Intergenerational Influences on Marriage, Contraception and Childbearing

项目概要 家庭形成过程，包括结婚、避孕和生育，是最重要的过程之一。 影响家庭和儿童健康和福祉的重要因素。实质性的、长期的影响 父母家庭对儿童家庭形成结果的影响是最有据可查的 社会科学变革的力量。然而，一个重要的因素却被忽视了——父母的心理 健康。不仅精神障碍在世界范围内非常普遍，而且父母的精神障碍也是众所周知的 对儿童产生重大影响，可能会影响他们以后的家庭形成过程。我们会 通过将父母精神障碍纳入代际模型来解决这一重要的研究空白 使用 24 年前瞻性家庭小组研究来形成家庭。为了增进对这些代际的了解 使用这些新措施的过程，我们的目标是：（1）生成父母角色的第一个估计 影响子女后续婚姻、避孕和生育的精神障碍； (2)用途 来自母亲、父亲及其子女的基于 DNA 的多基因风险评分，用于评估遗漏的遗传变量 这些代际模型中存在偏见； (3) 创建并评估新的性风险前瞻性衡量标准 吸毒和物质使用机制可能将父母的精神障碍与其子女的婚姻联系起来，反对 追踪使用和生育。 研究结果将带来三项重大进展。一是首次全国人口普查 父母精神障碍对子女婚姻、避孕、生育的代际影响 ing。第二个是首次研究遗传因素对父母心理影响的代际影响。 家庭形成障碍。迄今为止，几乎所有关于家庭代际影响的人口模型 形成被迫得出这样的结论：未观察到的遗传相似性可能解释了观察到的关联。 我们将引入新一代的代际研究——整合遗传倾向的设计。 第三，我们对儿童婚前性行为、性行为所起的作用的理解取得了重大进展—— 避孕和药物使用将父母因素与儿童家庭形成联系起来，因为这些事件 可以调解这种关系。这些步骤将极大地增进我们对代际的理解 婚姻、避孕和生育动态的影响，所有这些都对婚姻至关重要 健康和福祉。

PROJECT SUMMARY Family formation processes, including marriage, contraception, and childbearing, are among the most im- portant factors shaping the health and wellbeing of families and children. The substantial, long-term conse- quences of the parental family for children's family formation outcomes are among the most well-documented forces of change in the social sciences. However, a powerful factor has been overlooked—parental mental health. Not only are mental disorders highly prevalent the world over, but parental mental disorders are known to have powerful consequences for children, likely to shape their later-life family formation processes. We will address this important gap in research by integrating parental mental disorders into intergenerational models of family formation using a 24-year, prospective family panel study. To advance knowledge of these intergenera- tional processes using these new measures, we aim to: (1) Generate the first estimates of the role of parental mental disorders in shaping their children's subsequent marriage, contraception, and childbearing; (2) Use DNA-based polygenic risk scores from mothers, fathers, and their children to assess omitted genetic variable bias in these intergenerational models; and (3) Create and evaluate new prospective measures of sexual risk- taking and substance use mechanisms likely to link parental mental disorders to their children's marriage, con- traceptive use, and childbearing. The results will provide three significant advances. One is the first general population investigation of the intergenerational influence of parental mental disorders on children's marriage, contraception, and childbear- ing. A second is the first study of the genetic contribution to the intergenerational influences of parental mental disorders on family formation. To date nearly all population models of intergenerational influences on family formation are forced to conclude that unobserved genetic similarities may account for observed associations. We will introduce a new generation of intergenerational research—designs that integrate genetic propensities. The third is a significant advance in our understanding of the role played by children's premarital sex, sex with- out contraception, and substance use in linking parental factors to children's family formation, as these events could mediate this relationship. These steps will significantly advance our understanding of the intergenera- tional influences on the dynamics of marriage, contraception, and childbearing, all of which are crucial for health and wellbeing.