The Best and Worst of Times: Predictors of New Fathers' Parenting Satisfaction and Stress.
The Best and Worst of Times: Predictors of New Fathers' Parenting Satisfaction and Stress.
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最好和最坏的时代：新父亲育儿满意度和压力的预测因素。
DOI：
10.1007/s42844-021-00032-y
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发表时间：
2021
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Wang,Jingyi
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Schoppe-Sullivan,SarahJ;Donithen,ReedW;Lee,Jin-Kyung;Simon,LauraT;Wang,Jingyi
这项研究使用182对双职工家庭的父亲的数据，对新父亲的育儿满意度和压力进行了预测，并对他们过渡为父母的过程进行了跟踪调查。准爸爸在怀孕的最后三个月完成了关于他们的个人特征(焦虑、对母性本质主义的信仰、育儿自我效能感期望)和家庭关系(对夫妻关系的信心)的调查。在产后3个月，父亲们完成了关于他们的家庭关系(母亲看门)和孩子特征(婴儿消极情绪、婴儿性别)以及他们对父母的满意度和压力的调查。回归分析结果表明，在产后3个月，育儿自我效能感期望越高的准爸爸，其育儿压力越小，满意度越高。更焦虑的准爸爸在产后面临更高的育儿压力水平，对母性本质主义支持较低的父亲和情绪高度负面的婴儿也是如此。当母亲表现出更大的开门行为时，父亲对自己作为父母的角色更满意，特别是当这些父亲在孩子出生前对他们的夫妻关系表现出较少的信心时。结果表明，筛查准爸爸和新爸爸的焦虑，增强准爸爸的育儿自我效能感，鼓励母亲对承担责任的父亲提供更多的支持是重要的。
This study examined predictors of new fathers’ parenting satisfaction and stress using data from 182 fathers in dual-earner couples who were followed across their transition to parenthood. Expectant fathers completed surveys about their personal characteristics (anxiety, belief in maternal essentialism, parenting self-efficacy expectations) and family relationships (confidence in the couple relationship) during the third trimester of pregnancy. At 3 months postpartum, fathers completed surveys about their family relationships (maternal gatekeeping) and child characteristics (infant negative emotionality, infant gender), as well as their parenting satisfaction and stress. Results of regression analyses indicated that expectant fathers with greater parenting self-efficacy expectations reported less parenting stress and greater satisfaction at 3 months postpartum. More anxious expectant fathers were at risk of experiencing elevated levels of parenting stress postpartum, as were fathers with lower endorsement of maternal essentialism and infants highly negative in mood. Fathers were more satisfied in their roles as parents when mothers engaged in greater gate-opening behavior, particularly when those fathers expressed less confidence in their couple relationships prior to their child’s birth. Results indicate the importance of screening expectant and new fathers for anxiety, strengthening expectant fathers’ parenting self-efficacy, and encouraging greater maternal support for engaged fathering.