Parenting Under the Influence: Fathers, Maternal Gatekeeping and Child Outcomes

描述(由申请人提供)：家庭是儿童社会情感发展的重要背景。利用正在进行的家庭生活项目(NIH/NICHD1 P01 HD 039667-01A1)的调查和观察数据，拟议的研究将检查父母酗酒与儿童行为障碍的暴力行为之间的关联，确定父亲的危险行为是否与母亲更多的看门行为有关，以及母亲看门是否为儿童提供保护缓冲。这项研究直接解决了我们对高危环境中的家庭系统的理解上的差距。拟议培训计划的主要目标是使调查员能够通过审查家庭所处的关系网络，在高风险环境中发展家庭程序方面的专门知识。这项研究使用了来自家庭生活项目的数据，该项目是一项纵向的、多方法的、基于人口的研究，对生活在非城市地区的经济困难家庭的家庭过程进行研究。初步分析将包括检查所有研究变量之间的相互关系。验证性因素分析将被用来构建进一步分析中使用的所有潜在变量。结构方程模型将被估计，其中父亲在24个月时饮酒和父亲的暴力行为将被用来确定父亲饮酒与暴力行为和母亲一年级看守之间的联系。还将估计一个结构方程模型，在该模型中，父亲的酒精使用和暴力行为将被用来预测58个月时父亲的养育行为和孩子一年级时的儿童行为障碍，以及母亲看门在这些关联中发挥的调节作用。本课程将考察父亲的危险行为可能影响孩子发展的直接和间接途径。拟议的培训计划旨在为这位研究员提供必要的技能，以建立一个研究计划，允许对这些关联进行更仔细的纵向检查，以便建立父亲饮酒模式和暴力行为随时间推移与儿童行为问题发展之间的关系模型。 与公共卫生相关：大量饮酒与一系列不良育儿指标有关，包括对婴儿反应较差、冲动较大和虐待儿童。这项拟议的研究旨在了解父亲和母亲酗酒与暴力行为对家庭功能的影响之间的联系。更具体地说，这项研究将考察母亲在为父亲的危险行为对孩子行为问题的发展产生不利影响提供保护缓冲方面可能发挥的作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Families represent a significant context for children's socioemotional development. Using survey and observational data from the ongoing Family Life Project (NIH/NICHD 1 P01 HD 039667-01A1), the proposed study will examine the associations between parent's heavy alcohol use and violent behaviors on child conduct disorders, determine whether father's risky behaviors are associated with increased gatekeeping behaviors by mothers and whether maternal gatekeeping provides a protective buffer for children. The study directly addresses gaps in our understanding of family systems in high risk environments. The primary goal of the proposed training plan is to allow the investigator to develop expertise in family processes within high risk environments by examining the network of relationships in which a family is embedded. This study uses data from the Family Life Project, a longitudinal, multi-method, population-based study of family processes among economically disadvantaged families living in nonurban areas. Preliminary analyses will include examining intercorrelations between all study variables. Confirmatory factor analyses will be used to construct all latent variables used in further analyses. Structural equation models (SEM) will be estimated, in which paternal alcohol use at 24 months and father's violent behavior will be used to determine the associations between fathers' alcohol use and violent behaviors and maternal gatekeeping at first grade. An SEM model will also be estimated, in which father's fathers' alcohol use and violent behavior will be used to predict both paternal parenting behaviors at 58 months and child conduct disorders when the child is in first grade and the moderating role of maternal gatekeeping plays in these associations. Both the direct and indirect pathways by which fathers' risky behavior may influence child development will be examined. The proposed training plan is designed to provide the fellow with the skills necessary to build a program of research that will allow for closer examination of these associations longitudinally in order to model the relations between the pattern of fathers' alcohol use and violent behavior over time and the development of child conduct problems. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Heavy alcohol use has been linked to a range of indicators of poor parenting including less responsiveness to infants, greater impulsivity, and child maltreatment. The proposed research aims to understand the associations between fathers' and mothers' heavy alcohol use and violent behavior on family functioning. More specifically, this study will examine the role that mothers may play to provide a protective buffer against the adverse effects of father's risky behaviors on children's development of conduct problems.