095. doi: 10.1007/s10826-018-1094-4.
Salman-Engin, S., Sümer, N., Sağel-Çetiner, E. ve Sakman, E. (2019). Anne ve babaların ortak ebeveynlik davranış ve algılarının romantic bağlanma ile ilişkisi. Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 59(1), 717-741. doi:10.33171/dtcfjournal.2019.59.1.35
Strauss, A. L. ve Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Teubert, D. ve Pinquart, M. (2010). The association between coparenting and child adjustment: A meta- analysis. Parenting: Science and Practice, 10(4), 286-307.
Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu [TÜİK] (2019). Toplumsal cinsiyet istatistikleri. http://www.tuik.gov.tr/PreTablo.do?alt_id=1068 adresinden edinilmiştir.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Copyright (c) 2020 Nesne Psikoloji Dergisi