Fathers' Cognitive Appraisals, Coping Strategies, and Support Resources as Correlates of Adjustment to Parenthood

Adjustment to parenthood was explored among fathers by applying R.S. Lazarus's (1993) theoretical model of stress and coping. Within a longitudinal framework, the assessment of 90 primiparous fathers and 90 primiparous mothers included measures of cognitive appraisals of parenting, coping strat...

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Published in:Journal of family psychology 1999-12, Vol.13 (4), p.554-567
Main Author: Levy-Shiff, Rachel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive Appraisal
Cognitive Processes
Coping Behavior
Coping strategies
Correlates
Couple and family
Emotional Adjustment
Emotions
Fathers
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Human Sex Differences
Male
Parental Attitudes
Parenthood
Parenthood Status
Parents & parenting
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sexes
Social psychology
Social Support
Stress
Stress Reactions
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Summary:Adjustment to parenthood was explored among fathers by applying R.S. Lazarus's (1993) theoretical model of stress and coping. Within a longitudinal framework, the assessment of 90 primiparous fathers and 90 primiparous mothers included measures of cognitive appraisals of parenting, coping strategies used to deal with parenting issues, and support resources at 1 month postpartum. Adjustment to parenthood in terms of well-being and involvement with the infant was assessed at 12 months postpartum by means of measures of parental burnout as well as observed caregiving and affiliative behaviors. Patterns of appraisals, coping strategies, and support resources related to parenting were both found to differ substantially between fathers and mothers and to be differentially associated with adjustment to parenthood. The results are discussed in light of the socialization theory and the role constraint theory explaining gender differences in the coping processes.
ISSN:0893-3200
1939-1293
DOI:10.1037/0893-3200.13.4.554