A Role Model of the Transition to Parenthood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2588034 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Renee Hoffman Steffensmeier (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 319 |
| Publication date | 1982-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/351542 |
| OpenAlex | W2033588504 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 24 |
A factor analysis of a large pool of items dealing with the transition to parenthood yielded a 25-item measure consisting of three distinct, internally consistent, and reliable dimensions which were labeled as Parental Responsibilities and Restrictions (PRR), Parental Gratifications (PG), and Marital Intimacy and Stability (MIS). A causal model offive antecedents of the degree ofdifficulty of the transition to parenthood was developed and tested using path analysis on data collected from interviewing 54 white married couples whosefirst child was three to five months old. Sex had a significant positive direct effect on PRR; while anticipatory socialization, role clarity and role conflict had significant negative direct effects on PRR. Education had a significant negative direct effect on PG, and role clarity had a significant positive direct effect on PG. Role clarity had a significant positive direct effect on MIS and sex had a significant negative direct effect on MIS. Females had a higher level of anticipatory socialization and role clarity than males, and higher educated persons had a lower level of role clarity than their lesser educated counterparts. The proposed model was more successful in explaining the variance in PRR than in PG or MIS. An elaborated model to which the variables ofplanfulness, value ofchildren, and length of marriage were added increased the explained variance in PG and clarified the relationships between sex, education, anticipatory socialization and transition difficulty
CLARITY · Developmental psychology · Path analysis (statistics · Socialization · Transition (genetics · Variance (accounting · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Transition to Motherhood of Korean Women
Predicting adaptation to parenthood
Cultural and Psychological Influences on the Father's Role in Infant Development
Parental support programs and paternal stress
The relationship of age and other variables to gratification in mothering
The emergent father role
Identity Salience and Motherhood
Women's Work Involvement and Experience of New Motherhood
Stress and support as related to postpartum paternal mental health and perceptions of the infant
Stress, Coping and Adaptation to New Parenthood
Families in the Life Course
How to Punch Someone and Stay Friends
Kinship in an urban setting
Personal Adjustment in the Postparental Period
Parenthood as Crisis
Parenthood as Crisis
Marriage and Family in the Modern World
Family Continuity
Social Organization
A Multivariate Developmental Model of Marital Satisfaction
Social Theory and Social Structure
Socio-Economic Level, Status Aspiration, and Maternal Role
The Adjustment of the Individual to his Age and Sex Roles
Transition to Fatherhood
The Middle Class Male Child and Neurosis
Psychological Well-Being in the Postparental Stage
Transition to Parenthood
Transition to Parenthood by Black Couples
Parenthood as Crisis
Transition to Parenthood
Transition to Parenthood
Transition to Parenthood
Social Integration and the Status-Attainment Process
Path Analysis and Ordinal Data
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2017 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |