Pre-birth predictors of early coparenting

描述(申请人提供)：自20世纪90年代中期S以来，发展研究已经开始研究以前在儿童和家庭研究中被忽视的家庭情感生活的一个重要方面-家庭作为一个完全互动的群体的关系动力学特征。这项工作的一个特别重点是了解这个家庭的配对动态。这个项目的目的是检验在“向夫妻关系的转变”过程中出现的夫妻联盟的出生前预测因素。125个家庭将在怀孕的最后三个月和产后3个月再次进行研究。来自该项目的数据将解决：(1)通过对新开发的配对访谈的研究，了解父母对其配对关系的产前表征。(2)产后3个月通过多种方法评估伴侣关系的性质。(3)产前到产后的影响线；(4)婴儿气质对产前家庭预测因素与3个月大的生育动态之间关系的影响。125对怀孕夫妇将在怀孕第三个月开始参加基于实验室的评估。在这些会议期间，这两位父母将就他们对婴儿出生后的伴侣关系和家庭关系的期望独立接受采访。每一位父母还将完成标准的个性评估，即AAI，并参与婚姻评估。在产后3个月，父母将在他们的家中接受访问，在那里将收集家庭互动数据、出生故事和婴儿气质数据。回归分析将检验产前家庭表征在预测出生后共同指标方面的贡献，包括控制依恋和婚姻适应方面的心理状态前后的情况。回归分析还将检查出生前风险得分、建议的儿童主持人，以及在解释3个月共同生育指数差异方面的预测因子-主持人交互作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Since the mid-1990's, developmental research has begun examining an important dimension of the family's emotional life previously overlooked in studies of children and families - relational dynamics characteristic of the family as a full interacting group. A particular focus in this work has been on understanding the family's coparenting dynamics. The aim of this project is to examine pre-birth predictors of the emerging coparental alliance across the "transition to coparenthood." One hundred-twenty five families would be studied during the third trimester of the pregnancy and then again at 3 months post-partum. Data from the project would address:(1) Parents' pre-birth representations of their coparenting relationship, through study of newly developed coparenting interviews. (2) The nature of coparenting relations at 3 months post-partum, through multi-method assessments.(3) Pre-birth to post-partum lines of influence; and(4) The effects of infant temperament on relations between pre-birth family predictors and age 3 months coparenting dynamics.The 125 expectant couples will participate in laboratory-based assessments at the beginning of the third trimester of the pregnancy. During these sessions the two parents will be interviewed independently concerning their expectations about coparenting and family relations following the baby's arrival. Each parent will also complete standard personality assessments, the AAI, and take part in a marital assessment. At 3 months postpartum, parents will be visited in their homes, where family interaction data, birth narratives, and infant temperament data will be gathered. Regression analyses will examine contributions of pre-birth family representations in predicting post-birth coparental indicators, both before and after controlling for states of mind with respect to attachment and marital adaptation. Regression analyses will also examine pre-birth risk scores, proposed child moderators, and predictor-by-moderator interactions in explaining variance in 3 month coparenting indices.