離婚後の父母コペアレンティングと 子どもの心理的苦痛，適応等との関連 ――別居後面会交流を実施していた児童期後半から思春期の子どもと母親の親子対応データを用いた検討――

The goal of the present study was to test a hypothesized model of the relationship between parents' co-parenting after divorce, the relationship between the parents, the mother's adjustment, social supports, explanations to the children about the parents' separation and divorce, and the children's adjustment. The participants, 166 mother-child pairs, completed several questionnaires. The divorced women's average age was 42.0 years (SD ＝ 1.6). The children, 81 boys and 85 girls, were in grades 4 to 6 (n ＝ 96) and grades 7-9 (n ＝ 70). They lived with their mothers; their fathers had visitation rights. Visitation rights were added to the Japanese Civil Code in 2011. The results suggested that conflictive co-parenting after divorce was associated negatively with children's adjustment and mediated by their repressive acceptance of conflict, self-blame, and dismissal of childhood. In contrast, cooperative co-parenting following divorce and parents' explanations about the divorce were related positively to the children's relationship with their parents. This, in turn, was related positively to the children's adjustment, either directly or through social supports outside their home. Psychological support for children and their parents following parental divorce was discussed.