Schoppe-Sullivan Sarah J, Nuttall Amy K, Berrigan Miranda N
Department of Psychology, Ohio State University.
Human Development & Family Studies, Michigan State University.
J Soc Pers Relat. 2022 Apr;39(4):908-930. doi: 10.1177/02654075211048954. Epub 2021 Oct 18.
This study examined trajectories of new parents' perceptions of conflictual coparenting and predictors thereof. Partners in 182 dual-earner different-gender U.S. couples reported their prenatal marital conflict and individual characteristics (conflictual coparenting in the family of origin, parenting self-efficacy expectations, and parenting role beliefs) during the third trimester of pregnancy, their infant's characteristics (negative affectivity and gender) at 3 months postpartum, and their perceptions of undermining coparenting and exposure to conflict at 3, 6, and 9 months postpartum. Results of latent growth curve models indicated that new parents' perceptions of undermining, but not exposure to conflict, increased similarly from 3 to 9 months. Fathers perceived higher initial undermining than mothers, but there were no gender differences in exposure to conflict. For mothers, greater prenatal marital conflict and greater infant negative affectivity were associated with elevated levels of perceived undermining and exposure to conflict. For fathers, more egalitarian role beliefs were associated with lower undermining and less exposure to conflict, whereas greater prenatal marital conflict, higher conflictual coparenting in the family of origin, and greater infant negative affectivity were associated with greater exposure to conflict. Fathers also perceived greater undermining and exposure to conflict when mothers reported higher prenatal marital conflict, whereas mothers' greater conflictual coparenting in the family of origin was related to fathers' lower exposure to conflict. These findings provide valuable information to strengthen programs focused on improving coparenting.
本研究考察了初为人父母者对冲突性共同养育的认知轨迹及其预测因素。182对美国双职工异性夫妻中的伴侣报告了他们在孕期第三个月时的产前婚姻冲突和个人特征（原生家庭中的冲突性共同养育、养育自我效能期望和养育角色信念），产后3个月时婴儿的特征（消极情绪性和性别），以及产后3个月、6个月和9个月时他们对破坏性行为共同养育的认知和冲突暴露情况。潜在增长曲线模型的结果表明，初为人父母者对破坏性行为的认知（而非冲突暴露）在产后3个月至9个月间以相似的幅度增加。父亲们最初察觉到的破坏性行为比母亲们更高，但在冲突暴露方面不存在性别差异。对于母亲而言，更高的产前婚姻冲突和婴儿更高的消极情绪性与更高水平的破坏性行为认知和冲突暴露相关。对于父亲而言，更平等的角色信念与更低的破坏性行为和更少的冲突暴露相关，而更高的产前婚姻冲突、原生家庭中更高的冲突性共同养育以及婴儿更高的消极情绪性与更多的冲突暴露相关。当母亲报告更高的产前婚姻冲突时，父亲们也会察觉到更多的破坏性行为和冲突暴露，而母亲在原生家庭中更高的冲突性共同养育与父亲更低的冲突暴露相关。这些发现为加强专注于改善共同养育的项目提供了有价值的信息。
