The Department of Human Development & Family Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , TX , USA.
Attach Hum Dev. 2019 Dec;21(6):597-615. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1492003. Epub 2018 Jul 4.
This research examined couples' marital affect as a mediator between the couples' combined attachment representations (assessed prenatally) and each of their caregiving quality at 8 months postpartum. We followed 125 couples pregnant with their first child over the transition to parenthood. Prenatally, the Adult Attachment Interview was administered and marital interactions were observed. Parents were categorized in joint attachment pairs: secure/secure, secure mother/insecure father, secure father/insecure mother, and insecure/insecure. Caregiving in dyadic parent-infant interactions was observed at home, 8 months postpartum. Results indicated the secure/secure pairing displayed the most positive marital affect overall and predicted higher sensitivity in both mothers and fathers compared to parents in secure mother/insecure father pairs. Indirect effects indicate marital affect mediated the relations between joint attachment pairs and caregiving. Findings suggest that joint attachment pairs relate to prenatal marital quality, which in turn spills over to predict each parent's later caregiving quality.
本研究考察了夫妻的婚姻情感在夫妻双方的联合依恋表现（在产前评估）与他们在产后 8 个月的每个照顾质量之间的中介作用。我们跟踪了 125 对怀有第一胎的夫妇，观察他们从为人父母到为人父母的转变。在产前，进行了成人依恋访谈，并观察了婚姻互动。父母被分为联合依恋对：安全/安全、安全母亲/不安全父亲、安全父亲/不安全母亲和不安全/不安全。在产后 8 个月，在家庭中观察了对偶父母-婴儿互动中的照顾情况。结果表明，安全/安全配对总体上表现出最积极的婚姻情感，并预测母亲和父亲的敏感性都高于安全母亲/不安全父亲配对的父母。间接效应表明，婚姻情感中介了联合依恋对与照顾的关系。研究结果表明，联合依恋对与产前婚姻质量有关，而产前婚姻质量又会影响每个父母以后的照顾质量。
