Understanding in transition
The influence of becoming parents on empathic accuracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2934427 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerica X Bornstein (0000-0002-4926-415X, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author), Eshkol Rafaeli (0000-0002-1226-9678, Bar-Ilan University), Marci E J Gleason (0000-0002-2392-5191, The University of Texas at Austin), Marci Ej Gleason |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 8-9 |
| Pages | 2366-2385 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0265407520924124 |
| OpenAlex | W3025256271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 43 |
Empathic accuracy (EA), the ability to understand a close other's thoughts and feelings, is linked to relationship satisfaction. Yet, it is unclear whether stress interferes with relationship partners' ability to be empathically accurate. The present study investigates whether a major life stressor, the transition to parenthood (TTP), interferes with EA between partners. In a daily diary study of 78 couples expecting their first child, couples reported on their own and their partners' daily mood for 3 weeks during three separate time periods across the TTP: pregnancy, infancy, and toddlerhood. Both mothers and their partners demonstrated EA across the TTP. However, there was evidence that the transition interfered with EA: Partners' ability to track mothers' negative mood dropped significantly during infancy and remained low in toddlerhood, whereas mothers' ability to track their partners' positive mood dropped significantly in infancy and recovered in toddlerhood. This suggests that one way in which a major life stressor, in this case, the TTP, may interfere with relationship functioning is by decreasing couples' understanding of each other's mood states
Developmental psychology · Feeling · Mood · Stressor · Transition (genetics · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Chemistry · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Marital satisfaction across the transition to parenthood.
Bias and Accuracy in Close Relationships
Dyadic Coping and Its Significance for Marital Functioning.
Stress spillover in early marriage
Changes in relationship satisfaction across the transition to parenthood
The role of stress on close relationships and marital satisfaction
Perceived Behavioral Control, Self‐Efficacy, Locus of Control, and the Theory of Planned Behavior 1
Reading Minds and Being Invisible
Couples coping with stress
Multilevel Analysis
Empathic Accuracy
Bringing Everyday Mind Reading Into Everyday Life
Empathic accuracy and accommodative behavior among newly married couples
The longitudinal course of marital quality and stability
Families With Young Children
Marital Change Across the Transition to Parenthood
The Family Stress Process
The communication of empathy in couples during the transition to parenthood
When Accuracy Hurts, and When It Helps
Adult attachment, the transition to parenthood, and depressive symptoms
Reciprocal support and daily perceived control
Mind-Reading Accuracy in Intimate Relationships
The effect of the transition to parenthood on relationship quality
Empathic accuracy in the interactions of male friends versus male strangers
Understanding in transition
Perceived empathy, accurate empathy and relationship satisfaction in heterosexual couples
Emotions in marital conflict interactions
Changes in Marriage Associated with the Transition to Parenthood
Stress, Coping, and Social Support Processes
Intimacy and Emotion Work in Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Relationships
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |