Perceived Parenting Skill Across the Transition to Adoptive Parenthood Among Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Couples
Perceived Parenting Skill Across the Transition to Adoptive Parenthood Among Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Couples
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DOI：
10.1037/a0017009
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发表时间：
2009-12-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Smith, JuiAnna Z.
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作者：
Goldberg, Abbie E.;Smith, JuiAnna Z.
很少有研究考察为人父母这一转变过程中感知到的育儿技能的变化，或者感知技能变化的预测因素。当前的研究使用生态框架，对47对女同性恋、31对男同性恋和56对异性恋夫妇（他们都在收养第一个孩子）中自我感知的育儿技能的预测因素进行了考察。研究结果显示，平均而言，所有新手父母都认为自己变得更有技能，尽管男同性恋者提升最多，女同性恋者提升最少。女性参与者、抑郁症状较少、期望承担更多育儿工作以及工作自主性较高的人在收养前认为自己更有技能。关于变化，报告关系冲突较多以及期望承担更多育儿工作的父母在感知技能上的提升较小。这些研究结果表明，无论性别、性取向和成为父母的途径如何，新手父母在感知技能方面都经历了相似的积极变化，从而拓宽了我们对不同群体育儿技能的理解。研究结果还强调了考察性别、性取向和家庭环境如何在为人父母的转变过程中影响感知技能的重要性。
Little research has examined change in perceived parenting skill across the transition to parenthood or predictors of change in perceived skill. The current study used an ecological framework to examine predictors of self-perceived parenting skill among 47 lesbian, 31 gay, and 56 heterosexual couples who were adopting their first child. Findings revealed that, on average, all new parents perceived themselves as becoming more skilled, although gay men increased the most and lesbians the least. Participants who were female, reported fewer depressive symptoms, expected to do more child care, and reported higher job autonomy viewed themselves as more skilled pre-adoption. With regard to change, parents who reported more relational conflict and parents who expected to do more child care experienced lesser increases in perceived skill. These findings suggest that regardless of gender, sexual orientation, and route to parenthood, new parents experience similar, positive changes in perceived skill, thereby broadening our understanding of parenting skill in diverse groups. The findings also highlight the importance of examining how gender, sexual orientation, and the family context may shape perceived skill across the transition to parenthood.