Author: Daniel Joseph Bower Publisher: ISBN: Category : Parents Languages : en Pages : 53
Book Description
Abstract: To further our understanding of patterns of change in couple relationship satisfaction for parents of infants, this study examined personality characteristics as predictors of change in couple relationship satisfaction over time. Data were collected from 64 families during the third trimester of pregnancy, at 3.5 months postpartum, and at 13 months postpartum. The relationship satisfaction of each partner was assessed through a subset of items from the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. At the third trimester assessment, information was also collected regarding personality characteristics, which were assessed using the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire and the Self-Concept Clarity scale. Hierarchical Linear Modeling was used to determine which factors predicted the change that men and women experienced in their levels of couple relationship satisfaction over time. Results indicated that certain personality characteristics had a significant effect on couple relationship satisfaction over the transition to parenthood. Specifically, results indicated that higher levels of negative emotionality in both mothers and fathers forecasted lower average levels of and greater decreases in couple relationship satisfaction for themselves and their partners. Conversely, higher levels of mother self-concept clarity predicted higher levels of couple relationship satisfaction and less dramatic decreases for both partners. Interesting results were found with respect to communion, as higher levels of communion in mothers were associated with higher levels of couple relationship satisfaction for fathers, whereas higher levels of communion in fathers were associated with lower levels of couple relationship satisfaction for both themselves and their partners. Moreover, when couples were more similar in communion, mothers experienced lower average levels of couple relationship satisfaction.
Author: Ralph LaRossa Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated ISBN: Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 270
Book Description
A sociological study of how the birth of first and second children affects parents. It uses in-depth interviews with 20 couples taken during the third, sixth, and ninth month after the birth of a child, to monitor changes in the marriage, sex-roles, and attitudes of the parents, and to explore the social context in which they occurred. `The authors point out (and this reviewer readily agrees) that several things make this book unique. First, it is grounded in sociological theory...Second, the book is about early parenthood from the parental perspective...Last, the study explores both first- and second-time parenthood.' -- Contemporary Sociology, March 1982, Vol 11 No 2 `This book is unique in many wa
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309388570 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 525
Book Description
Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
Author: Anita L. Vangelisti Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000513432 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 701
Book Description
This third edition again brings together interdisciplinary contributions to provide a comprehensive and multifaceted resource that reflects the breadth and depth of research on family communication and family relationships. Chapters continue to address theoretical and methodological issues influencing current conceptions of family and cover communication occurring in a variety of family forms and across social, cultural, and physical contexts. This third edition includes key updates, such as: The use and influence of social media and technology in families Parenting and communication in culturally and structurally diverse families Communication and physical health of family members Managing personal information about difficult topics in families The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on family members This handbook is ideal for students and researchers interested in interpersonal and family communication, relationships, and family therapy within the disciplines of communication, social psychology, clinical psychology, sociology, and family studies.
Author: W. Kim Halford Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1493916130 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 180
Book Description
This accessible guide details an evidence-based educational program to help couples adapt to parenthood while minimizing the inevitable stress on the relationship. Complete with content, rationales, activities, and client materials, its flexible format allows for home and office visits and phone/online support across the transition, starting during pregnancy and continuing into early infancy. Activities build on themes of caring, change, and cooperation as couples learn to identify and address sources of conflict, solve infant-care problems, and to become optimal partners as well as optimal parents. The book's hands-on presentation includes chapter highlights, boxed "Practice Tips" and "Clinical Connections" sections, client handouts and worksheets, and examples of clinician interactions with couples. The sessions described in Clinical Guide to Helping New Parents: The Couple CARE for Parents Program are organized to meet challenges and reinforce skills in key areas including: Developing realistic and shared expectations. Promoting positive communications and self-change. Conflict management communication skills. Developing sensitive and responsive parenting Reviewing personal and social support. Developing caring and healthy sexuality. Anticipating and preventing relationship deterioration.
Author: W. Steven Rholes Publisher: Guilford Press ISBN: 9781593850470 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 482
Book Description
With contributions from leading investigators, this volume presents important theoretical and empirical advances in the study of adult attachment. Chapters take stock of the state of knowledge in the field and introduce new, testable theoretical models to guide future research. Major topics covered include stability and change of attachment orientations across the lifespan; influences of attachment on cognitive functioning; and implications for the ways individuals experience intimacy, conflict, caregiving, and satisfaction in adult relationships. Also explored are the ways attachment theory and research can inform therapy with couples and can further understanding of such significant clinical problems as PTSD and depression.
Author: Daniel Joseph Bower
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Author: Ralph LaRossa
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Author: Anita L. Vangelisti
Author: Silvia Salcuni
Author: W. Kim Halford
Author: W. Steven Rholes
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