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

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

doi:10.1007/s11199-016-0623-0

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“…Leavitt et al demonstrated that in a shift to parental Data are presented as mean ± SD. stage caused stress in the couple resulting in reduced sexual satisfaction (28). A meta-analytical study by Dillon and Beechler also reflected that the number of children had a negative effect on marital satisfaction (29).…”

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Correlation of Women’s Marital and Sexual Satisfaction in Different Family Life Cycle Stages in Khorram Abad, Iran

Fallah¹,

Naz²,

Ozgoli³

et al. 2018

International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Scienc

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Introduction The family life cycle indicates the developmental processes of family members (1). Duvall classified family cycle into the following stages: beginning families (I), families who are first time childbearing (II), those who have preschool children (III), families with school children (IV), those with teenagers (V), families with their first child gone to last child's leaving home (VI), and families who have in the middle years (VII) (2). Meanwhile, Rollins and Feldman also believed that the couples' relationships were influenced by different stages of the family life cycle (3). Marital satisfaction was defined as the happiness on different aspects of marital relationship (4,5). Lawrance and Byers defined sexual satisfaction as "an effective response arising from one's subjective evaluation of the positive and negative dimensions associated with one's sexual relationship" (4). Researches showed different patterns for marital satisfaction of the couples in the stages of family life cycle. For example, Lupri and Frideres obtained a U-shaped pattern which meant a decrease in marital satisfaction in the middle stages of life (5); however, Spanier et al reported curvilinear as well as negative linear trends; no relationship was found at all in three different samples between marital satisfaction and the stages of family life cycle (6). According to some studies, sexual relationship is an important factor in marital satisfaction of the couples (7, 8). People usually judge about sexual satisfaction based on their marital satisfaction (9). Besides, it is believed that the concept of sexual satisfaction is intricately intertwined with marital satisfaction (10). Despite the existence of different patterns between marital satisfaction and stages of family life cycle, there already exist a correlation between sexual and marital satisfaction regardless of the stages of family life cycle (7,8,10-15).In addition, sexual

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Correlation of Women’s Marital and Sexual Satisfaction in Different Family Life Cycle Stages in Khorram Abad, Iran

Fallah¹,

Naz²,

Ozgoli³

et al. 2018

International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Scienc

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“…Following other scholars in the field (e.g., Feinberg et al, 2010; Leavitt et al, 2016; Maas et al, 2015), we chose to use 27 items from the 36-item PSI Short Form due to lower factor loadings on 9 of the items, as was found by Abidin (1995). Items were averaged to produce an overall stress score (Cronbach’s alpha = .90 for mothers, .92 for fathers).…”

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“…Finally, we also controlled for parenting stress which we measured using 27 items from the Parenting Stress Index (PSI; Abidin, ). Following other scholars in the field (e.g., Feinberg, Jones, Kan, & Goslin, ; Leavitt, McDaniel, Maas, & Feinberg, ; Maas, McDaniel, Feinberg, & Jones, ), we chose to use 27 items from the 36‐item PSI Short Form due to lower factor loadings on nine of the items, as was found by Abidin (). Items were averaged to produce an overall stress score (Cronbach's alpha = .90 for mothers, .92 for fathers).…”

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Technoference: Parent Distraction With Technology and Associations With Child Behavior Problems

2017

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Heavy parent digital technology use has been associated with suboptimal parent-child interactions, but no studies examine associations with child behavior. This study investigates whether parental problematic technology use is associated with technology-based interruptions in parent-child interactions, termed "technoference," and whether technoference is associated with child behavior problems. Parent reports from 170 U.S. families (child M = 3.04 years) and actor-partner interdependence modeling showed that maternal and paternal problematic digital technology use predicted greater technoference in mother-child and father-child interactions; then, maternal technoference predicted both mothers' and fathers' reports of child externalizing and internalizing behaviors. Results suggest that technological interruptions are associated with child problem behaviors, but directionality and transactional processes should be examined in future longitudinal studies.

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“…HIV sero-positive women who had more children were less likely to be sexually assertive. This might be attributed to sexual health issues following child birth, motherhood responsibilities, and prioritizing the needs of children over sexual life, which is more pronounced in some cultures such as Iran (McDonald, Woolhouse, Brown, 2015;Azmoude et al, 2016;Arbil et al, 2017;Ghorat et al, 2017;Leavitt et al, 2017). Sexually non-assertive participants in our study had initiated sexual activities at younger ages compared to the assertive group.…”

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"Demand what you prefer": the role of sexual assertiveness among HIV-infected women

Vakili

Alipour²,

Khoei

et al. 2019

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw

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Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate sexual assertiveness among HIV-infected women, and to address the relationship between sexual assertiveness, sociodemographic characteristics, sexual and fertility profile, and HIV-related variables in this population. Design: A cross sectional study. Methods: The research was conducted with a sample of 93 eligible HIV-infected women referred to Imam Khomeini hospital between September 2016 and January 2018. The Hurlbert Index of Sexual Assertiveness was used to assess sexual assertiveness. Results: Mean and standard deviation of sexual assertiveness was 51.33 (20.16). We found a significant relationship between age (p = 0.04), education (p = 0.03), pregnancy experience (p = 0.003), age at the time of first sexual contact (p = 0.005), and disclosure of HIV sero-status to sexual partners (p = 0.05) and sexual assertiveness. Binary logistic regression results showed that age (p = 0.04), having live children (p = 0.003), and disclosure of HIV sero-status to sexual partners (p = 0.04) could significantly predict sexual assertiveness score. Conclusion: Our findings showed that level of sexual assertiveness in HIV sero-positive women deserves more attention. In addition, consideration should be given to sexual health related issues and sexual assertiveness skills during routine HIV care appointments.

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

Cited by 57 publications

References 60 publications

Correlation of Women’s Marital and Sexual Satisfaction in Different Family Life Cycle Stages in Khorram Abad, Iran

Correlation of Women’s Marital and Sexual Satisfaction in Different Family Life Cycle Stages in Khorram Abad, Iran

Technoference: Parent Distraction With Technology and Associations With Child Behavior Problems

"Demand what you prefer": the role of sexual assertiveness among HIV-infected women

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