Parenting Expectations, Experiences, And Adjustment to Parenthood: A Test Of The Violated Expectations Framework  

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Kalmuss, Debra ; Cushman, Linda ; Davidson, Andrew

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Marriage and the Family vol. 54 no. 03 (Aug. 1992), page 516-526.
Topik: Framework; parenthood; experiences; parenting expectations; adjustment

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: J43 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This study assessed the effects of violated parenting expectations on the adjustment to parenthood in a sample of 473 married, middle-class, white women pregnant with their first child. The women were interviewed during the final trimester of pregnancy and at one year post-birth. The bivarlate results indicated that women's expectations about how parenting would affect their lives and how they would fore in the maternal role did not match their experiences, although the magnitude of the discrepancies was small. In general, women expected things to be better at one, year post-birth than they actually were. The multivariate results indicated that these discrepancies significantly affected the case of their adjustment to motherhood. Adjustment was more difficult when parenting expectations exceeded experiences in the following domains: relationship with spouse, physical well-being, maternal competel1ce, and maternal satisfaction. In addition, high expectations regarding child care assistance from spouse, and support from extended family, were associated with a more difficult period of adjustment, net of the actual amount of assistance or support received.

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