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How representations of the parental marriage predict marital emotional attunement during the transition to parenthood.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16938006     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Emotional attunement (i.e., couples' dyadic emotional connectedness and responsiveness) was examined in 86 couples across the transition to parenthood. After controlling for prenatal emotional attunement and verbal ability, the authors found that prenatal assessments of husbands' and wives' representations of their parents' marriage (i.e., content and insightfulness) predicted emotional attunement between partners 24 months postpartum. There was a trend for husbands and a statistically significant relationship for wives who insightfully recalled disharmonious content to show greater residualized postnatal emotional attunement compared with other husbands and wives, suggesting that anticipating marital problems following the transition to parenthood may increase attention to maintaining the marriage. In contrast, wives who recalled disharmonious content with low insight showed the lowest residualized postnatal scores for emotional attunement.
Authors:
Melissa Curran; Nancy Hazen; Deborah Jacobvitz; Takayuki Sasaki
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)     Volume:  20     ISSN:  0893-3200     ISO Abbreviation:  J Fam Psychol     Publication Date:  2006 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-08-29     Completed Date:  2006-10-04     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8802265     Medline TA:  J Fam Psychol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  477-84     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA. macurran@email.arizona.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Psychological / physiology*
Adult
Emotions / physiology*
Female
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Marriage / psychology*
Parenting / psychology*
Parents / psychology*
Predictive Value of Tests
Sex Factors

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