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Remembered Parental Rejection and Postpartum Declines in Marital Satisfaction: Moderated Dyadic Links

Remembered Parental Rejection and Postpartum Declines in Marital Satisfaction: Moderated Dyadic... Utilizing a sample of 80 married couples, the current study employed a dyadic approach to examine links between remembered parental rejection during childhood and change in marital satisfaction across the transition to parenthood. Partner remembered parental rejection, parenting efficacy, and infant temperamental reactivity (frustration and fear reactivity) were examined as moderator variables. Spouses' own remembered parental rejection was linked with declines in marital satisfaction among spouses whose partners recalled more rejection from their parents in childhood, among spouses who felt less efficacious in the parenting role, and among spouses who reported high infant frustration. Partner remembered parental rejection was linked with declines in marital satisfaction among spouses who reported that they were less efficacious in the parenting role. Results support the perspective that family‐of‐origin experiences are best understood in conjunction with other domains of family life. Applied implications are discussed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Family Relations Wiley

Remembered Parental Rejection and Postpartum Declines in Marital Satisfaction: Moderated Dyadic Links

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© 2013 by the National Council on Family Relations
ISSN
0197-6664
eISSN
1741-3729
DOI
10.1111/fare.12004
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Abstract

Utilizing a sample of 80 married couples, the current study employed a dyadic approach to examine links between remembered parental rejection during childhood and change in marital satisfaction across the transition to parenthood. Partner remembered parental rejection, parenting efficacy, and infant temperamental reactivity (frustration and fear reactivity) were examined as moderator variables. Spouses' own remembered parental rejection was linked with declines in marital satisfaction among spouses whose partners recalled more rejection from their parents in childhood, among spouses who felt less efficacious in the parenting role, and among spouses who reported high infant frustration. Partner remembered parental rejection was linked with declines in marital satisfaction among spouses who reported that they were less efficacious in the parenting role. Results support the perspective that family‐of‐origin experiences are best understood in conjunction with other domains of family life. Applied implications are discussed.

Journal

Family RelationsWiley

Published: Apr 1, 2013

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