AREAS OF CONFLICT, COPING, AND SERVICE NEEDS AMONG CO-PARENTING PERSONS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

<p>This study was conducted in San Bernardino County, California. Participants completed a questionnaire regarding conflicts that arise between co-parents, levels of stress from conflicts, how parts negotiate, cooperate, collaborate and communicate and the types of coping skills that participants use when stressed. The purpose of this study was to examine conflicts between parents and caregivers who share the custody of their children with another parent or caregiver. This study also assessed coping skills and co-parenting resources that are available in San Bernardino County. Twenty-two participants completed the study, 19 were female and 3 were male. Most of the participants were Latino. Over 77% of participants reported having conflicts with the other parent or caregiver. Nearly 73% of participants reported high levels of stress when having conflicts with the other parent or caregiver. However, participants reported being able to negotiate, cooperate, collaborate and communicate appropriately with the other parent or caregiver. Participants reported that they used a variety of primitive, less primitive and mature coping mechanism when dealing with conflicts with the other parent or giver. The results also showed that few participants had engaged in co-parenting interventions that were provided in San Bernardino County.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Social Work

Level thesis:degree_level

Project

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Social Work

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Hernandez, Sophia Luisa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chang, Janet

• Co-Parenting
• Family Relationships
• Coping with stress among parents and caregivers
• Co-parenting Interventions
• Shared custody and co-parenting
• Dynamics between Co-Parents
• Family, Life Course, and Society
• Social Psychology and Interaction
• Social Work

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/392

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-1422