Department of Psychology, University of Rochester.
Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis.
J Fam Psychol. 2020 Oct;34(7):773-783. doi: 10.1037/fam0000671. Epub 2020 May 14.
The present study investigated physiological synchrony across mothers, fathers, and adolescents during a conflict discussion. In particular, a multilevel, within-dyad approach was used to parameterize synchrony within the parasympathetic nervous system. Moreover, we examined how domains of conflict within the larger family system influenced the level of synchrony between family members. Participants were 191 families with adolescents ( age = 12.4 years), whose respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) were measured during a triadic family conflict discussion. On the minute-to-minute basis, mothers and adolescents as well as mothers and fathers exhibited positive RSA concurrent synchrony, whereas no such concordance was observed between adolescents and fathers. In addition, the presence of conflict between parents with respect to coparenting moderated the level of mother-adolescent synchrony such that no concordant RSA synchrony emerged between mother and adolescents under high levels of coparenting conflict. In contrast, general interparental conflict did not moderate levels of physiological synchrony among any of the dyads. Findings suggest that mothers may be particularly physiologically in tune with family members in the context of conflict discussions and specific domains of family conflict may influence concordant physiological dynamics. Taken together, this is one of the first studies to examine physiological synchrony during the adolescent period and results suggest this may be an important developmental period for these dynamics. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究调查了在冲突讨论中母亲、父亲和青少年之间的生理同步性。特别是，采用多层次、对样方法来参数化副交感神经系统内的同步性。此外，我们还研究了更大的家庭系统内的冲突领域如何影响家庭成员之间的同步水平。参与者为 191 个有青少年（年龄=12.4 岁）的家庭，他们在三人家庭冲突讨论期间测量了呼吸窦性心律失常（RSA）。在每分钟的基础上，母亲和青少年以及母亲和父亲表现出积极的 RSA 并发同步性，而青少年和父亲之间则没有这种一致性。此外，父母之间关于共同养育的冲突的存在调节了母亲-青少年同步性的水平，以至于在共同养育冲突水平较高的情况下，母亲和青少年之间没有出现一致的 RSA 同步性。相比之下，一般的父母间冲突并没有调节任何对偶之间的生理同步水平。研究结果表明，在冲突讨论的背景下，母亲可能与家庭成员在生理上特别协调，而家庭冲突的特定领域可能会影响一致的生理动态。总之，这是首次在青少年时期研究生理同步性的研究之一，结果表明这可能是这些动态的一个重要发展时期。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。
