Video Series to Enhance Coparenting of Expectant Couples

项目摘要/摘要：本研究的中心目标是开发和试验一种商业上可行的预防性干预产品，旨在提高夫妻对父母养育方式的适应，从而促进父母对父母养育方式的积极适应，增强父母的温暖，减少儿童对父母间冲突的暴露。该产品由12个心理教育视频模块组成，配有练习册，供夫妻在家使用。该干预产品将帮助首次为人父母的人做好准备，应对新生儿经常带来的个人和夫妻层面的压力，这些压力与父母双方患抑郁症的比例升高以及婚姻冲突和不满的比例升高相吻合。干预的短期目标包括增强亲子合作和减少敌对/竞争行为。中期目标包括改善父母的适应能力，增加父母的敏感性，减少父母的消极情绪。干预产品的最终长期目标是减少儿童适应问题。该项目将开发其中两个模块，并对30对夫妇进行试点测试。项目说明：相关性：拟议的预防产品将解决父母在过渡到为人父母期间所经历的高度紧张，并有助于建立积极沟通和家庭管理协调的基础。注重改善亲子关系的目的是减少产妇产后抑郁（这与伴侣的支持密切相关），减少敌对的夫妻冲突（这与消极的儿童结果有关），并提高父母的效能和能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract: The central aim of the proposed research activity is to develop and pilot a commercially-viable, preventive intervention product aimed at enhancing couples' adaptation to parenting as a coparenting unit in order to promote positive adjustment to parenthood, enhance parental warmth, and decrease exposure of children to interparental conflict. The product is a series of 12 psycho-educational video modules with an accompanying workbook, which couples utilize at home. The intervention product will prepare first-time parents for the individual and couple-level stresses that a new child often brings, which coincide with elevated rates of depression for both parents and high rates of marital conflict and dissatisfaction. The intervention's short-term goals include enhanced coparenting cooperation and diminished hostile/competitive behaviors. Medium-term goals include improved parental adjustment, increased parental sensitivity, and diminished parental negativity. The ultimate long-term goal of the intervention product is to reduce child adjustment problems. This project will develop 2 of the modules and conduct pilot testing with 30 couples. Project Narrative: Relevance: The proposed prevention product will address the heightened strains experienced by parents during the transition to parenthood, and help foster a foundation of positive communication and family management coordination. The focus on improving the coparenting relationship is aimed at decreasing maternal postnatal depression (which is strongly linked to partner support), decreasing hostile couple conflict (which is linked to negative child outcomes), and enhancing parental efficacy and competence.