Department of Psychology, USF St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
Fam Process. 2012 Sep;51(3):360-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2012.01409.x.
Results of semistructured interviews with 45 pregnant unmarried first-time African American mothers indicated a wide range of expectancies concerning the coparenting relationship they would develop with others once their baby arrived. Most common coparenting systems projected by respondents involved maternal grandmothers and/or the babies' fathers, though other caregivers were explicitly anticipated in a smaller number of cases. Multiperson coparenting systems were the norm, and only 2 of 45 respondents anticipated that they would be entirely on their own with no coparental system whatsoever. Qualitative analyses of mothers' narratives about postbaby coparenting systems revealed five main constructions: having thought about and anticipating coparenting, positive in outlook; having thought about and anticipating coparenting, but with mild concerns (conflict, unreliability); having thought about coparenting and anticipating limited or no support; having thought about coparenting and anticipating significant conflict and nonsupport; and having not thought much about coparenting, being neither focused on nor worried about this issue. Illustrations of each of these types are provided, and directions for family science and practice are discussed.
对 45 名未婚初次生育的非裔美国单身母亲进行半结构化访谈的结果表明，她们对孩子出生后与他人建立的共同育儿关系抱有广泛的期望。受访者预测的最常见的共同育儿系统涉及祖母和/或婴儿的父亲，但在少数情况下，也明确预期了其他照顾者。多人共同育儿系统是常态，45 名受访者中只有 2 人预计他们将完全独自育儿，没有任何共同育儿系统。对母亲关于婴儿出生后共同育儿系统的叙述的定性分析揭示了五个主要结构：已经考虑并预期共同育儿，持乐观态度；已经考虑并预期共同育儿，但有轻微担忧（冲突、不可靠）；已经考虑共同育儿并预期有限或没有支持；已经考虑共同育儿并预期重大冲突和不支持；以及没有太多考虑共同育儿，既不关注也不担心这个问题。提供了每种类型的说明，并讨论了家庭科学和实践的方向。
