From me to us: the construction of family alliance

ABSTRACT This longitudinal prospective and multi‐informant study based on a three‐wave research program (pregnancy, 12 months’ postpartum, and 16 months’ postpartum) aimed to determine the process of construction of family alliance, as assessed by the Lausanne Trilogue Play (Fivaz‐Depeursinge & Corboz‐Warnery, 1999). A model using parents’ individual characteristics (i.e., personality traits and attachment orientations) as distal variables, coparenting as a mediator, child's temperament as a moderator, and family alliance as outcome was tested using structural equation modeling on 62 nonreferred families. Results showed that both parents’ conscientiousness was positively and mothers’ avoidant attachment and fathers’ anxious attachment were negatively and indirectly (via coparenting) associated with the family alliance. The discussion underlines mothers’ and fathers’ different roles and the importance of coparenting as a core mechanism in the development of family alliance. RESUMEN Este estudio longitudinal prospectivo y de informantes múltiples, basado en un programa de investigación de tres fases (embarazo, 12 meses después del parto, y 16 meses después del parto) tuvo como objetivo determinar el proceso de construcción de alianza familiar tal como se le evalúa por medio del Juego Tripartito de Lausanne. Un modelo que utiliza las características individuales de los progenitores (v.g. características de personalidad y orientaciones de afec...
Source: Infant Mental Health Journal - Category: Child Development Authors: Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research