Analyzing Dyadic Data Using Grid-Sequence Analysis: Interdyad Differences in Intradyad Dynamics

Brinberg, Miriam; Ram, Nilam; Hülür, Gizem; Brick, Timothy R.; Gerstorf, Denis

doi:10.1093/geronb/gbw160

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“…Emotion dynamics are complex and in line with theoretical perspectives on parentadolescent relationships (Butler, 2011;Lougheed, in press), it is important to understand the process of how emotions unfold during parent-adolescent interactions. It is an exciting time for research on parent-adolescent TIES as innovations in quantitative approaches such as gridsequence analysis (Brinberg et al, 2017(Brinberg et al, , 2018 are making it possible to examine complex patterns of interpersonal dynamics. These new research directions will likely have significant impact for clinicians working with families as our field continues to incorporate such methods into the study of family processes and builds up a solid foundation of knowledge in this area.…”

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Mother–adolescent emotion dynamics during conflicts: Associations with perspective taking.

Lougheed¹,

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2020

Journal of Family Psychology

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Parent-adolescent emotion dynamics are central to psychosocial adjustment during this developmental period. Perspective taking-the ability to take another's point of view into consideration-develops significantly during adolescence and is important for successful interpersonal functioning in contexts such as conflicts between family members. We used gridsequence analysis (Brinberg et al., 2017) to examine inter-dyad differences in mother-adolescent emotion dynamics during a conflict discussion, and whether inter-dyad differences were associated with maternal and adolescent perspective taking. Mothers and their typicallydeveloping adolescents (N = 49, Mage = 14.84 years) were video-recorded during a 10-minute conflict discussion. We identified patterns of multi-step chains of expressed emotions that unfolded during the conflict and how interdyad differences in those patterns were associated with maternal and adolescent perspective taking. Dyads differed with respect to whether they showed turn-taking in validation and interest behaviors, or whether they showed patterns of reciprocated negative affect. Higher adolescent but not maternal perspective taking was associated with dyadic turn-taking of validation and interest. Maternal and adolescent perspective taking were not associated with the pattern of reciprocated negative affect. Taken together, results highlight the importance of examining the complex process of emotion dynamics in parent-adolescent interactions.

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“…Stage I: Intra-family analyses. In the first stage of grid-sequence analysis, dyad-level categorical time series data are created by visualizing and quantifying dyadic sequences in grids (Brinberg et al, 2017(Brinberg et al, , 2018. A state space grid is created for each dyad with each member represented on one axis of the grid.…”

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Mother–adolescent emotion dynamics during conflicts: Associations with perspective taking.

Lougheed¹,

Main²

2020

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…Stage I: Intra-family analyses. The first stage of grid-sequence analysis involves creating a dyad-level categorical time series by visualizing and quantifying dyadic sequences in grids (Brinberg et al, 2017(Brinberg et al, , 2018. In brief, a state space grid is established for each dyad with each member represented on one axis, then grid cells are labeled, and these labels are used to extract a dyadic categorical time series.…”

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Emotion socialization as a dynamic process across emotion contexts.

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Developmental Psychology

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Emotion-related socialization behaviors that occur during parent-child interactions are dynamic. According to Eisenberg, Cumberland, and Spinrad's (1998) model, ongoing parental reactions to emotions and discussions of emotion indirectly shape children's socioemotional competence throughout childhood and adolescence. Typically-developing adolescents-girls especially-are at increased risk for developing internalizing symptoms. We examined if and how emotion dynamics of mother-daughter interactions contribute to adolescent girls' internalizing symptoms. We applied grid-sequence analysis (Brinberg et al., 2017) to observational data obtained while N = 96 typically-developing adolescent girls (Mage = 13.99 years) and their mothers engaged in five different emotionally-laden discussions. We identified patterns of expressed emotions that unfolded during each discussion and examined how interdyad differences in those patterns were associated with mothers' and daughters' internalizing symptoms. Dyads differed with respect to whether mothers or daughters tended to regulate positive emotion expressions. Interdyad differences in moment-to-moment dynamics of happy/excited and worried/sad discussions were associated with adolescent girls' social anxiety symptoms, while differences in emotion dynamics of proud, frustrated/ annoyed, and grateful discussions were not. Taken together, results illustrate how methodological innovations are enabling new examination and detailed description of parent-child emotion socialization dynamics.

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“…Often, the inclination is to divide the grid space into equal size cells (see e.g., Brinberg, Ram, Hülür, Brick, & Gerstorf, in press). Here, however, both adolescents’ and parents’ ratings of connectedness were highly skewed, with strong tendency to rate connectedness at maximum (41.11% and 28.52% of ratings = 10 for adolescents and parents, respectively).…”

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Examining inter-family differences in intra-family (parent–adolescent) dynamics using grid-sequence analysis.

Brinberg

Fosco

Ram

2017

Journal of Family Psychology

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Family systems theorists have forwarded a set of theoretical principles meant to guide family scientists and practitioners in their conceptualization of patterns of family interaction – intra-family dynamics – that, over time, give rise to family and individual dysfunction and/or adaptation. In this paper, we present an analytic approach that merges state space grid methods adapted from the dynamic systems literature with sequence analysis methods adapted from molecular biology into a “grid-sequence” method for studying inter-family differences in intra-family dynamics. Using dyadic data from 86 parent-adolescent dyads who provided up to 21 daily reports about connectedness, we illustrate how grid-sequence analysis can be used to identify a typology of intra-family dynamics and to inform theory about how specific types of intra-family dynamics contribute to adolescent behavior problems and family members’ mental health. Methodologically, grid-sequence analysis extends the toolbox of techniques for analysis of family experience sampling and daily diary data. Substantively, we identify patterns of family-level micro-dynamics that may serve as new markers of risk/protective factors and potential points for intervention in families.

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Analyzing Dyadic Data Using Grid-Sequence Analysis: Interdyad Differences in Intradyad Dynamics

Cited by 23 publications

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Mother–adolescent emotion dynamics during conflicts: Associations with perspective taking.

Mother–adolescent emotion dynamics during conflicts: Associations with perspective taking.

Emotion socialization as a dynamic process across emotion contexts.

Examining inter-family differences in intra-family (parent–adolescent) dynamics using grid-sequence analysis.

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