PATTERNS OF MOTHER-CHILD INTERACTION IN YOUNG FAMILIES

年轻家庭中母子互动的模式

• 批准号: 3376581
• 负责人: MARJORIE A PETT
• 金额: $ 11.62万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1986
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1986-07-01 至 1989-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3376581
• 关键词: behavior test; child behavior; coping; divorce /separation; gender difference; human age group; human subject; marriage /marital status; maternal behavior; mother child interaction; paternal behavior; preschool child (1-5); psychological stressor; social status; videotape /videodisc; young adult human (21-34)

The major objective of this proposed research is to identify distinguishing patterns of mother-child interaction in divorced and married families with preschool children. Specfically, this research will seek to identify reciprocal patterns of interaction that occur between a mother and her preschool child, having taken into account the family's internal and external resources, e.g., its marital status, experience with additional stress, social status position, maternal employment, level of maternal-child psychosocial functioning, the child's age and gender and the number of significant others in the family. The role of the father as a mediating influence in mother-child interaction will also be explored. The proposed multi-measure approach is designed to obtain a many faceted view of mothers and their preschool children, through parental self-report, fathers' observations, reports of day care/preschool providers and direct behavioral observation. The subjects of the study will include 80 divorced and 80 married mothers and their preschool children (80 boys and 80 girls) who attend day care centers/preschools located in Salt Lake County, Utah. The participating dyads will be videotaped just prior to and during the dinner hour, a period of high interaction and potential family tension. These videotapes will be analyzed from two perspectives: a base rate analysis of the type, incidence and intensity of interacting behaviors that occur between mother and preschool child (given the factors described above) and second, a lag sequential analysis to examine the issues of reciprocity and dominance in the mother-child dyad. Hypotheses related to the base rate analyses as well as the reciprocity of control and support, control-oriented and coercive dominance have been formulated and will serve as guidelines for the data analysis. Hypotheses-generating analyses will also be undertaken to explore the relationship of marital satisfaction, family adaptation, cohesion, and coping to the observed patterns of mother-child interaction. It is proposed that such basic research would enhance our knowledge both about the impact of divorce on the socialization of children and the reciprocal nature of mother-child interaction. Such research would build on previously conducted observational research but would include an identified vulnerable population "at risk" for potential disorganization: The divorced family with preschool children.

这项拟议的研究的主要目的是确定区别 离婚和已婚家庭中的母子互动模式与 学龄前儿童。 从具体而言，这项研究将寻求确定 母亲和她之间发生的互动方式 学龄前儿童，考虑到家庭的内部和 外部资源，例如，其婚姻状况，额外的经验 压力，社会地位地位，产妇就业，水平 产妇的社会心理功能，孩子的年龄和性别以及 家庭中的其他重要人数。 父亲的角色 还将探讨在母子互动中的介导影响。 这 拟议的多量化方法旨在获得许多方面的视图 通过父母的自我报告，母亲及其学龄前儿童的 父亲的观察，日托/学龄前提供者的报告和直接 行为观察。 该研究的主题将包括80个离婚和80位已婚母亲 和他们的学龄前儿童（80个男孩和80个女孩）参加日托 位于犹他州盐湖县的中心/学前班。 参与 二元组将在晚餐时间和晚餐时间（一段时间）进行录像 高度互动和潜在的家庭张力。 这些录像带将是 从两个角度分析：类型的基本率分析， 母亲之间发生的相互作用行为的发生率和强度 和学龄前儿童（给定上述因素），其次，滞后 顺序分析以检查互惠和优势的问题 母子二元。 与基本利率分析有关的假设 以及控制和支持的互惠，以控制为导向和 强制性优势已被制定，并将作为指导原则 数据分析。 还将进行假设生成分析 探索婚姻满意度，家庭适应的关系， 内聚力，并应对观察到的母子相互作用的模式。 有人提出这样的基础研究将增强我们的知识 关于离婚对儿童社会化的影响 母子互动的相互性质。 这样的研究将建立 关于先前进行的观察研究，但包括 确定了潜在混乱的脆弱人群“有风险”： 离婚的家庭有学龄前儿童。