Movement synchrony in psychologically burdened parental couples during early childhood - A Motion Energy Analysis study in standardized conflict discussions

PREPRINT (NOT PEER-REVIEWED YET) Movement synchrony in psychologically burdened parental couples during early childhood - A Motion Energy Analysis study in standardized conflict discussions Anton K. G. Marx1*¶, Anamaria Semm1¶, Mitho Müller1, Lea T. Kaubisch1, Christian F. J. Woll-Weber2, Beate Ditzen3, Hanna Christiansen4, Christina Schwenck5, Meinhard Kieser6, Kathleen Otto7, Ricarda Steinmayr8, Linda Wirthwein8, Anna-Lena Zietlow9&, & Corinna Reck1& 1 Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) 2 Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany 3 Institute for Medical Psychology, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany 4 Department of Psychology, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany 5 Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany 6 Department of Medical Biometry, Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany 7 Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany 8 Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, Psychology, and Sociology, Institute of Psychology, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany 9 Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Department of Psychology, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany * Corresponding author Email: [email protected] ¶These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship. &These authors contributed equally to this work and share last authorship.