Marriages with Children at Medical Risk: The Transition to Parenthood
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Prior studies suggest that the birth of a new baby causes a modest but reliable drop in marital satisfaction. The present study replicates and extends this finding in couples with children at medical risk and probes the mechanisms behind this effect. Longitudinal data on marital satisfaction, family structure, infant illness and temperament, and family life events were collected at prenatal, 6, 12, and 18 month periods. Family structural burdens and family stress burdens had a significant negative effect on marital satisfaction. Child-related burdens were less reliably related. Results are discussed in the context of stress and coping as well as developmental psychopathology.
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- Authors
- KLINNERT, M. D., GAVIN, L. A., WAMBOLDT, F. S., & MRAZEK, D. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Corresponding author
- KLINNERT, MARY D.
- ORCID
- MRAZEK, DAVID A.
- Venue
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1992-03
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 334-342
- ISSN
- 0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2023769141
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- NIMH (K11-MH00607, K1-MH004308)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
- Keywords
- marital satisfaction, transition to parenthood, family stress, family structure, infant illness, infant temperament, family life events, coping, developmental psychopathology
- MeSH terms
- Asthma, Child, Preschool, Divorce, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Marriage, Pregnancy, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Sick Role, Parenting
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