Parental Gatekeeping

Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan is Professor in the Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Northwestern University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Schoppe-Sullivan is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on coparenting, father-child relationships, and young children’s social-emotional development. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the National Council on Family Relations.F. Kübra Aytaç-DiCarlo is Presidential Fellow at The Ohio State University, where she is currently pursuing her second Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology. She earned her first Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Middle East Technical University (METU). Dr. Aytaç-DiCarlo also holds three M.S. degrees: one in Psychology from Ohio State, another in Psychology from METU, and a third in Sociology from METU, where she completed her B.S. in Sociology, with a double major in Philosophy and a minor in Political Science and Public Administration. Her research focuses on coparenting, couple relationships, and family well-being in diverse cultural contexts, with multiple publications in these areas.

• 1. Parental Gatekeeping: Introduction 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Parental Gatekeeping 3. Conceptualization and Measurement of Parental Gatekeeping 4. Predictors of Parental Gatekeeping 5. Consequences of Maternal Gatekeeping for Father-Child Relationships 6. Maternal Gatekeeping and Father Involvement in High-Risk Contexts 7. Gatekeeping in Family Law: Not an Open and Shut Case! 8. Conclusion and Future Research Directions