Department of Nursing, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, 4-1-1 Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0001, Japan
Research Article
Developing a New Co-parenting Awareness Scale for Measuring Effective Co-parenting Awareness Strategies: Relationship with Attribute/Parental Awareness Development
Author(s): Yoshiko Shimizu* and Nobuhiko Suganuma
Objectives: Our study aims to develop the first-ever married couple co-parenting awareness scale by interviewing
Japanese parents and examining their narratives regarding cooperation in parenting. The attributes and parental
awareness development will be analyzed to clarify the characteristics of the parenting efforts.
Materials and methods: A 44-item co-parenting scale was consequently developed. A questionnaire survey of 668
couples using the co-parenting scale, the marriage “reality” scale, and the parental consciousness development
scale was conducted. Age, family structure, and employment status were enquired, and responses were statistically
analyzed.
Results: Concurrent validity showed a significant correlation between the co-parenting scale and the marriage
“reality” sc.. View more»