The Impact of Interparental Conflict on Parenting and Child Development - Olena Kopysynka, PhD
This webinar will show Olena Kopystynka research on divorce and conflict behaviors in Utah. Anyone attending should be prepared to learn how to manage conflict throughout hardship in marriage and divorce. Join us in this presentation to discover how conflict management strategies can empower parents and couples in their relationships with each other and their children.
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0:00 – Introduction: Who is Olena Kopystynka
4:02- Divorce Trends
5:35- Cohabitation caveats
6:40- Reasons for divorce
9:05- Life post-divorce: quality of marriage
11:00- Divorce and child development
11:35- Divorce is a process
13:35- Married parents’ strength
14:57- Conflict
16:00- Conflict behaviors: constructive vs destructive
19:50- Conflict and child outcomes
21:32- Conflict and parenting
23:45- Parenting and child development- parenting and child development
24:40- Divorce outcomes
27:00- Ways to improve marriage, #1 invest in the relationship
28:20- Ways to improve marriage, #2 low-effort strategies to improve relationships
31:43- Ways to improve marriage, #3 put less pressure on your spouse
35:33- Defying the well-known 50/50 adage
37:00- New and improved adage: relationships are 100/100
38:08- Live Q & A
About Olena Kopystynska, PhD:
Olena Kopystynska, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Department of Family Life and Human Development at Southern Utah University. She completed her doctorate at the University of Arizona in 2018 and then went on to do her post-doctoral work at Utah State University. She was working under the supervision of Dr. Brian Higginbotham, Kay Bradford, and Dave Schramm. Her research focuses on the influence of interparental conflict on their parenting and children’s socioemotional development. She further examines how these family processes change over time and whether they vary across diverse family environments (e.g., cohabiting parents, stepfamilies) and socioeconomic statuses. At Southern Utah University, Olena teaches Marriage and Family, Divorce and Remarriage, Parenting, and Fathering.
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