ArticleSex roles2017
Parenting Stress and Sexual Satisfaction Among First-time Parents: A Dyadic Approach.
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- Longitudinal associations between relationship quality and coparenting across the transition to parenthood: A dyadic perspective.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2016Trial
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- Self-Compassion and Compassionate Love Are Positively Associated with Sexual and Relational Well-Being Among Expectant and New Parent Couples.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Fathers' subjective childbirth stress predicts depressive symptoms at six months postpartum.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual Desire in Women Partnered with Men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Male sexual health predictors during the Covid-19 outbreak: a multicenter study.African journal of urology : the official journal of the Pan African Urological Surgeons' Association (PAUSA) · 2022Article
- Gendered Impact of Caregiving Responsibilities on Tenure Track Faculty Parents' Professional Lives.Sex roles · 2022Article
- The Impact of Social Distancing Measures Due to COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual Function and Relationship Quality of Couples in Greece.Sexual medicine · 2021Article
- Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Influences on Sexual Satisfaction in Young Male Couples: Analyses of Actor-Partner Interdependence Models.Journal of sex research · 2021Article
- Meaning in Life among New Mothers before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Mothers' Marital Satisfaction and Perception of the Infant.Journal of happiness studies · 2021Article
- Sexual well-being and perceived stress in couples transitioning to parenthood: A dyadic analysis.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP · 2019Article
- Chapter II: New Fathers' and Mothers' Daily Stressors and Resources Influence Parent Adjustment and Family Relationships.Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development · 2019Article
- Technoference: Parent Distraction With Technology and Associations With Child Behavior Problems.Child development · 2018Article
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Abstract
The present paper reports on longitudinal associations between parenting stress and sexual satisfaction among 169 heterosexual couples in the first year after the birth of a first child. Actor Partner Interdependence Modeling (APIM) was used to model the effects of the mother's and father's parenting stress at 6 months after birth on sexual satisfaction at one year after birth. Based on social constructivist theory and scarcity theory, two hypotheses were posed: (a) mothers' parenting stress will predict their own later sexual satisfaction whereas fathers' parenting stress will not predict their own later sexual satisfaction (actor effects) and (b) mothers' parenting stress will predict fathers' later sexual satisfaction but fathers' parenting stress will not predict mothers' later sexual satisfaction (partner effects). On average, parents were only somewhat satisfied with their sex life. The first hypothesis was supported as greater parenting stress significantly predicted lower sexual satisfaction for mothers but not for fathers. The second hypothesis was also supported as mothers' greater parenting stress significantly predicted less sexual satisfaction in fathers, whereas fathers' parenting stress did not significantly predict mothers' sexual satisfaction. We discuss how our results may be interpreted considering the social construction of gendered family roles.
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