Table 10.
Co-Parenting Across Family Structures (CoPAFS-27)
| 1. It is important that my child loves both parents | V |
| 2. I value the other parent’s parenting skills | R |
| 3. I feel awkward when I am with the other parent | A* |
| 4. I work well with the other parent when decisions need to be made about our child | C |
| 5. I am hostile or bitter in my conversations with the other parent | A* |
| 6. I can talk easily with the other parent about activities I would like to do with our child | C |
| 7. I disagree with the choices that the other parent makes about our child | A* |
| 8. I don’t think it is helpful to talk with the other parent about decisions that need to be made about our child | V* |
| 9. I feel comfortable in sharing my thoughts about parenting with the other parent | C |
| 10. I feel out of control when speaking with the other parent | A* |
| 11. I find it difficult to support the other parent’s relationship with our child | T* |
| 12. The other parent asks my opinion on parenting issues | C |
| 13. My child would be better off seeing less of the other parent | V* |
| 14. Although we don’t always agree, we respect each other’s differences as parents | R |
| 15. I get little support from the other parent to help out with the work of parenting | T* |
| 16. We parent better when we make decisions together | V |
| 17. I have trouble controlling my anger when around the other parent | A* |
| 18. I need to ‘go behind’ the other parent to fix the mess left behind | T* |
| 19. When we meet face to face, the other parent and I are friendly or polite to each other | C |
| 20. I pretend to support the other parent’s decisions but in the end, I do what I think is best for our child | T* |
| 21. I trust the other parent with our child | T |
| 22. I try to be more involved, but the other parent won’t let me have an opinion | R* |
| 23. The other parent respects what I bring to parenting our child | R |
| 24. I worry about my child while in the other parent’s care | T* |
| 25. It is better to be away from, or uninvolved with, the other parent to make sure we don’t argue | A* |
| 26. It’s important that the other parent is involved in our child’s life | V |
| 27. The other parent tries to be a good parent but does not know enough about parenting to be the kind of parent our child needs | T* |
“*” Signifies reverse scoring, V Valuing the other parent, R Respect, A Acrimony, C Communication, T Trust