The determinants of the family alliance: A model under construction.
(2013) the 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology — Location: Lausanne, Switzerland (3.September.2013)
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- The family alliance, reflecting the degree of family cooperation, shows a relatively stable developmental trajectory during the first two years of the child’s life. The aim of this study was to determine the most important predictors of the family alliance assessed with the Lausanne Trilogue Play (LTP) within a model including parent’s, child’s and coparenting characteristics. This study was based on a 2-waves program research. At 6 months postpartum, a questionnaire assessing the parent’s personality (NEO-60; Aluja, Garcia, Rossier, & Garcia, 2005), emotional competencies (TEIQue; Mikolajczak, Luminet, Leroy, & Roy, 2007), attachment orientations (ECR-R; Brennan, Clark, & Shaver, 1998), coparenting (CPS; Feinberg, Fisher, & Kan, 2008) and marital satisfaction (KMS; Schumm et al., 1986) has been completed by each parent separately. At 1 year postpartum, the child’s temperament (IBQ-R) was assessed by the parents and the families were observed in the LTP in order to measure their alliance. The sample was made up of 62 non-referred primiparous and multiparous families. Parent’s characteristics consisted of personality, emotional competencies and attachment style. These constructs are related to the parenting and the quality of family and social interactions (e.g. Bornstein, Hahn, & Haynes, 2011). Child’s characteristics were apprehended by gender, age and temperament. These ones hence account for variations in parenting and family interactions (e.g. van Bakel & Riksen-Walraven, 2002). Coparenting and marital satisfaction stood for the coparental sphere. On the basis of these constructs, linear regressions were run. Because of the weak correlations between the coparental constructs of the fathers and the mothers, two gender-related models were computed. In the mother-model, linear regressions had revealed three important predictors: Conscientiousness (personality), Effortful control (child’s temperament) and coparenting. In the father-model, only one predictor has been displayed, i.e. the father’s emotional competencies. The discussion focused on the methodological and clinical implications of these results.
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Galdiolo, S. (2013). The determinants of the family alliance: A model under construction. the 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/180395