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W. Steven Rholes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Attachment and the Transition to Parenthood
Pathways and Barriers to Parenthood, 2019Co-Authors: W. Steven Rholes, Ramona L. PaetzoldAbstract:In this chapter we discuss the Transition to Parenthood from the perspective of adult attachment theory. Attachment theory originated in the study of infants’ and children’s emotional bonds with caregivers. Several research groups have extended attachment theory into the study of both adults’ bonds of affection with particular relationship partners and their ways of relating to partners in general, called attachment styles. We focus on attachment styles and the way they relate to parents’ experiences during the Transition. We first discuss attachment theory in general. Then we write about the problems that people with dysfunctional or insecure attachment styles encounter during the Transition, and finally we present information about the change from insecure to secure attachment styles across the Transition. The Transition to Parenthood is an interesting period of life for attachment theorists and researchers as it exposes the dysfunctional aspects of insecure attachment clearly. The most prominent dysfunctional effects of attachment styles arise among women who habitually fear that their relationship partners may abandon them or fail to provide support when needed (i.e., women with an anxious attachment style) and among men who typically shun intimacy and seek to maintain independence and autonomy in relationships (i.e., men with an avoidant attachment style). When they feel a lack of emotional support from their partners acutely, anxious women become deeply dissatisfied with their relationships. When they feel overburdened with responsibilities for childcare, avoidant men become equally dissatisfied. Perhaps the most interesting finding about the growth attachment security is that it can result from one’s own behavior, specifically one’s support for one’s relationship partner. We conclude the chapter with a discussion of new directions for the study of attachment theory during the Transition.
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Partner predictors of marital aggression across the Transition to Parenthood: an I3 approach
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2019Co-Authors: Jami Eller, W. Steven Rholes, Emma M. Marshall, Grace Vieth, Jeffry A SimpsonAbstract:The stress that arises during the Transition to Parenthood often places significant strain on marriages that can result in marital problems such as aggression victimization. In this research, we us...
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Dyad to triad: A longitudinal analysis of humor and pregnancy intention during the Transition to Parenthood:
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2019Co-Authors: Jaclyn C. Theisen, Jeffry A Simpson, Brian G. Ogolsky, W. Steven RholesAbstract:The Transition to Parenthood is a stressful life event that often leads to decreases in relationship satisfaction over time. Guided by the Stress Buffering Model, we examined how pregnancy intentio...
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Adult attachment orientations and well-being during the Transition to Parenthood.
Current opinion in psychology, 2018Co-Authors: Jeffry A Simpson, W. Steven RholesAbstract:In this article, we discuss theory and research on how people who have different adult romantic attachment orientations fare across one of life's often happiest, but also most chronically stressful, events — the Transition to Parenthood. We first discuss central principles of attachment theory and then review empirical research revealing how two types of attachment insecurity — anxiety and avoidance — tend to prospectively predict unique patterns of relational and personal outcomes across this often challenging life event. We also suggest how many of these findings can be understood within a diathesis-stress process model that has guided our own research on the Transition to Parenthood.
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Adult attachment and the Transition to Parenthood
Journal of personality and social psychology, 2001Co-Authors: W. Steven Rholes, Jeffry A Simpson, Lorne Campbell, Jami GrichAbstract:This study examined how a major life stressor--the Transition to Parenthood--affects marital satisfaction and functioning among persons with different attachment orientations. As hypothesized, the interaction between women's degree of attachment ambivalence and their perceptions of spousal support (assessed 6 weeks prior to childbirth) predicted systematic changes in men's and women's marital satisfaction and related factors over time (6 months postpartum). Specifically, if highly ambivalent (preoccupied) women entered Parenthood perceiving lower levels of support from their husbands, they experienced declines in marital satisfaction. Women's ambivalence also predicted their own as well as their husbands' marital satisfaction and functioning concurrently. The degree of attachment avoidance did not significantly predict marital changes, although women's avoidance did correlate with some of the concurrent marital measures. These findings are discussed in terms of attachment theory.
Mylène Fernet - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Parenting and Relational Well-being During the Transition to Parenthood: Challenges for First-time Parents
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2020Co-Authors: Sylvie Lévesque, Véronique Bisson, Laurence Charton, Mylène FernetAbstract:The Transition to Parenthood is a momentous time that has numerous repercussions for new parents, as a couple and as individuals. This qualitative exploratory study examines new parents’ experiences and perceptions of the challenges in assuming the parenting role and maintaining relational well-being. Twenty-three new parent heterosexual or same-sex couples, belonging to various ethnocultural groups, with a child aged from 6 to 18 months, and residing in the Greater Montreal Area (Quebec, Canada) underwent semi-directed dyadic interviews followed by individual interviews. topics addressed concerned their trajectories before, during, and after the child’s birth. Thematic analysis revealed three central challenges during the Transition to Parenthood: (1) loss of individuality and couplehood, given the primary identity as parent; (2) parental equality in terms of childcare and the associated tasks: a significant source of irritation; and (3) managing expectations: the influence of social norms and judgments on parental self-development. Gender, the fact of having borne the child or not, and identification as a homoparental family influenced the experience of the Transition to Parenthood. These challenges were amplified by factors that impeded their adjustment to the new parenting role: fatigue and lack of sleep; social isolation and feelings of solitude; and the work–school–family balancing act. Recommendations aimed at the sharing of tasks, the distribution of parental leave and the gendered nature of maternity are proposed to make new and future parents aware of these game-changing transformations during the Transition to Parenthood.
W. Kim Halford - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Relationship Behaviors across the Transition to Parenthood
Journal of Family Issues, 2019Co-Authors: Valentina Rauch-anderegg, Rebekka Kuhn, Anne Milek, W. Kim Halford, Guy BodenmannAbstract:The Transition to Parenthood (TTP) often is associated with declines in couple relationship satisfaction. The current study evaluated changes in three relationship behaviors, namely communication, ...
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Couple Relationship Education at the Transition to Parenthood: A Window of Opportunity to Reach High-Risk Couples
Family process, 2012Co-Authors: Jemima Petch, W. Kim Halford, Debra Creedy, Jennifer Ann GambleAbstract:This study evaluated if the Transition to Parenthood is a window of opportunity to provide couple relationship education (CRE) to new parents at high risk for future relationship problems. Fifty-three percent of eligible couples approached agreed to participate in CRE and of these 80% had not previously accessed CRE. Couples were a broad representative of Australian couples having their first child, but minority couples were underrepresented. A third of couples had three or more risk factors for future relationship distress (e.g., cohabiting, interpartner violence, elevated psychological distress, unplanned pregnancy). Low education was the only risk factor that predicted drop out. The Transition to Parenthood is a window of opportunity to recruit certain types of high-risk couples to CRE.
Sylvie Lévesque - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Parenting and Relational Well-being During the Transition to Parenthood: Challenges for First-time Parents
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2020Co-Authors: Sylvie Lévesque, Véronique Bisson, Laurence Charton, Mylène FernetAbstract:The Transition to Parenthood is a momentous time that has numerous repercussions for new parents, as a couple and as individuals. This qualitative exploratory study examines new parents’ experiences and perceptions of the challenges in assuming the parenting role and maintaining relational well-being. Twenty-three new parent heterosexual or same-sex couples, belonging to various ethnocultural groups, with a child aged from 6 to 18 months, and residing in the Greater Montreal Area (Quebec, Canada) underwent semi-directed dyadic interviews followed by individual interviews. topics addressed concerned their trajectories before, during, and after the child’s birth. Thematic analysis revealed three central challenges during the Transition to Parenthood: (1) loss of individuality and couplehood, given the primary identity as parent; (2) parental equality in terms of childcare and the associated tasks: a significant source of irritation; and (3) managing expectations: the influence of social norms and judgments on parental self-development. Gender, the fact of having borne the child or not, and identification as a homoparental family influenced the experience of the Transition to Parenthood. These challenges were amplified by factors that impeded their adjustment to the new parenting role: fatigue and lack of sleep; social isolation and feelings of solitude; and the work–school–family balancing act. Recommendations aimed at the sharing of tasks, the distribution of parental leave and the gendered nature of maternity are proposed to make new and future parents aware of these game-changing transformations during the Transition to Parenthood.
Jennifer Ann Gamble - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Couple Relationship Education at the Transition to Parenthood: A Window of Opportunity to Reach High-Risk Couples
Family process, 2012Co-Authors: Jemima Petch, W. Kim Halford, Debra Creedy, Jennifer Ann GambleAbstract:This study evaluated if the Transition to Parenthood is a window of opportunity to provide couple relationship education (CRE) to new parents at high risk for future relationship problems. Fifty-three percent of eligible couples approached agreed to participate in CRE and of these 80% had not previously accessed CRE. Couples were a broad representative of Australian couples having their first child, but minority couples were underrepresented. A third of couples had three or more risk factors for future relationship distress (e.g., cohabiting, interpartner violence, elevated psychological distress, unplanned pregnancy). Low education was the only risk factor that predicted drop out. The Transition to Parenthood is a window of opportunity to recruit certain types of high-risk couples to CRE.
