TY - JOUR
T1 - Division of Labor and Multiple Domains of Sexual Satisfaction Among First-Time Parents
AU - Maas, Megan K.
AU - McDaniel, Brandon T.
AU - Feinberg, Mark E.
AU - Jones, Damon E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1 K23 HD042575) and the National Institute of Mental Health (R21 MH064125-01), to Mark E. Feinberg, principal investigator and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (T32 DA017629). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health.
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PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Sexual satisfaction is an important contributor to relationship functioning that is not well understood among first-time parents, at a time when relationship functioning is important for the well-being of parents as well as the child. The current study examined how several dimensions of individual and relationship functioning among first-time parents (coparenting, division of household and paid labor, parenting stress, and role overload) at 6 months postbirth predicted multiple domains of sexual satisfaction at 12 months postbirth, in a sample of heterosexual first-time parents. Role overload, work hours, and division of household labor each predicted at least one domain of sexual satisfaction for both mothers and fathers, whereas parenting stress was a unique predictor for mothers only. The implications of these results for first-time parents are discussed.
AB - Sexual satisfaction is an important contributor to relationship functioning that is not well understood among first-time parents, at a time when relationship functioning is important for the well-being of parents as well as the child. The current study examined how several dimensions of individual and relationship functioning among first-time parents (coparenting, division of household and paid labor, parenting stress, and role overload) at 6 months postbirth predicted multiple domains of sexual satisfaction at 12 months postbirth, in a sample of heterosexual first-time parents. Role overload, work hours, and division of household labor each predicted at least one domain of sexual satisfaction for both mothers and fathers, whereas parenting stress was a unique predictor for mothers only. The implications of these results for first-time parents are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1177/0192513X15604343
DO - 10.1177/0192513X15604343
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85037075049
SN - 0192-513X
VL - 39
SP - 104
EP - 127
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
IS - 1
ER -