Vers une coparentalité satisfaisante après la séparation conjugale…

Abstract

Notre étude est la première d’une démarche plus vaste visant l’élaboration d’un modèle d’intervention vers une coparentalité coopérative après la séparation conjugale. En essayant de répondre à la question suivante : Comment les parents séparés expliquent la « bonne entente » au sein de leur relation coparentale ? , nous avons analysé le vécu de quatre participants issus de deux couples parentaux hétérosexuels qui estiment avoir négocié avec succès leur séparation conjugale. L’analyse phénoménologique interprétative (IPA) (Smith, Flowers et Larkin, 2009) nous a permis de dégager trois idées clés qui gouvernent les comportements parentaux post-séparation : rester des parents à vie, agir dans l’intérêt de l’enfant et gérer les désaccords.

Healing the Separation in High-Conflict Post-divorce Co-parenting

“…Same authors indicate that the inherent premises for successful co-parenting are trust in each other’s ability to take care of the children and their own knowledge of the emotional bonds between the children and each parent. In the same line, previous research ( Stolnicu and Hendrick, 2017 ; Stolnicu, 2020 ) shows that LC post-divorce co-parenting is a three-dimensional process that is constantly evolving over time. In these cases, parents seem to obey three rules: (1) considering each other as “parents for life,” (2) “acting in the child’s best interests,” and (3) “managing disagreements.” “Parents for life,” involves recognizing the qualities and educational skills of the other parent, the respect for one’s parenting role, the desire to maintain child bond with the other parent as well as the acceptance of the other parent’s parental rights and co-parental responsibility.…”

“…Rather, maintaining this type of relationship after parental separation requires hardwork, even in no- or LC divorces, but parents do it for their children ( Eikrem and Jevne, 2022 ). Research shows that parents make efforts to obey the three LC co-parenting rules: (1) considering each other as “parents for life,” (2) “acting in the child’s best interests,” and (3) “managing disagreements” ( Stolnicu and Hendrick, 2017 ; Stolnicu, 2020 ). Despite countless difficulties, parents in LC situations seem to obey these guidelines naturalness.…”

“…Firstly, Stolnicu and Hendrick (2017) examined the experiences of four participants from two heterosexual parental couples who consider themselves as having successfully negotiated marital breakdown. Phenomenological interpretive analysis ( Smith et al, 2009 ) allowed to identify three key ideas that govern LC post-separation co-parenting behaviors.…”

“…Therefore, LC co-parenting is conceptualized as an interactional three-dimensional process that is constantly evolving over time. Consequently, in LC co-parenting situations, parents seem to obey three rules: “Parents for life,” “Acting in the child’s best interests,” and “Managing disagreements” ( Stolnicu and Hendrick, 2017 ; Stolnicu, 2020 ).…”

“…The present study focuses on studying HC post-divorce co-parenting by crossing previous knowledge ( Stolnicu and Hendrick, 2017 ; Stolnicu, 2020 ) with professionals’ experiences regrading interventions in HC post-divorce co-parenting situations.…”