Family Triangular Interactions in Infancy

Fivaz-Depeursinge, Élisabeth; Favez, Nicolas; Scaiola, Chloé Lavanchy; Lopes, Francesco

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“…FA is a model designed to conceptualize family interactions in the early family, including one (or more) infants or young children; based on observable interactions, the qualification of family relationships in terms of alliances according to four interactive functions is an effective and valid way of making a diagnosis of family functioning. Two main situations of observation have been designed according to this model: the first one, the LTP (with its variations), has been used for research (e.g., McHale et al, 2004 ; Favez et al, 2006a ; Hedenbro et al, 2006 ; Feldman, 2007 ; Von Klitzing et al, 1999a , b ), as well as for clinical purposes ( Fivaz-Depeursinge et al, 2000 ; Harrison, 2005 ) from the beginning of the 1990s. The second one, the PNG, has been used in research settings ( Favez et al, 2012 ) and has begun to be used in clinical settings ( Frascarolo and Favez, 2009 ; Bullens and D’Amore, 2013 ).…”

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“…Dysfunctional alliances are predominant in families referred for parental psychopathology (e.g., postpartum depression), and alliance assessment has a good discriminant value between referred and non-referred families ( McHale and Fivaz-Depeursinge, 1999 ; Fivaz-Depeursinge et al, 2000 ). The hierarchical structure of the model has been empirically validated by observation of interactions in non-referred families ( Frascarolo et al, 2004 ): when a function of higher order is fulfilled (e.g., focalization), the functions of lower orders are always fulfilled (participation and organization), but the reverse is not true (e.g., participation does not imply organization, focalization, or affect sharing).…”

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The Family Alliance Model: A Way to Study and Characterize Early Family Interactions

2017

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The aim of this paper is to present the family alliance (FA) model, which is designed to conceptualize the relational dynamics in the early family. FA is defined as the coordination a family can reach when fulfilling a task, such as playing a game or having a meal. According to the model, being coordinated as a family depends on four interactive functions: participation (all members are included), organization (members assume differentiated roles), focalization (family shares a common theme of activity), affect sharing (there is empathy between members). The functions are operationalized through the spatiotemporal characteristics of non-verbal interactions: for example, distance between the partners, orientation of their bodies, congruence within body segments, signals of readiness to interact, joint attention, facial expressions. Several standardized observational situations have been designed to assess FA: The Lausanne Trilogue Play (with its different versions), in which mother, father, and baby interact in all possible configurations of a triad, and the PicNic Game for families with several children. Studies in samples of non-referred and referred families (for infant or parental psychopathology) have highlighted different types of FA: disorganized, conflicted, and cooperative. The type of FA in a given family is stable through the first years and is predictive of developmental outcomes in children, such as psychofunctional symptoms, understanding of complex emotions, and Theory of Mind development.

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The Family Alliance Model: A Way to Study and Characterize Early Family Interactions

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“…Second, we decided to modify the first and the second parts of the LTP in order to obtain separate dyadic and triadic interactions. These adaptations were made for feasibility reasons, following the previous adaptations, such as the LTP with Still‐Face (Fivaz‐Depeursinge et al., 2010) or the Diaper Change Play (Rime et al., 2018), which have shown the validity of the assessment of FA in modified settings. The parents were asked to interact as follows: In the first part, one parent played with the infant for 2 min, while the other parent was outside the room.…”

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Parental sensitivity, family alliance and infants’ vagal tone: Influences of early family interactions on physiological emotion regulation

Rattaz,

Tissot,

Puglisi

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Infant Mental Health Journal

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In this study, we investigated the influence of parental sensitivity and family alliance on infants’ vagal tone, considered as a physiological indicator of emotion regulation. Studies on mother–infant interactions have shown that vagal tone can be influenced by the quality of the interaction, such as interacting with a sensitive mother. To date, no study has investigated the influence of paternal sensitivity or family alliance on infants’ vagal tone. We hypothesized that maternal sensitivity, paternal sensitivity, and family alliance would be associated with infants’ vagal tone during dyadic and triadic interactions. We also explored if family alliance would act as a moderator on the association between parental sensitivity and vagal tone and if the sensitivity of both parents would act as a moderator on the association between family alliance and vagal tone. This study took place in Switzerland and included 82 families with their 3–4‐month‐old infants. Results showed that maternal sensitivity and family alliance were associated with infants’ vagal tone, but paternal sensitivity was not. We found no significant moderation effect. However, result tendencies suggested that the contribution of paternal sensitivity to infants’ emotion regulation could be influenced by family alliance, whereas maternal sensitivity and family alliance have a unique contribution.

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Proximal Foundations of Jealousy: Expectations of Exclusivity in the Infant’s First Year of Life

Hart

2016

Emotion Review

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In this synthesis, we summarize studies that yielded evidence of jealousy in young infants. To shed light on this phenomenon, we present evidence that jealousy’s foundation rests on history of dyadic interactions with caregivers which engender infants’ expectations of exclusivity, and on maturation of sociocognitive capacities that enable infants to evaluate whether an exchange between their caregiver and another child represents a violation of that expectation. We conclude with a call for greater study of the antecedents and sequelae of both normative and atypical presentations of jealousy. In addition, we recommend approaches that address jealousy across a range of relationships, both within and beyond those which include attachment figures.

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Family Triangular Interactions in Infancy

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

The Family Alliance Model: A Way to Study and Characterize Early Family Interactions

The Family Alliance Model: A Way to Study and Characterize Early Family Interactions

Parental sensitivity, family alliance and infants’ vagal tone: Influences of early family interactions on physiological emotion regulation

Proximal Foundations of Jealousy: Expectations of Exclusivity in the Infant’s First Year of Life

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