Personality, Co-parenting, and Psychological Symptoms in Adolescent Children

Benini, Larissa Enriconi; Euzebio, Luiza Dalla Corte; Mosmann, Clarisse Pereira

doi:10.1590/1982-4327e3509

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Developmental Psychology • Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 35 • 2025 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-4327e3509 linkcopy

Personality, Co-parenting, and Psychological Symptoms in Adolescent Children

Personalidade, Coparentalidade e Sintomas Psicológicos em Filhos (as) Adolescentes

Personalidad, Coparentalidad y Síntomas Psicológicos en Niños Adolescentes

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Abstract:

Co-parenting is the relationship between two adults who are responsible for the care of a child or adolescent. It can be influenced by personality characteristics of each member of the dyad. These constructs can be associated with psychological symptoms in adolescent children. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between personality, co-parenting, and psychological symptoms in adolescents, examining the co-parenting’s mediating role. This was a quantitative, explanatory, and cross-sectional study conducted with one member of the co-parenting dyad, responsible for an adolescent aged 12-16 years. 217 participants responded to the Reduced Markers of the Big Five Personality Factors, The Coparenting Inventory for Parents and Adolescents, the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire, and the Sociodemographic Questionnaire. Structural Equation Modeling was used for data analysis. Co-parental cooperation acted as a partial mediator between parents’ personality factors and psychological symptoms in children, highlighting the importance of working with parents in a clinical setting.

Keywords:
personality; parent-child relations; adolescent behavior; teenagers; parenting

Factors	High levels	Low levels
Extraversion	Like to communicate and be around other people.	More solitary, with difficulties in expressing themselves and their emotions.
Agreeableness	Receptive and empathetic.	Have difficult behaviors towards others and are suspicious.
Conscientiousness	People with goal-oriented and organized behavior.	Tend to show negligence, lack of organization and commitment.
Openness to New Experiences	Would be related to experiencing new adventures and constantly questioning moral standards.	Would be related to inflexible and conservative people.
Neuroticism	May predict some degree of suffering and difficulties in dealing with emotions and people.	Would be related to emotional intelligence and self-satisfaction.

Variable/ Dimensions	Mean	Standard Deviation
Big Five - Personality
Extraversion	18.21	4.07
Agreeableness	20.57	2.90
Conscientiousness	21.87	2.46
Neuroticism	13.84	4.33
Openness to New Experiences	15.27	3.81
Co-parenting
Cooperation	15.85	4.60
Conflict	6.17	3.96
Triangulation	1.63	3.26
Psychological Symptoms in Adolescents
Emotional Symptoms	3.86	2.38
Conduct Problems	2.16	1.83
Hyperactivity	3.55	2.49
Relationship Problems	2.35	1.95
Prosocial Behavior	6.67	1.51
Total Problems	11.93	6.77

	1EX	2SO	3CO	4NE	5AB	6COO	7CON	8TRI	9SE	10PC	11HI	12PR	13PS	14TP
1	1	,194*	0,160	-,362**	,131	,166*	-,017	-,003	-,095	-,007	-,022	-,057	-,172*	-,060
2		1	,422**	-,197*	,245**	,245**	,038	-,090	-,023	-,051	-,096	-,166*	,274**	-,105
3			1	-,146	,180**	,271*	-,148*	-,192**	-,101	-,225**	-,245**	-,165*	,258**	-,234**
4				1	-,078	-,216**	,160*	,237**	,337**	,319**	,289**	,264*	-,226**	,387*
5					1	,121	-,117	,114	-,129	,019	-,015	,000	,007	-,046
6						1	-,139	-,397**	-,163*	-,156*	-,183**	-,250**	,284**	-,239**
7							1	,357**	,164*	,213**	,091	,196**	-,045	,205*
8								1	,231**	,282**	,207**	,232**	-,253*	,301**
9									1	,476**	,472*	,514**	-,126	,802**
10										1	,563**	,442**	-,322**	,772*
11											1	,413**	-,298**	,805**
12												1	-,179**	,740*
13													1	-,292**
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[1] Note: 1EX= extraversion; 2SO= agreeableness; 3CO= conscientiousness; 4NE= neuroticism; 5AB= openness to new experiences; 6COO= cooperation; 7CON= conflict; 8TRI= triangulation; 9SE= emotional symptoms; 10PC= conduct problems; 11HI= hyperactivity; 12PR= relationship problems; 13PS= prosocial behavior; 14TP= total problems: **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2 tails); *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2 tails).