THE ROLE OF ADULT ATTACHMENT AND MATERNAL GATEKEEPING IN PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT: AN ACTORPARTNER INTERDEPENDENCE MODEL (APIM) ANALYSIS

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2024-9-19

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Aytaç, Fatma Kübra

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The current study aimed to uncover associations between adult attachment and parental involvement. The data was collected via both observations and surveys from a sample of Turkish couples with a child aged 3 to 6 years. In the first and second studies, the Parental Involvement Scale and the Parental Regulation Inventory Gate Closing subscale were adapted to Turkish. In the third study, the relationship between adult attachment dimensions (anxiety and avoidance) and types of parental involvement (direct care, discipline/teaching, play, and school-related activities) was examined while controlling for gatekeeping. The results highlighted the significance of romantic attachment in parental involvement, thereby expanding our understanding of the individual-level predictors of coparenting. Understanding the individual factors affecting parental involvement can contribute to the development of interventions for parents to promote higher coparenting cooperation and lower coparenting conflict.

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adult attachment, coparenting, father involvement, maternal gatekeeping, APIM

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/111301

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis