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以前在儿童和家庭研究中忽视的家庭情感生活的一个重要方面-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。这个项目的目的是研究在“向共同抚养人过渡”过程中出现的共同抚养人联盟的出生前预测因素。“125个家庭将在怀孕的第三个三个月进行研究，然后在产后3个月进行研究。该项目的数据将解决：（1）通过研究新开发的共同养育访谈，父母在出生前对其共同养育关系的陈述。(2)通过多种方法评估产后3个月共同养育关系的性质。(3)产前到产后的影响线;（4）婴儿气质对产前家庭预测因素和3个月大的共同养育动态之间关系的影响。125对孕妇将在妊娠晚期开始时参加以实验室为基础的评估。在这些会议期间，父母双方将独立接受采访，了解他们对婴儿出生后共同养育和家庭关系的期望。每位家长还将完成标准人格评估，AAI，并参加婚姻评估。在产后3个月，父母将被访问他们的家，在那里家庭互动数据，出生叙述，和婴儿气质数据将被收集。回归分析将检查出生前的家庭代表预测出生后coparental指标的贡献，无论是之前和之后控制的精神状态方面的附件和婚姻适应。回归分析还将检查出生前的风险评分，建议的儿童主持人，和预测主持人的相互作用，解释3个月的共同养育指数的变化。

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.