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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Transition to parenthood"”.
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Emotion and Identity in the Transition to Parenthood
… child as the start of their new family. The transition to parenthood that expectant parents experience has important implications for their future health and the health of their children. This dissertation investigates the experiences of new and expectant parents as they develop their new …
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Factors affecting paternal adjustment during the transition to parenthood
An emerging body of research is identifying factors which put individuals at risk for experiencing a difficult adjustment during the transition to parenthood. The purpose of this study was to test a model for the prediction and identification of paternal risk factors. Forty seven couples expecting …
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Communication Processes of Dual-Career Couples in the Transition to Parenthood
… role models, may rely on spousal communication to a great extent to define and negotiate roles. The purpose of this study was to examine how communication influences role development and expectations for parenthood and to explore the role of communication in dual-career couples' transition to …
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First time parents' perceptions of their relationship across the transition to parenthood
The transition to parenthood is a time of heightened risk for marital distress due to the changes and demands experienced by new parents. The quality of the marital relationship has an influence on child development and on adult well-being. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in …
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Transition to parenthood: The effect of division of labor discrepancies on marital satisfaction
In a longitudinal study of couples during the transition to first time parenthood, I examined several hypotheses regarding expectations and the division of labor between spouses. Seventy couples expecting the birth of their first baby filled out questionnaires late in pregnancy and three months …
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Helping with the Transition to Parenthood: An Evaluation of the Marriage Moments Program
In an attempt to strengthen marriages during the transition to parenthood, the Marriage Moments program was developed from Blaine Fowers' virtues based model of marital quality. Marriage Moments is a non-intrusive, mostly self-guided approach to marriage education, which is easily incorporated into …
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Marriage Moments: A New Approach to Strengthening Couples' Relationship Through the Transition to Parenthood
<p>Strengthening marriages is important to the well-being of individuals, families and communities. The transition to parenthood brings with it particular risks and opportunities for marriage relationships, yet no interventions have been successful in accessing a large number of couples during this …
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Emerging Parental Sensitivity: the Transition to Parenthood Through the Lens of Family Systems Theory
Parents’ capacity to represent and sensitively respond to their children as individuals, is a particularly pertinent ability during infancy. This thesis contributes to theoretical understanding of the nature of parental sensitivity during infancy. In particular, it examined whether parental …
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The relationship between prepartum expectations about the transition to parenthood and actual postpartum experiences
… expectations were more realistic in relation to their postpartum experience. The 135 married women who participated in a LaMaze class completed a questionnaire at approximately seven months prenatal concerning their expectations about the postpartum period (6-8 weeks after delivery), as well …
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Sustaining the S.P.A.R.K. (Supporting Parents Anticipating Resilient Kids): A study on program implementation during the transition to parenthood
The intent of this study was to obtain feedback on a new and innovative intervention designed to help romantic partners sustain fulfilling relationships throughout the transition to parenthood called Sustaining the SPARK (Supporting Parents Anticipating Resilient Kids). Four formative evaluation …
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The transition to parenthood in New Zealand and a developmental conceptual framework for the study of family change
… reported in this thesis was initially centred on parenthood as ‘crisis’ or ‘transition’. A prospective longitudinal survey of a representative or ‘normal’ cohort of 241 primiparae in Hamilton, New Zealand, was carried out. Data were collected by means of four structured interviews (two antenatal …
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Relationship Satisfaction and Coparenting over the Transition to Parenthood: Depression, Division of Labor, and Child Temperament as Moderators
<p>The transition to parenthood is a uniquely important time in the human experience. New parents must reorganize their patterns of behavior and respective roles in order to include and care for a new child. Parents’ ability to navigate this process has great implications for child adjustment and …
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The Mindful Transition to Parenthood Program: Developing and Evaluating a Psychoeducational-Experiential Intervention for Couples Expecting Their First Child
The transition from partnership to parenthood can be a time of excitement and rapid change for couples. After the birth of a first child, many couples also experience declines in relationship satisfaction leading to increased risk of relationship dissolution, postpartum depression, and negative …
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A study of the transition to parenthood in Barking and Dagenham, examining the experiences of UK-born and migrating parents
This thesis takes a grounded theory approach to researching the lives of 15 couples from the East London borough of Barking and Dagenham: new migrants and UK-born second generation couples, all of whom had recently become parents. The couples were interviewed between 3 − 12 months postpartum, and …
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Prevention of the decline of marital satisfaction during the transition to parenthood: A pilot test of a marital skills training workshop
… first baby is born. This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of the Prevention Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP{dollar}\rm \sp{TM}{dollar}), a research-based marital skills workshop, in preventing this decline in marital adjustment; Participants were 70 married couples …
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It's about family innit: Towards an understanding of the lives and experiences of teenage mothers and fathers as they make the transition to parenthood.
… is a detailed study of the phenomenon of teenage parenthood at the beginning of the twenty first century. The study draws on a contextualised analysis of the lives and experiences of eight teenage mother and father couples as they make the transition to parenthood. The aim of the research is to …
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“It’s about family innit?”: Towards an understanding of the lives and experiences of teenage mothers and fathers as they make the transition to parenthood
… is a detailed study of the phenomenon of teenage parenthood at the beginning of the twenty first century. The study draws on a contextualised analysis of the lives and experiences of eight teenage mother and father couples as they make the transition to parenthood. The aim of the research is to …
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