TY - JOUR
T1 - Mother and father adjustment during early parenthood
T2 - The roles of infant temperament and coparenting relationship quality
AU - Solmeyer, Anna R.
AU - Feinberg, Mark E.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to the families who participated in this study. We appreciate the assistance of Karen Newell, Sherry Turchetta, Carole Brtalik, Sharolyn Ivory, David White, Ned Hoffner, Dan Marrow, Ellen McGowan, and Kathryn Siembieda in implementing the program. We thank Jesse Boring, Carmen Hamilton, Richard Puddy, Carolyn Ransford, Samuel Sturgeon, and Jill Zeruth for their assistance in conducting the study. Damon Jones provided thoughtful advice and support. This study was funded by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Development ( K23 HD042575 ) and the National Institute of Mental Health ( R21 MH064125-01 ). Mark E. Feinberg, principal investigator.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - We explored how parent gender, infant temperament, and coparenting dynamics worked together to shape mothers' and fathers' depressive symptoms, stress, and parental efficacy during early parenthood. We were interested in the coparenting relationship as a context that shapes how parents respond to their infant's temperamental qualities. Participants were 139 couples who had recently given birth to their first child. Parent reports of temperament were collected when the infant was 4-8 months old and reports of coparenting and parent adjustment were collected at 13 months. Two-level random intercept models revealed interactions between temperament and coparenting, highlighting the family system as a context for how men and women adapt to their parenting role. There was little evidence for mother-father differences in these associations.
AB - We explored how parent gender, infant temperament, and coparenting dynamics worked together to shape mothers' and fathers' depressive symptoms, stress, and parental efficacy during early parenthood. We were interested in the coparenting relationship as a context that shapes how parents respond to their infant's temperamental qualities. Participants were 139 couples who had recently given birth to their first child. Parent reports of temperament were collected when the infant was 4-8 months old and reports of coparenting and parent adjustment were collected at 13 months. Two-level random intercept models revealed interactions between temperament and coparenting, highlighting the family system as a context for how men and women adapt to their parenting role. There was little evidence for mother-father differences in these associations.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.07.006
DO - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.07.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 21868100
AN - SCOPUS:84860395122
SN - 0163-6383
VL - 34
SP - 504
EP - 514
JO - Infant Behavior and Development
JF - Infant Behavior and Development
IS - 4
ER -