Marital Satisfaction and Father Involvement during the Transition to Parenthood

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Yuan Lee ◽  
William Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Transition To Parenthood

Sleep disruption and decline in marital satisfaction across the transition to parenthood.

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Marie Medina ◽  
Crystal L. Lederhos ◽  
Teresa A. Lillis
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Sleep Disruption

scholarly journals Marital satisfaction across the transition to parenthood.

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Lawrence ◽  
Alexia D. Rothman ◽  
Rebecca J. Cobb ◽  
Michael T. Rothman ◽  
Thomas N. Bradbury
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Transition To Parenthood

scholarly journals Father’s Involvement When Bringing Baby Home: Efficacy Testing of a Couple-Focused Transition to Parenthood Intervention for Promoting Father Involvement

2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 806-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyson F. Shapiro ◽  
John M. Gottman ◽  
Brandi C. Fink
Keyword(s):  
Father Involvement ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Clinical Trial Design ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Psychoeducational Program ◽  
Psychoeducational Programs ◽  
Intent To Treat

The goal of the present research was to test the efficacy of the Bringing Baby Home couple-focused psychoeducational program for promoting father involvement and related satisfaction. A randomized clinical trial design was used to randomly assign 136 pregnant couples to either an intervention or control group. Father involvement post-intervention was assessed through self-report of engagement in parenting tasks. Intent-to-treat analysis of covariance analyses indicated that fathers who participated in the Bringing Baby Home program reported significantly more involvement in parenting tasks, satisfaction with the division of parenting labor, and feeling appreciated by their wives. Both husbands and wives were also more satisfied with the division of labor when fathers were more involved in parenting. Results suggest that couple-focused psychoeducational programs can be successful for promoting father involvement.

scholarly journals The Effect of Solution-Focused Thinking on Marital Satisfaction of Mothers with Infants Mediated by Father Involvement in Childcare and Marital Conflict

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Seonghui Son ◽  
Deuksung Kim ◽  
Yoona Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Solution Focused ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the impact of solution-focused thinking on marital satisfaction via mediating roles of father involvement in childcare and marital conflict. A questionnaire survey was conducted among mothers with infants, living in Busan, Daegu and Yangsan, South Korea. Data from 264 mothers were analyzed using several multiple regression analyses and bootstrapping method with SPSS 25.0 and PROCESS macro (model 6) to test the serial double mediation model. The results of this study are as follows. First, mothers’ solution-focused thinking had a significant direct and indirect positive influence on marital satisfaction through both father involvement in childcare and marital conflict. Second, the sequential mediating effects of father involvement in childcare and marital conflict were statistically significant in the relationship between solution-focused thinking and marital satisfaction. The model accounted for 60% of the variance in mothers’ marital satisfaction. The results highlight the importance of solution-focused thinking that can enhance the marital satisfaction of mothers with infants and act as a resource for increasing father involvement in childcare and decreasing marital conflict. Based on the results, it is necessary to include solution-focused thinking, father involvement in childcare, and marital conflict as key elements in the intervention to improve marital satisfaction of mothers with infants.

Becoming Fathers: Initial Exploration of a Support Program for New Fathers

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-88
Author(s):  
Stephanie R. Rayburn ◽  
J. Douglas Coatsworth
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Support Program ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Partner Communication ◽  
Mindfulness Practices ◽  
Father Role ◽  
Skill Building

Emerging fathers experience a variety of stressors, including identity and role transitions, changes in their relationships, and challenges in developing caregiving skills. Increasing expectations for father involvement in childcare are emphasizing the importance of the father role, but social supports for new fathers remain scarce. Nineteen expectant and new fathers participated in a pilot 5-week group intervention aimed at improving stress coping and involvement attitudes using a combination of mindfulness practices and skill-building for parenting and partner communication. We administered surveys pre- and postintervention to assess efficacy in the areas of stress, depressive symptoms, father involvement attitudes, and mindfulness. Within-participant differences were compared across participants as well as examining individual reliable change. Results indicated initial reductions in stress and depressive symptoms and increases in the mindfulness constructs of nonjudgment and nonreactivity. No significant changes were found in father involvement attitudes. Perinatal intervention specific to fathers holds promise as an underexplored avenue for supporting families across the transition to parenthood.

Fathers’ Involvement in Child Care and Perceptions of Parenting Skill Over the Transition to Parenthood

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 1500-1521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy A. Barry ◽  
JuliAnna Z. Smith ◽  
Francine M. Deutsch ◽  
Maureen Perry-Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Maternal Gatekeeping ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Child Involvement

This study explored first-time fathers’ perceived child care skill over the transition to parenthood, based on face-to-face interviews of 152 working-class, dual-earner couples. Analyses examined the associations among fathers’ perceived skill and prenatal perception of skill, child care involvement, mothers’ breastfeeding, maternal gatekeeping, mothers’ work hours, fathers’ depressive symptoms, and fathers’ beliefs about responding to a crying child. Involvement was also examined as a potential mediator between some predictors and perceived skill. Findings suggest that breastfeeding and depressive symptoms were not related to involvement or perceived skill. Maternal gatekeeping was unrelated to skill yet had a negative relationship with involvement, if only at 1-month postpartum. Early father involvement mediated the relationship between perceived skill before and after the birth only for fathers who supported prompt response to a crying child. Finally, involvement at 1 year mediated the positive relationship between mothers’ work hours and perceived skill at the same age.

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