ArticleInternational journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP2019
Sexual well-being and perceived stress in couples transitioning to parenthood: A dyadic analysis.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Parental Stress and Well-Being: A Meta-analysis.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
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- Associations of Sexual Desire with Demographic and Relationship Variables.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Being Parents and Lovers: Associations Between Role Conflict and Daily Sexual Well-Being in New Parents Couples.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- The Impact of Stress on Women's Sexuality in the First Months After Childbirth-A Pilot Cross-Sectional Comparative Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- EFFECT OF FAMILY SIZE AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE ON SEXUAL ACTIVITY RESUMPTION IN WOMEN AFTER CHILDBIRTH.Acta clinica Croatica · 2024Article
- Connecting through touch: Attitudes toward touch in pregnancy are associated with couples' sexual and affectionate behaviors across the transition to parenthood.Journal of social and personal relationships · 2024Article
- Modeling the relationship between depression in people with cancer and perceived stress, with the mediating role of eating problems, sexual satisfaction, emotion regulation and self-compassion.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Sexual Satisfaction among Lebanese Adults: Scale Validation in Arabic and Correlates Following Two Cross-Sectional Studies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- 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
- The effect of perceived social support on postpartum stress: the mediating roles of marital satisfaction and maternal postnatal attachment.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Biopsychosocial Predictors of Couples' Trajectories of Sexual Function and Sexual Distress Across the Transition to Parenthood.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Masturbation in middle and late adulthood: its relationship to orgasm.International journal of impotence research · 2023Article
- Development of an educational guide for postpartum sexual health promotion: The Delphi method.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- A Longitudinal Investigation of Couples' Sexual Growth and Destiny Beliefs in the Transition to Parenthood.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Measurement instruments for parental stress in the postpartum period: A scoping review.PloS one · 2022Article
- New Motherhood Concepts, Implications for Healthcare. A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Dyadic Invariance of the Positive Sexuality Scale in Chilean Heterosexual Couples.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Sexual Attitudes, Sexual Assertiveness, and Sexual Functioning in Men and Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- An Explanatory Model of Sexual Satisfaction in Adults with a Same-Sex Partner: An Analysis Based on Gender Differences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
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objectiveThe transition to parenthood encompasses several psychological and relational changes that might contribute to couples' high levels of stress postpartum. Although common across the postpartum, couples' sexual changes are frequently overlooked.
methodWe surveyed 255 mixed-sex new parent couples to examine the associations between sexual well-being-sexual satisfaction, desire, and postpartum sexual concerns-and perceived stress postpartum. Couples completed self-report questionnaires assessing perceived stress and sexual well-being.
resultsFor both mothers and fathers, greater sexual satisfaction was associated with their partners' lower perceived stress and, for fathers, this was also associated with their own lower perceived stress. For mothers, greater partner-focused sexual desire was associated with their own lower perceived stress whereas, for fathers, greater partner-focused sexual desire was associated with their partners' higher perceived stress. In addition, greater solitary sexual desire and postpartum sexual concerns were associated with both parents' own higher perceived stress.
conclusionsThis study highlights the association between sexual well-being and couples' postpartum stress, suggesting that more positive sexual experiences are linked to lower perceptions of stress across this vulnerable period. Couples' sexual well-being may be an important target for interventions aimed at helping postpartum couples cope with stress.
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