MARITAL DISCORD, PARENTING & CHILD EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

拟议调查的焦点问题是 确定婚姻冲突的连结过程 到少男少女的儿童行为问题。一个 提出了多方法测量策略，该策略将 从创建同步视频和自主数据的数据库 婚姻满意度不同的家庭。建议的研究是 纵向；从5年到7年将对120个家庭进行跟踪调查 他们学龄前儿童一生中的一段时期。孩子们的各种结果 将进行评估，包括认知、社交(同伴互动)和 行为(家长和教师评级)。这项研究基于一项 理论被称为社会DPA理论；DPA指的是 构建，弥漫的生理唤醒。建议数 调查寻求有助于心理学的两个领域 文献：(1)婚姻不和从婚姻转移到 亲子系统和同伴系统；(2)情绪发展 在学龄前儿童中。本研究将分两个阶段进行。 抽样程序。第一阶段将从招聘一名 相对较大的有学龄前儿童的完整家庭，以及 然后筛选出不同程度的婚姻满意度。舞台 第二个涉及对婚姻状况较高的家庭的进一步分类 不和谐转化为那些做和不转移负面影响的人 从婚姻互动到亲子互动。这个 将使用以下命令确定是否已发生转移 一个在线编码员，谁来编码负数，正数 在婚姻和亲子互动中的中性情感 会话。实验设计将是一个3x2设计，其中一个 儿童性别因素(男性、女性)和其他因素 作为家庭分类。家庭将被分为三个 群体：(1)婚姻满意度高，(2)婚姻满意度低 没有将婚姻不和转嫁给孩子，以及(3)低 婚姻满意度和婚姻不和转嫁给孩子。

The focal problem of the proposed investigation is the identification of the processes by which marital conflict is linked to child behavior problems of young boys and girls. A multimethod measurement strategy is proposed which would create a data base of synchronized video and autonomic data from families who vary in marital satisfaction. The proposed study is longitudinal; 120 families will be followed from the 5 to 7 year period of their preschool child's life. A variety of child outcomes will be assessed, including cognitive, social (peer interaction), and behavioral (parent and teacher ratings). The study is based on a theory referred to as social DPA theory; DPA refers to a construct, Diffuse Physiological Arousal. The proposed investigation seeks to contribute to two areas of the psychological literature: (1) the transfer of marital discord from the marital to the parent-child and peer systems, and (2) emotional development in preschool children. This study will employ a two-stage sampling procedure. Stage One will begin by recruiting a relatively large pool of intact families with a preschool child, and then screen for different levels of marital satisfaction. Stage Two involves a further classification of families high in marital discord into those who do and do not transfer negative affect from the marital to the parent/child interaction. The determination of whether transfer has occurred will be done using an on-line coder, who will code the amount of negative, positive and neutral affect during the marital and parent-child interaction sessions. The experimental design will be a 3 x 2 design, with one factor being Child Gender (Male, Female) and the other factor being Family Classification. Families will be classified into three groups: (1) High Marital Satisfaction, (2) Low Marital Satisfaction and No Transfer of Marital Discord to the child, and (3) Low Marital Satisfaction and Transfer of Marital Discord to the child.