The Developing Child and Marital Satisfaction of Parents

Rollins, Boyd C.; Galligan, Richard J.

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“…Research in the 1970s has continued to confirm this relationship and to make further specifications. For example, research in the past decade substantiates the fact that the birth of a child has a negative impact upon most marriages, especially for wives (Luckey and Bain, 1970;Feldman, 1971;Ryder, 1973;Russell, 1974;Rollins and Galligan, 1978).…”

Section: The Effects Of Children On Marital Qualitymentioning

confidence: 95%

“…8. There has been an unprecedented effort to synthesize the body of literature pertaining to marital quality, and to relate this area of study to other literatures (e.g., Burr, 1973; Rollins and Galligan, 1978;Lewis and Spanier, 1979). The decade witnessed the beginnings of a shift toward theory development, in contrast to an "inventory" approach of synthesis, in which only lists of correlates are reported.…”

Section: Studies Increasingly Include Men (Husbands)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Marital Quality: A Review of the Seventies

Spanier¹,

Lewis²

1980

Journal of Marriage and the Family

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105

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Section: The Effects Of Children On Marital Qualitymentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Studies Increasingly Include Men (Husbands)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Marital Quality: A Review of the Seventies

Spanier¹,

Lewis²

1980

Journal of Marriage and the Family

264

105

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“…Since the couple is likely to live apart from their extended family, emergency childcare arrangements, child rearing-related decision-making, and child nurturance are left to the parents. It is theorized that this puts a larger amount of stress on the family unit, which detracts from the marital relationship (ROLLINS and GALLIGAN 1978).…”

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Marital satisfaction and the impact of children in collectivist cultures: A meta-analysis

Dillon¹,

Beechler²

2010

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

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Abstract. Many studies have established that the presence and number of children have a negative impact on marital satisfaction. Those that maintain an evolutionary perspective may find this result surprising. It is argued that a couple that has successfully reproduced together ought to have heightened satisfaction. The majority of studies confirming this negative impact children bring have been on samples of participants from individualist cultures such as the United States and Canada. This severely limits the generalizability of this finding. In order to determine the relevance of cultural type, collectivist and individualist, we conducted a meta-analysis that aggregated the findings of fifteen studies that contained samples from collectivist cultures. All studies used in this meta-analysis contained samples from outside the United States. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the findings from our meta-analysis on the impact of children on marital satisfaction. The present meta-analysis found a small, negative relationship between children and marital satisfaction (d = -.11, r = -.05) that is significantly lower than another meta-analysis conducted using samples from individualistic cultures. Maternal age and type of measure were significant moderators. It may be that collectivist cultures foster shared childcare within the extended family, and this arrangement buffers stressors that people from individualist cultures are more likely to face.

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“…After the child is born, the couple must undergo a significant adjustment to adapt to their new role as parents; the higher the number of children, the more difficult the adaptation. Sometimes, the children themselves can become the root causes of conflicts between the couple (Rollins and Galligan 1978;Worthington and Buston 1986). For example, after having children, a fundamental change occurs in a couple's assignment of housework, work, and leisure time.…”

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The impact of children on divorce risk

Yu²,

Qiu

2015

J. Chin. Sociol.

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Based on the data of the first wave of the Chinese Family Panel Study in 2010, this paper studies the relationship of divorce risk and four variables related to children in China: premarital births and number, age, and gender of children. We find that all four variables have significant effects on divorce risk. Specifically, (1) couples who have premarital children are more likely to divorce; (2) the higher the number of children, the more stable the marriage, but the marginal effect declines with the increase of the number of children; (3) younger children reduce the risk of divorce more than older ones; and (4) couples who have sons are less likely to divorce. All these findings are consistent with studies conducted in other countries and suggest that children play an important role in stabilizing marriage and resolving conflicts in marriage. We also find that the positive effect of children on marital stability and the effect of children's gender are stronger in rural areas, which is due to the differences in modernization and cultural values between rural and urban areas. These findings imply that changes in marriage values and the decline of the fertility rate are two important causes of the recent increase of the divorce rate in China.

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The Developing Child and Marital Satisfaction of Parents

Cited by 47 publications

References 43 publications

Marital Quality: A Review of the Seventies

Marital Quality: A Review of the Seventies

Marital satisfaction and the impact of children in collectivist cultures: A meta-analysis

The impact of children on divorce risk

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