The transition to parenthood: Stress, resources, and gender differences in a Chinese society

Lu, Luo

doi:10.1002/jcop.20110

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“…For instance, spousal help with child care and household maintenance reduced working women's distress and enhanced their well-being (Beutell & Greenhaus, 1983;Noor, 1999). For Taiwanese young parents, help from extended family in child care and home maintenance has beneficial effects on adjustment and wellbeing (Lu, 2006).…”

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Cross‐cultural differences on work‐to‐family conflict and role satisfaction: A Taiwanese‐British comparison

Cooper

Kao

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Human Resource Management

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The aim of this research was to explore relations between work and family demands and resources, work-to-family confl ict (WFC), and work and family outcomes in a cross-cultural comparative context involving Taiwanese and British employees. Two-hundred and sixty-four Taiwanese employees and 137 British employees were surveyed using structured questionnaires. For both Taiwanese and British employees, work and family demands were positively related to WFC, whereas work resources were negatively related to WFC. Furthermore, WFC was negatively related to family satisfaction. More importantly, we found that nation moderated relationships between work resources and WFC, WFC and work, and family satisfaction. Specifi cally, work resources had a stronger protective effect for Taiwanese than British in reducing WFC, whereas WFC had a stronger detrimental effect on role satisfaction for British than Taiwanese. It is recommended that both culture-general and culture-specifi c effects should be taken into consideration in designing future WFC research and familyfriendly managerial practices.

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Cross‐cultural differences on work‐to‐family conflict and role satisfaction: A Taiwanese‐British comparison

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Kao

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Human Resource Management

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“…To this end, a generic model of parenthood stress, resources, and adjustment (see Figure ) was purported, and we have already completed a longitudinal analysis of parenthood transition by following a panel of Chinese parents for a half‐year period through the pre‐ and post‐parenthood comparison (Lu, in press). This study, with data from a representative sample of 364 parents in Taiwan, has provided strong support for parts of the model in Figure : (a) in cross‐sectional analyses, parenthood stress had consistent negative effects on mental health and marital satisfaction (paths 1 & 3); (b) in prospective analyses, stress still had adverse effects on postnatal mental health or marital satisfaction after controlling for their prenatal baseline levels (paths 8–3); (c) social support and marital congruence had beneficial effects on the parenthood adjustment (paths 2 & 4); and (d) compared to men, women reported higher stress, more psychological symptoms, and lower marital satisfaction than men, but received more social support.…”

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Postnatal adjustment of Chinese parents: A two‐wave panel study in Taiwan

2006

Int J Psychol

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This study focused on examining the relationships between stress, resources, and adjustment of Chinese married mothers and fathers following childbirth. Guided by a generic theoretical model of parenthood transition, the aim of the current study was threefold. First, longitudinal data were collected to clarify the impact of parenthood from 6 weeks postnatal (Time 1) to 6 months postnatal (Time 2). A diachronic design is more advantageous in making causal inferences as baseline levels of mental health and marital satisfaction can be controlled. Second, a gender‐balanced design was adopted to examine the transition processes for both men and women to overcome our shortcomings in understanding men's experiences. Third, this study was conducted in a Chinese society to examine the transition to parenthood as embedded in this particular cultural context. A total of 483 parents (253 females, 230 males) took part in this two‐wave panel study. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses and structural equation modelling techniques were used to test for direct, moderation, and mediation effects of marital congruence and social support as resources. Results showed that (a) parental stress had negative effects on mental health and marital satisfaction, and these relationships were robust across time and gender; (b) marital congruence and social support had direct as well as mediation effects on adjustment; (c) marital congruence also had moderation (stress buffering) effects on the stress/mental health relationship; (d) over the half‐year period, there were no significant changes in stress and adjustment outcomes, yet marital congruence and social support significantly declined, and this trend was the same for both sexes; (e) although males and females did not differ in marital congruence and social support, women reported higher stress, more psychological symptoms, and lower marital satisfaction than men. These gender differences did not change over time. These results were discussed in relation to existing theories and research, as well as the distinct characteristics of the contemporary Chinese society.

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“…Taiwan had undergone dramatic societal modernisation, extensive urbanisation and family denuclearisation in recent times, moving far away from traditional Taiwanese values. [39] Future research exploring the effectiveness of such a program in turning the fertility rate around would be the next step.…”

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Childbearing and quality of life decisions for women in Taiwan

Chen

Jones

Jackson

2018

IJH

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Taiwan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world and is predicted to lead to zero population growth. This study aimed to gain a comprehensive understanding of the personal, social and cultural factors influencing Taiwanese women's motherhood decision making.Semi structured interviews from first time mothers and theoretical sampling were applied to recruit participants from an antenatal clinic in a large metropolitan hospital from Taipei, Taiwan until data saturation was achieved with 34 women. A number of categories were identified from the data with this paper presenting only the category of "childbearing and the quality of life". Under this category a number of factors were identified that contributed to the decision on whether to have children. This included the couple's financial circumstances, existing pressure from living expenses, childbearing is costly and having children in a responsibility.Childbearing and quality of life was identified from the data as a crucial factor influencing participant's decision making choices to have children. This was because women wanted to maintain a certain quality of life and needed to then ascertain how much this would be influenced by having children. It is becoming clear that economic development specifically related to materialistic values, has negatively influenced the value people place on having children. Encouraging a return to traditional Taiwanese values as well as orienting people away from materialistic values maybe a way to turn the fertility rate around.

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The transition to parenthood: Stress, resources, and gender differences in a Chinese society

Cited by 65 publications

References 37 publications

Cross‐cultural differences on work‐to‐family conflict and role satisfaction: A Taiwanese‐British comparison

Cross‐cultural differences on work‐to‐family conflict and role satisfaction: A Taiwanese‐British comparison

Postnatal adjustment of Chinese parents: A two‐wave panel study in Taiwan

Childbearing and quality of life decisions for women in Taiwan

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