? A Research Career Award (K02) would support 5 years of programmatic research into young children's family relationships and early social and emotional development. The applicant's prior experience and expertise in family relationships and complex family systems places the applicant in a unique position for studying the changes that occur in family life and children's adjustment during the transition period following the birth of a baby sibling. Few studies have examined this important developmental period in the young child's life and this will be the first large-scale study designed to investigate the complex interrelations of change trajectories in individual development and family relationships across the transition to siblinghood. The institutional environment is strongly supportive of the research program and extensive resources are currently in place. The applicant's recently funded NICHD study, """"""""Family Transitions following the Birth of a Sibling"""""""" will be the primary focus of the award period. In this study 200 families are followed longitudinally beginning in the prenatal period and then at 1, 4, 8, and 12 months after the sibling's birth in order to examine changes in family relationships (e.g., marital, parent-child), the older sibling's adjustment to the arrival of a baby sibling, the development of secure infant-parent attachments, and the early origins of the sibling relationship. One of the primary aims of this work is to identify different change trajectories over time in individual and family functioning and to examine personal characteristics of the parents, the children, and contextual characteristics (e.g., work, social support, marital) as prenatal predictors of different change trajectories. One of the major strengths of this study is the inclusion of fathers in every aspect of the research program. Several different directions have been outlined with respect to the applicant's learning and professional growth, including an understanding of (1) the biological processes underlying depression, social relationships, and emotional expression; (2) theory of mind development and its relation with sibling relationships; (3) gender differences in adult depression, and (4) the emergence of early self regulation in toddlerhood. The candidate will also acquire advanced training in statistical analyses for multivariate longitudinal data including hierarchical linear modeling. The ultimate goal of this Award is to develop a programmatic line of research on young children's socioemotional development in the context of changing family relationships that will eventually contribute to an understanding of how the interplay between biology and complex family systems affects children's social and emotional development in the infant, toddler, and preschool years. Findings from this research will inform future prevention and intervention efforts by identifying the various ways older children adjust to the arrival of a baby sibling, the biological and social factors that predict different patterns of adjustment over time, and the consequences these changes have for children and family functioning in subsequent years. ? ? ? ? ? ?

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Scientist Development Award - Research (K02)
Project #
5K02HD047423-04
Application #
7283216
Study Section
Pediatrics Subcommittee (CHHD)
Program Officer
Maholmes, Valerie
Project Start
2004-09-01
Project End
2009-08-31
Budget Start
2007-09-01
Budget End
2008-08-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2007
Total Cost
$120,960
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
073133571
City
Ann Arbor
State
MI
Country
United States
Zip Code
48109
Volling, Brenda L; Yu, Tianyi; Gonzalez, Richard et al. (2018) Maternal and paternal trajectories of depressive symptoms predict family risk and children's emotional and behavioral problems after the birth of a sibling. Dev Psychopathol :1-18
Kuo, Patty X; Volling, Brenda L; Gonzalez, Richard (2018) Gender role beliefs, work-family conflict, and father involvement after the birth of a second child. Psychol Men Masc 19:243-256
Stevenson, Matthew M; Volling, Brenda L; Gonzalez, Richard (2018) An examination of father vulnerability and coercive family process after the birth of a sibling: A spillover cascade model. Dev Psychopathol :1-14
Song, Ju-Hyun; Volling, Brenda (2018) Theory-of-Mind Development and Early Sibling Relationships after the Birth of a Sibling: Parental Discipline Matters. Infant Child Dev 27:
Beyers-Carlson, Emma E A; Volling, Brenda L (2017) Efficacy of Sibling Preparation Classes. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 46:521-531
Kuo, Patty X; Volling, Brenda L; Gonzalez, Richard (2017) His, hers, or theirs? Coparenting after the birth of a second child. J Fam Psychol 31:710-720
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Kuo, Patty X; Volling, Brenda L; Gonzalez, Richard et al. (2017) VII. DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORIES OF CHILDREN'S EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY AFTER THE BIRTH OF A SIBLING. Monogr Soc Res Child Dev 82:93-105
Volling, Brenda L; Oh, Wonjung; Gonzalez, Richard (2017) III. STABILITY AND CHANGE IN CHILDREN'S EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL ADJUSTMENT AFTER THE BIRTH OF A SIBLING. Monogr Soc Res Child Dev 82:46-52
Beyers-Carlson, Emma; Stevenson, Matthew M; Gonzalez, Richard et al. (2017) IX. DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORIES OF CHILDREN'S SOMATIC COMPLAINTS AFTER THE BIRTH OF A SIBLING. Monogr Soc Res Child Dev 82:118-129

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