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Parenting Stress and Sexual Satisfaction Among First-Time Parents: A Dyadic Approach

Overview of attention for article published in Sex Roles, April 2016
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Title
Parenting Stress and Sexual Satisfaction Among First-Time Parents: A Dyadic Approach
Published in
Sex Roles, April 2016
DOI 10.1007/s11199-016-0623-0
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Authors

Chelom E. Leavitt, Brandon T. McDaniel, Megan K. Maas, Mark E. Feinberg

Abstract

The present paper reports on longitudinal associations between parenting stress and sexual satisfaction among 169 heterosexual couples in the first year after the birth of a first child. Actor Partner Interdependence Modeling (APIM) was used to model the effects of the mother's and father's parenting stress at 6 months after birth on sexual satisfaction at one year after birth. Based on social constructivist theory and scarcity theory, two hypotheses were posed: (a) mothers' parenting stress will predict their own later sexual satisfaction whereas fathers' parenting stress will not predict their own later sexual satisfaction (actor effects) and (b) mothers' parenting stress will predict fathers' later sexual satisfaction but fathers' parenting stress will not predict mothers' later sexual satisfaction (partner effects). On average, parents were only somewhat satisfied with their sex life. The first hypothesis was supported as greater parenting stress significantly predicted lower sexual satisfaction for mothers but not for fathers. The second hypothesis was also supported as mothers' greater parenting stress significantly predicted less sexual satisfaction in fathers, whereas fathers' parenting stress did not significantly predict mothers' sexual satisfaction. We discuss how our results may be interpreted considering the social construction of gendered family roles.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Israel 1 1%
Italy 1 1%
Unknown 96 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 14 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 13%
Student > Bachelor 12 12%
Student > Master 11 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 4%
Other 17 17%
Unknown 27 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 36 37%
Social Sciences 12 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 2%
Computer Science 1 1%
Other 3 3%
Unknown 36 37%
Attention Score in Context

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#33
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