ArticleSocial science research2017
Trajectories of relationship supportiveness after childbirth: Does marriage matter?
Article in Social science research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Religious Affiliation, Daily Spirituals, and Private Religious Factors Promote Marital Commitment Among Married Couples: Does Religiosity Help People Amid the COVID-19 Crisis?Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Fathers' Time Off Work After the Birth of a Child and Relationship Dissolution among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged U.S. Families.Sociological focus · 2021Article
- The intergenerational transmission of partnering.PloS one · 2018Article
- The Roles of Fathers' Involvement and Coparenting in Relationship Quality among Cohabiting and Married Parents.Sex roles · 2017Article
- Relationship Supportiveness during the Transition to Parenting among Married and Unmarried Parents.Parenting, science and practice · 2009Article
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Abstract
Relationship quality for married couples typically declines after the birth of a (first) child, as parenthood brings new identities, stresses, and responsibilities for mothers and fathers. Yet, it is less clear whether nonmarital relationship quality follows a similar trajectory, particularly given the greater selectivity of nonmarital relationships that persist over time. This paper uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 3,459) with latent growth curve models to examine relationship quality (measured by mothers' perceived supportiveness about fathers) for married and unmarried couples over nine years after a child's birth. Findings suggest that marriage at birth is protective for relationship supportiveness over time, net of various individual characteristics associated with marriage, compared to all unmarried couples at birth; however, marriage does not differentiate supportiveness compared to the subset of unmarried couples who remain stably together. Also, unmarried couples who get married after the birth have more supportive relationships compared to all unmarried couples who do not marry-though less so when compared to couples who remain stably together.
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