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- Title
Observed Mother- and Father-Child Interaction Differences in Families with Medically Assisted Reproduction-Conceived Twins and Singletons.
- Authors
Anderson, Kayla N.; Rueter, Martha A.; Connor, Jennifer J.; Koh, Bibiana D.
- Abstract
Increased medically assisted reproduction ( MAR) use to treat infertility has resulted in a growing twin birth rate. Little is known about parent-child relationships for twin relative to singleton children in middle childhood. This study fills this gap by examining parent-child relationships in 57 families with eighty 6- to 12-year-old MAR twin and singleton children using observational data (warm and supportive communication, control, and hostility). Nested ANCOVAs indicate that while mothers exhibit similar interactional behaviors toward twins and singletons, fathers have less optimum behaviors toward twins relative to singletons. Twins displayed less engaged behavior with mothers and fathers relative to singletons. Given the vitality of parent-child relationships for family and child adjustment, future studies should examine determinants and outcomes of twin-singleton relationship differences to bolster twins' and their families' functioning.
- Subjects
ANALYSIS of covariance; FATHER-child relationship; FATHERHOOD; HUMAN reproductive technology; MOTHER-child relationship; MOTHERHOOD; SCIENTIFIC observation; PARENTING; SEX distribution; TWIN psychology; SAMPLE size (Statistics); FAMILY relations
- Publication
Family Process, 2017, Vol 56, Issue 4, p997
- ISSN
0014-7370
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/famp.12254