Well‐Being and Personal Growth in Mothers of Full‐Term and Pre‐Term Singletons and Twins

Noy, Adi; Taubman–Ben-Ari, Orit; Kuint, Jacob

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“…In respect to the demographic variables, only better economic status yielded a positive association with growth. This is consistent with previous studies reporting an association between higher growth and mothers' better economic status (Chasson & Taubman ) and physical health (e.g., Noy et al, 2015) did not predict personal growth. Interestingly, infant's age was inversely related to personal growth.…”

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“…While some studies show that younger age (Sawyer & Ayers, 2009; Taubman – Ben‐Ari et al., 2011) and lower level of education (Taubman – Ben‐Ari et al., 2010) are associated with higher personal growth among women, others report no such associations (Taubman – Ben‐Ari & Spielman, 2014). Similarly, both higher (Chasson & Taubman – Ben‐Ari, 2021; Noy et al., 2015) and lower economic status (Rozen et al., 2018; Taubman – Ben‐Ari et al., 2018) have been associated with parents’ personal growth.…”

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First‐time parents’ personal growth: Role of parental separation anxiety

Ben‐Ari

2022

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In recent years, there has been growing recognition that the need to cope with the inevitable stress of the transition to parenthood may lead to the experience of personal growth, reflected in the discovery of new strengths, setting of a renewed path in life and a newfound appreciation of interpersonal relationships (Taubman -Ben-Ari, 2019). Considerable evidence has been presented over the last two decades regarding the role of personal resources in the personal growth (originally termed posttraumatic growth; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004) of both women and men in the transition to parenthood (Taubman -Ben-Ari, 2019) and the contextual aspects which may be related to it, especially levels of objective or perceived stress. The present study was aimed at furthering this line of inquiry by examining the role played by parental separation anxiety as a potential stressor and the personal resources of self-mastery and emotional intelligence in the personal growth of new mothers and fathers in the first two years following childbirth.

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First‐time parents’ personal growth: Role of parental separation anxiety

Ben‐Ari

2022

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“…Nevertheless, it has been previously used among similar Hebrew speaking samples (e.g. Noy, Taubman – Ben‐Ari, & Kuint ). The current study employed 32 of the original 52 items, which were found relevant to the initial stage of parenthood and babies' ages: 17 items relating to parents' knowledge regarding health (e.g.…”

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Dyadic Transition to Parenthood: A Longitudinal Assessment of Personal Growth among Parents of Pre‐ and Full‐term Infants

2016

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This study examined the contribution of birth circumstances (premature and full-term birth) and individual and spousal factors (attachment orientations, parental self-efficacy and perceived infant temperament), measured 1 month post-partum, to the personal growth of first-time parents (n = 121) 1 and 5 months post-partum. The study overcame the limitations of prior research by accurately measuring actor effects while controlling for and assessing partner effects, by applying the actor-partner interdependence model. The findings confirm that becoming a parent, under normative and stressful circumstances, can lead to personal growth and parents of premature babies experience higher levels of growth than parents of full terms. Moreover, 1 month post-partum, actor effects were found for higher attachment anxiety and higher parental self-efficacy. Furthermore, personal growth at 1 month post-partum was found to be the strongest predictor of personal growth 5 months after childbirth. Five months post-partum, a positive partner effect was found for parental self-efficacy. Mothers reported higher growth than fathers only 5 months after the birth. It seems time plays an important role as to which variables contribute to personal growth. In the early stages of parenthood, personal growth is mostly an individual experience. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…NOTE 1. Articles based on the data generated in phase 1 (Taubman-Ben-Ari et al, 2008), in phase 2 (Noy, Taubman-Ben-Ari, & Kuint, 2014) and phases 1 and 2 (Findler, Taubman-Ben-Ari, & Kuint, 2007;Taubman-Ben-Ari, Findler, & Kuint, 2010) have previously been published. However, the current study presents new evidence not reported in earlier publications.…”

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Well-Being and Distress in Mothers of Two-Year-Old Singletons and Twins

2014

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The present study investigated well-being and distress in 274 Israeli mothers of two-year-olds. Of these, 127 were mothers of singletons and 147 mothers of twins. The study examined the contribution to the explanation of well-being and distress of a range of variables relating to the mother, including sociodemographic characteristics, internal resources (attachment style, self-differentiation, and maternal self-efficacy), and external resources (marital quality and grandmothers' support). The findings showed that being a mother of a singleton or twins did not contribute to the explanation of variance in well-being or distress. Marital quality provided the strongest explained variance for both well-being and distress. Mother's health, attachment anxiety and self-differentiation also explained significant amounts of the variance. Several differences were found in the contribution of certain other variables, such as maternal grandmother's support, which contributed only to well-being. The results indicated the lesser role of sociodemographic variables, as opposed to the centrality of personality traits and marital quality, in the relationships with well-being and distress. Practical implications are discussed.

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Well‐Being and Personal Growth in Mothers of Full‐Term and Pre‐Term Singletons and Twins

Cited by 35 publications

References 55 publications

First‐time parents’ personal growth: Role of parental separation anxiety

First‐time parents’ personal growth: Role of parental separation anxiety

Dyadic Transition to Parenthood: A Longitudinal Assessment of Personal Growth among Parents of Pre‐ and Full‐term Infants

Well-Being and Distress in Mothers of Two-Year-Old Singletons and Twins

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