EC Paediatrics

This study examined the effects of a program designed to promote cooperation in child-rearing between married couples (couple parenting) by attempting to implement the program on married couples in the child-rearing stage of their child’s life. Additionally, the concept of “the effect of husband’s participation in education” was examined through the program to determine whether husbands became more cooperative in child-rearing, housework, and so on, and whether the couples’ perception of parenting subscale items "mutual emotional support”, "mutual concrete support", "mutual", difficulties in sharing responsibility”, and "parenting agreement and negotiation" were examined for changes. Four consecutive surveys on married couples were administered to men (fathers) and women (mothers) who had cooperated in a previous survey on child care for married couples. Ninety-four couples (age: husband, 36 ± 3.1 years; wife, 35 ± 2.9 years) who had implemented the program were included in the analysis. The change in the post-impression scale scores, based on the awareness of program implementation, commitment, and program implementation status, was significantly higher in the low group and lower in the high group. Based on these findings, the program was verified and examined. Furthermore, the presence or absence of that idea was significantly related to the couple parenting perception scale score in 7 out of the 20 items that husbands considered as "husband’s participation in education”. Additionally, the number of household chores performed by husbands was significantly higher in the high or middle group than in the low group based on the marital parenting recognition score.

 Keywords: Co-Parenting; Child Care; Perception; Housework

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