How representations of the parental marriage predict marital emotional attunement during the transition to parenthood

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 477-484

  Curran, Melissa ^a,b   Hazen, Nancy ^a   Jacobvitz, Deborah ^a   Sasaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Intergenerational representations; Marital quality; Marriage; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTING; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33748418729     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.3.477     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Amato, P. R., & Keith, B. (1991). Parental divorce and adult well-being: A meta-analysis, Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53, 43-58.
2. Belsky, J., & Isabella, R. A. (1985). Marital and parent-child relationships in family of origin and marital change following the birth of a baby: A retrospective analysis, Child Development, 56, 342-349.
3. Booher, M. C. G., & Jacobvitz, D. (1998). Emotional attunement and self reflection/flexibility of thought scoring system. Unpublished manuscript, University of Texas at Austin.
4. Booth, A., & Edwards, J. (1989). Transmission of marital and family quality over generations: The effect of parental divorce and unhappiness. Journal of Divorce, 13, 41-58.
5. Bowlby, J. (1973). Attachment and loss: Vol. 2, Separation: Anxiety and anger. New York; Basic Books.
6. Cowan, C. P., & Cowan, P. A. (2000). When partners become parents: The big life change for couples. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
7. Curran, M. A., Hazen, N., Jacohvitz, D., & Feldman, A. (2005). Representations of early family relationships predict marital maintenance during the transition to parenthood. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 189-197.
8. Gottman, J. M. (1994). What predicts divorce? The relationship between marital processes and marital outcomes. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
9. Hardy, M. (1993). Regression with dummy variables. Newbuty Park, CA: Sage.
10. Jacobvitz, D. (1992). The Grandparent Marriage Interview. Unpublished manuscript, University of Texas at Austin.
11. Karney, B. R., & Bradbury, T. N. (1995). The longitudinal course of marital quality and stability: A review of theory, methods, and research. Psychological Bulletin, 118, 3-34.
12. MacDennld, S., Huston, T., & McHale, S. (1990). Changes in marriage associated with the transition to parenthood: Individual differences as a function of sex-role attitudes and changes in the division of household labor. Journal of Marriage and Family, 52, 475-486.
13. Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1998). The other end of the continuum: The costs of rumination, Psychological Inquiry, 9, 216-219.
14. Paley, B., Cox, M. J., Burchinal, M. R., & Payne, C. C. (1999). Attachment and marital functioning: Comparison of spouses with continuous-secure, earned-secure, dismissing, and preoccupied attachment stances. Journal of Family Psychology, 13, 580-597.
15. Phelps, J. L., Belsky, J., & Crnic, K. (1998). Earned security, daily stress, and parenting: A comparison of five alternative models. Development and Psychopathology, 10, 21-38.
16. Radloff, L. S. (1977). The CESD Scale: A self-report depression scale for research in the general population, Applied Psychological Measurement, 1, 385-401.
17. Raudenbusn, S. W., Bryk, A. S., Cheong, Y., & Congdon, R. T. (2000). HLM 5: Hierarchical linear and nonlinear modeling. Chicago: Scientific Software International.
18. Sabatelli, R. M., & Bartle-Haring, S. (2003). Family-of-origin experiences and adjustment in married couples. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 65, 159-169.
19. Wechsler, D. (1981). Manual for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised(WAIS-R). San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation.