Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands.
J Fam Psychol. 2012 Aug;26(4):554-64. doi: 10.1037/a0028805. Epub 2012 Jun 18.
This study examined the stability of coparenting and its link to child temperament including 88 families with a firstborn toddler (child 1) that were expecting their second baby (child 2) at T1 (in the last trimester of the second pregnancy). Parents reported on the quality of the coparenting relationship and the temperament of both children. Coparental cooperation was observed at T1 with child 1 and at T3 (when child 2 was 1 year old) with child 1 and 2 in triadic and tetradic contexts. Results show that (a) parent-reported coparenting with child 1 was highly stable; however, this stability was moderated by the difficult temperament of child 2; (b) coparenting with child 1 and child 2 on the basis of parent reports was highly correlated longitudinally and concurrently, although longitudinal links were moderated by the difficult temperament of child 2; and (c) cooperative coparenting observed during triadic interaction at T1 was not linked to cooperation observed when four family members interacted at T3. The study presented here provides further evidence of the plasticity of coparenting in young families and that child temperament plays an important role in shaping the coparenting relationships.
本研究考察了共同养育的稳定性及其与儿童气质的关系，研究对象包括 88 个有第一个幼儿（孩子 1）的家庭，这些家庭在 T1 时（第二个孩子怀孕的最后一个月）期待着他们的第二个孩子（孩子 2）。父母报告了共同养育关系的质量和两个孩子的气质。在 T1 时观察了与孩子 1 的共同养育合作，在 T3 时（当孩子 2 1 岁时）在三元和四元情境中观察了与孩子 1 和 2 的共同养育合作。结果表明：（a）父母报告的与孩子 1 的共同养育关系高度稳定；然而，这种稳定性受到孩子 2 的气质困难的调节；（b）基于父母报告的与孩子 1 和孩子 2 的共同养育关系在纵向和横向均高度相关，尽管纵向联系受到孩子 2 的气质困难的调节；（c）在 T1 时的三元互动中观察到的合作性共同养育与在 T3 时四个家庭成员互动时观察到的合作性没有关联。本研究进一步证明了在年轻家庭中共同养育的可塑性，以及儿童气质在塑造共同养育关系方面的重要作用。
