Journal of Educational, Health and Community Psychology
Vol 11 No 3 September 2022

Understanding the Issues of Coparenting in Indonesia

Jenny Lukito Setiawan (School of Psychology, Center for Marriages and Families, Universitas Ciputra Surabaya, Indonesia)
Jessica Christina Widhigdo (School of Psychology, Center for Marriages and Families, Universitas Ciputra Surabaya, Indonesia)
Amanda Teonata (School of Psychology, Center for Marriages and Families, Universitas Ciputra Surabaya, Indonesia)
Lisa Indriati (Visual Communication Design, School of Creative Industry, Universitas Ciputra Surabaya, Indonesia)
Mychael Maoeretz Engel (School of Information Technology, Universitas Ciputra Surabaya, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Sep 2022

Abstract

Family plays an important role in children’s growth and development. The mechanism of co-parenting is empirically proven to have an impact in marital relationship and child development. However, the number of empirical studies on co-parenting in Indonesia is still very limited. The purpose of this study is to examine the issue of co-parenting among parents in Indonesia and to understand ways to develop effective co-parenting. This study uses a qualitative method approach. The data collection method used in this study is focused group discussion to 30 participants, including 15 fathers and 15 mothers. The study found that imbalances in the division of roles between partners and the difficulties in finding agreements are the biggest challenges for fathers and mothers. This study also found that there are four factors to implement an effective co-parenting, which are discussion, agreement in task division, giving appreciation, and good parenting references. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

Psychology

Publisher

Subject

Education Public Health

Description

Journal of Educational, Health, and Community Psychology (JEHCP) published an article, and empirical study that have originality, novelty and fill the gap of knowledge, that focused on educational psychology, health psychology and community psychology. JEHCP is an open access peer reviewed, ...