Normal Stresses during the Transition to Parenthood

Miller, Brent C.; Sollie, Donna L.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-7021-5_9

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“…Consistent with previous findings (Harriman, 1983;Laporte et al, 1991;Miller & Sollie, 1980), results supported the notion that the transition to parenthood is an event that is generally more demanding for women than it is for men. These analyses revealed that there was a greater proportion of individuals who experienced psychological distress in the clinical range among women than among men during their transition to parenthood.…”

Section: Gender Differencessupporting

confidence: 92%

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High-risk pregnancies, psychological distress, and dyadic adjustment

Dulude¹,

Bélanger²,

Wright³

et al. 2002

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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The objective of the present study was to examine the effects of a high-risk pregnancy on the psychological well-being and marital adjustment of parents. Gender differences in the adaptation process of parents to this potentially stressful change in their life conditions were also investigated. Global findings showed no differences in the average psychological and marital adjustment scores of high-and low-risk parents during this transition. However, findings did suggest that high-and low-risk parents differed in the way they adapt to parenthood. Results also supported the hypothesized gender differences in the adaptation process of both women and men.

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Section: Gender Differencessupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Because they are physically involved, women generally experience more changes in their lives than men Dulude et al, 2000;Harriman, 1983). Consequently, women have reportedly endured more distress than men during this period (Harriman, 1983;Miller & Sollie, 1980).…”

Section: Gender Differences In the Impact Of Stressors During The Tramentioning

confidence: 91%

High-risk pregnancies, psychological distress, and dyadic adjustment

Dulude¹,

Bélanger²,

Wright³

et al. 2002

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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“…At an individual level, higher parenting stress was found to be associated with greater depressive symptoms (Wolf & Others, 1989), rates of use of medical services, illness-related behavior, as well as perception of one's own health status (Abidin & Wilfong, 1985). At an interpersonal level, parenting stress altered the marital relationship and resulted in decline of marital adjustment (Belsky, Lang, & Rovine, 1985;Miller & Sollie, 1980). High parenting stress was also found to be related to incidents of child abuse (Chan, 1990;Mash, Johnston, & Kovitz, 1983;Straus, 1980).…”

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Validation of the parenting stress index among Chinese mothers in Hong Kong

Tam

Chan

Wong

1994

J. Community Psychol.

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This paper presents the validation results of the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) as applied to a sample of Chinese mothers in Hong Kong. A cross‐sectional research survey was launched employing a purposive sample of 248 Hong Kong Chinese mothers. The PSI was found to have a reliability coefficient of .93. The concurrent validity of the instrument was established by correlations of the PSI with various measurements for stress. Moreover, results from discriminant analysis indicated that using PSI scores, “high‐stress” respondents could be discriminated from “low‐stress” respondents with 93% overall accuracy. Finally, results of the study replicated the major factorial structure of the original scale. The present study indicates that the PSI represents an appropriate tool for measuring parenting stress with Hong Kong Chinese mothers. Findings from the study will facilitate practitioners and administrators in early screening of parenting stress, individual diagnostic assessment, pre‐post measures of intervention effectiveness, and future research in parenting stress.

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“…In this study, parenting stress, the stress that emanates from the demands of being a parent, is seen as a perceived discrepancy between situational demands and personal resources affecting several areas of life. A decline in marital adjustment and lower marital quality connected to an increase in mothers' experienced stress have been reported in several studies (e.g., Belsky, Lang, & Rovine, 1985;Belsky, Spanier, & Rovine, 1983;Cowan et al, 1985;Lavee, Sharlin, & Katz, 1996;Miller & Sollie, 1980;Wallace & Gotlib, 1990;Worthington & Buston, 1986), and such stress has also been associated with lack of support (Östberg et al, 1997;Quittner, Glueckauf, & Jackson, 1990) and depression in mothers (e.g., Gelfand, Teti, & Fox, 1992;Milgrom & McCloud, 1996). Furthermore, high parenting stress has been connected to several negative factors in the family.…”

Section: Parenting Stress Correlates and Consequencesmentioning

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Can a Child-Problem Focused Intervention Reduce Mothers' Stress?

Östberg¹,

Hageküll²,

Lindberg³

et al. 2005

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SYNOPSISObjective. This study investigates if a child-problem focused intervention could reduce stress related to parenting. Design. Mothers (n = 33) seeking help from a specialist child health center for their child's sleeping or feeding problems were compared to mothers (n = 66) with a child of the same sex and age but without contact with the clinic. The two groups were equal regarding level of stress before intervention contacts started. The intervention consisted of individualized treatment strategies. Results. The intervention was connected with a significantly larger reduction in the general stress level in the intervention group than in the comparison group. Intervention mothers increased their competence, reduced their experience of being restricted by parental responsibilities, and increased their satisfaction with their spousal relationship after the intervention more than mothers in the group without intervention contacts. Child-related problems were also significantly reduced in the intervention group. Conclusions. This study supports the importance of early interventions to help parents cope with everyday problems such as child sleeping and feeding problems.

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Normal Stresses during the Transition to Parenthood

Cited by 114 publications

References 16 publications

High-risk pregnancies, psychological distress, and dyadic adjustment

High-risk pregnancies, psychological distress, and dyadic adjustment

Validation of the parenting stress index among Chinese mothers in Hong Kong

Can a Child-Problem Focused Intervention Reduce Mothers' Stress?

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