Pre-birth predictors of early coparenting

描述（由申请人提供）：自20世纪90年代中期以来，发展研究已经开始研究家庭情感生活的一个重要方面，以前在儿童和家庭的研究中被忽视了——家庭作为一个完整的互动群体的关系动力学特征。这项工作的一个特别重点是了解家庭的共同养育动态。该项目的目的是研究在“向父母身份过渡”过程中出现的父母联盟的出生前预测因素。125个家庭将在妊娠晚期和产后3个月期间进行研究。该项目的数据将涉及：(1)父母在出生前对其父母关系的表述，通过研究新开发的父母访谈。(2)通过多方法评价产后3个月的亲子关系性质。(3)产前对产后的影响；(4)婴儿气质对出生前家庭预测因子与3月龄父母养育动态关系的影响。125对准夫妇将在怀孕的第三个月开始时参加基于实验室的评估。在这些会议期间，两位父母将独立接受采访，询问他们对婴儿出生后父母养育子女和家庭关系的期望。每位家长还将完成标准的人格评估，AAI，并参加婚姻评估。产后3个月，对父母进行回访，收集家庭互动数据、出生叙述、婴儿气质数据。回归分析将检验出生前家庭在预测出生后父母指标方面的贡献，在控制依恋和婚姻适应方面的心理状态之前和之后。回归分析还将检查出生前风险评分，建议的儿童调节因子和调节因子之间的预测相互作用，以解释3个月的共同养育指数的差异。

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.