Adult attachment orientations and well-being during the transition to parenthood
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Attachment orientations , marriage , and the transition to parenthood q
This study examined how a major life stressor—the transition to parenthood—impacts marital satisfaction and functioning in persons with different romantic attachment orientations. As hypothesized, if highly ambivalent women entered the transition perceiving low levels of spousal support, they experienced significant declines (pre-to-postnatal changes) in perceptions of spousal support and marit...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Psychology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2352-250X
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.02.019