First-time parents' expectations about the division of childcare and play

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-45

  Biehle, Susanne N ^a   Mickelson, Kristin D ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childcare; Depression; Parenting; Play; Relationship satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862249833     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026608     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Allen, S. M., & Hawkins, A. J. (1999). Maternal gatekeeping: Mothers' beliefs and behaviors that inhibit greater father involvement in family work. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 61, 199-212. doi:10.2307/ 353894
2. Belsky, J., & Kelly, J. (1994). The transition to parenthood: How a first child changes a marriage. New York, NY: Dell Publishing.
3. Belsky, J., & Pensky, E. (1988). Marital change across the transition to parenthood. Marriage and Family Review, 12, 133-156. doi:10.1300/ J002v12n03_08
4. Belsky, J., Ward, M. J., & Rovine, M. (1986). Prenatal expectations, postnatal experiences and the transition to parenthood. In R. D. Ashmore & D. M. Brodinsky (Eds.), Thinking about the family: Views of parents and children (pp. 119-145). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
5. Belsky, J. (1985). Exploring individual differences in marital change across the transition to parenthood: The role of violated expectations. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 47, 1037-1044. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/352348 doi:10.2307/352348
6. Bianchi, S. M., Milkie, M., Sayer, L., & Robinson, J. (2000). Is anyone doing the housework? Trends in the gender division of household labor. Social Forces, 79, 191-228. doi:10.2307/2675569
7. Biehle, S. N., & Mickelson, K. D. (2011). Personal and co-parent predictors of parenting efficacy across the transition to parenthood. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30, 986-1010. doi:10.1521/ jscp.2011.30.9.985
8. Cowan, C. P., Cowan, P. A., Heming, G., Coysh, W. S., Curtis-Boles, H., & Boles, A. J. (1985). Transition to parenthood: His, hers, and theirs. Journal of Family Issues, 6, 451-481. doi:10.1177/ 019251385006004004
9. Crohan, S. E. (1996). Marital quality and conflict across the transition to parenthood in African American and White couples. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 58, 933-944. doi:10.2307/353981
10. Delmore-Ko, P., Pancer, S. M., Hunsberger, B., & Pratt, M. (2000). Becoming a parent: The relation between prenatal expectations and postnatal experience. Journal of Family Psychology, 14, 625-640. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.14.4.625
11. Deutsch, F. M. (2001). Equally shared parenting. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 10, 25-28. doi:10.1111/1467-8721.00107
12. Goldberg, A. E., & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2004). Division of labor and working-class women's well-being across the transition to parenthood. Journal of Family Psychology, 18, 225-236. doi:10.1037/0893-3200.18.1.225
13. Grossmann, K., Grossmann, K. E., Fremmer-Bombik, E., Kindler, H., Scheuerer-Englisch, H., & Zimmermann, P. (2002). The uniqueness of the child-father attachment relationship: Fathers' sensitive and challenging play as a pivotal variable in a 16-year longitudinal study. Social Development, 11, 307-331. doi:10.1111/1467-9507.00202
14. Hackel, L. S., & Ruble, D. N. (1992). Changes in the marital relationship after the first baby is born: Predicting the impact of expectancy disconfirmation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 944-957. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.62.6.944
15. Harwood, K., McLean, N., & Durkin, K. (2007). First-time mothers' expectations of parenthood: What happens when optimistic expectations are not matched by later experiences? Developmental Psychology, 43, 1-12. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.1
16. Hendrick, S. S. (1988). A generic measure of relationship satisfaction. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 50, 93-98. doi:10.2307/352430
17. Kalil, A., Ziol-Guest, K. M., & Coley, R. L. (2005). Perceptions of father involvement patterns in teenage-mother families: Predictors of links to mothers' psychological adjustment. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies, 54, 197-211. doi:10.1111/j.0197-6664.2005.00016.x
18. Kalmuss, D., Davidson, A., & Cushman, L. (1992). Parenting expectations, experiences, and adjustment to parenthood: A test of the violated expectations framework. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 54, 516- 526. doi:10.2307/353238
19. Kessler, R., & McRae, J. (1982). The effects of wives' employment on the mental health of married men and women. American Sociological Review, 47, 216-227. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2094964. doi:10.2307/2094964
20. Khazan, I., McHale, J. P., & Decourcey, W. (2008). Violated wishes about division of childcare labor predict early coparenting process during stressful and nonstressful family evaluations. Infant Mental Health Journal, 29, 343-361. doi:10.1002/imhj.20183
21. Laflamme, D., Pomerleau, A., & Malcuit, G. (2002). A comparison of fathers' and mothers' involvement in childcare and stimulation behaviors during free-play with their infants at 9 and 15 months. Sex Roles, 47, 507-518. doi:10.1023/A:1022069720776
22. McBride, B. A., & Mills, G. (1993). A comparison of mother and father involvement with their preschool age children. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 8, 457-477. doi:10.1016/S0885-2006(05)80080-8
23. McDowell, I. (2006). Measuring health: A guide to rating scales and questionnaires. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
24. Milkie, M. A., Bianchi, S. M., Mattingly, M. J., & Robinson, J. P. (2002). Gendered division of childrearing: Ideals, realities, and the relationship to parental wellbeing. Sex Roles, 47, 21-38. doi:10.1023/A: 1020627602889
25. Nicolson, P. (1990). A brief report of women's expectations of men's behavior in the transition to parenthood: Contradictions and conflicts for counseling psychology practice. Counseling Psychology Quarterly, 3, 353-361. doi:10.1080/09515079008256705
26. Pleck, J. H., & Masciadrelli, B. P. (2004). Paternal involvement by U.S. residential fathers: Levels, sources, and consequences. In M. E. Lamb (Ed.), The role of the father in child development (3rd ed., pp. 222-271). New York, NY: Wiley.
27. Radloff, L. S. (1977). The CES-D Scale: A self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Applied Psychological Measurement, 1, 385-401. doi:10.1177/014662167700100306
28. Ruble, D., Fleming, A., Hackel, L., & Stangor, C. (1988). Changes in the marital relationship during the transition to first-time motherhood: Effects of violated expectations concerning division of household labor. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 78-87. doi:10.1037/ 0022-3514.55.1.78
29. Twenge, J. M., Campbell, W. K., & Foster, C. A. (2003). Parenthood and marital satisfaction: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 65, 574-583. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00574.x
30. Twenge, J. M. (1997). Attitudes toward women, 1970-1995. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21, 35-51. doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00099.x
31. Vaughn, M., & Baier, M. (1999). Reliability and validity of the Relationship Assessment Scale. American Journal of Family Therapy, 27, 137-147. doi:10.1080/019261899262023