Structural and supportive changes in couples' family and friendship networks across the transition to parenthood
Structural and supportive changes in couples' family and friendship networks across the transition to parenthood
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.00517.x
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发表时间：
2002-05-01
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6
通讯作者：
Payne, C
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作者：
Bost, KK;Cox, MJ;Payne, C
这篇文章前瞻性地研究了夫妻家庭和朋友网络的变化模式，以及在过渡到为人父母的过程中得到的支持，以及随着时间的推移个体差异的稳定性。此外，父母的调整和抑郁的夫妇社会制度的变化进行了检查。参与者包括总共137对夫妇，在他们的第一个孩子出生之前从北卡罗来纳州农村的产前诊所招募。夫妇们在四个不同的时期接受了关于他们的社交网络和支持的采访：产前和目标孩子3个月、12个月和24个月大的时候。夫妇们还在每个时间段完成了抑郁和调整的测量。对社会网络、支持和父母功能变量计算的相关性显示，从产前到产后24个月，丈夫和妻子的等级排序相当稳定，记录了父母网络在变化背景下的连续性。然而，成长曲线分析显示，在这一转变过程中，父母的社会体系发生了动态变化，其中许多变化与父母的适应和抑郁有关。讨论强调了这些数据对理解母亲和父亲的社会网络随时间的连续性和非连续性的贡献。
This article prospectively examined the patterns of change in couples' family and friend networks and supports across the transition to parenthood as well as stability in individual differences over time. Additionally, parental adjustment and depression were examined with respect to changes in couples' social systems. Participants included a total of 137 couples recruited prior to the birth of their first child from prenatal clinics in rural North Carolina. Couples were interviewed about their social networks and supports at four different time periods: prenatally and when target children were 3, 12, and 24 months of age. Couples also completed measures of depression and adjustment at each of the time periods. Across-the correlations computed for the social network, support, and parental functioning variables revealed that there was considerable stability in the rank ordering of husbands and wives from the prenatal period through 24 months postpartum documenting continuity in parental networks in the context of change. However, growth curve analyses revealed dynamic changes in mothers' and fathers' social systems during this transition and that many of these changes were related to parental adjustment and depression. The discussion highlights the contribution of these data to understanding continuities and discontinuities in mothers' and fathers' social networks over time.