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My research examines which relationships are most fragile in the first year after the birth of a child, which characteristics might also predict this fragility or stability, how these characteristics differ by relationship quality, and what outcomes these differences might be used to test. I use latent class analysis to assess relationship quality as a multidimensional measure of relationship functioning as measured by both members of the co-parent dyad in the Fragile Families and Wellbeing Study. I then assess transitions, stability, and relationship dissolution for all parents within the first year using latent transition analysis and regression models. Finally, I use multilevel growth curve analyses to look at the longitudinal trajectories of physical and mental health of parents resulting from their baseline relationship quality classes and one-year transition groups. My research contributes to understanding the diverse starting points and early changes in relationship quality among parents of a new child, how their relationships can be measured dyadically, and how these measures of relationship quality are related to longitudinal differences in parent health. Results indicate notable differences in relationship quality for parents of a new child, distinct differences in how these relationship quality classes transition or remain intact over the first year, and differences in how physical and mental health tend to shift over the first few years of a child’s life, with some differences in health differing by the gender of the parent."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Romantic Relationship Quality, Parenthood Transitions, and Long-Term Health Outcomes"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Street, Debra","Sociology"],"dc:creator":["Perry, Matthew"],"dc:date":["2019-10-29T16:47:22Z","2019","2019-04-22 15:50:59"],"dc:description":["Ph.D.","The addition of a new child to a family is a meaningful but stressful time. 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Results indicate notable differences in relationship quality for parents of a new child, distinct differences in how these relationship quality classes transition or remain intact over the first year, and differences in how physical and mental health tend to shift over the first few years of a child’s life, with some differences in health differing by the gender of the parent."],"dc:format":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier":["http://hdl.handle.net/10477/80830"],"dc:language":["eng"],"dc:publisher":["State University of New York at Buffalo"],"dc:rights":["Users of works found in University at Buffalo Institutional Repository (UBIR) are responsible for identifying and contacting the copyright owner for permission to reuse. 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