Project's Details

Title: Stages of Family in the Making in Singapore from Antenatal to Postnatal Period

PI: Professor Catherine Tang, Department of Psychology, NUS

Co-PI: Professor Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, Provost's Chair Professor, Department of Sociology; and Founding Director of CFPR, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS; and Asia Research Institute's Research Leader of Changing Family in Asia Cluster, NUS

Collaborator: Dr. Koh Yee Woen Yvaine, Research Fellow, CFPR, NUS

Amount: S$555,520

Completed: 31 March 2020

Abstract

This project attempts to identify crucial elements of a successful transition from the antenatal to the postnatal period, leading to healthy family functioning. This is in the context of dynamic changes of perception on family making in Singapore. It will adopt Hill’s ABCX Model of Family Stress as its theoretical framework to explore the efficacy of families' function in Singapore. This proposed study will recruit 1000 expectant couples (including 600 Chinese couples, 200 Malay couples, and 200 Indian couples to reflect Singapore's ethnic diversity). These couples will be administered a set of questionnaires at 12/1st ante-natal visit, 36 weeks gestation of pregnancy, and at 6 weeks, 6 months, 1 year postpartum (These couples will be followed up until 5 years postpartum, and a second grant will be proposed to conduct a longer-term follow-up study).