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Parental Differences and Changes in Marital Quality, Psychological Well-Being, and Sensitivity with Firstborn Children

Betty L. Broom, Ph.D., R.N.

San Diego State University School of Nursing

The purposes of this panel study were to learn the extent to which mothers' and fathers' parental sensitivity, marital quality, and psychological well-being differed and changed from when theirfirstborn children were 3 months old to when they were 212 years old. Mothers and fathers exhibited similar levels of psychological well-being, marital quality, and parental sensitivity at both observations. Significant declines in marital qualityfor both did not lead to reduced psychological well-being or diminished parental sensitivity for either parent. Quality of the marriage relationship and parental age played a significant role in the development of father-child relations but not in mother-child relations. The sex of the infant was not associated with parental sensitivityfor either parent.

Journal of Family Nursing, Vol. 4, No. 1, 87-112 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/107484079800400106
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