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Partner relationships and the raising of a temperamentally difficult infant

Partner relationships and the raising of a temperamentally difficult infant AbstractThis paper explores marital adjustment among couples raising a temperamentally difficult infant. Employing a multiple case study methodology we conducted ten interviews with six couples. The parenting distress these couples experienced meant they were at higher risk of marital maladjustment. Four couples experienced marital crisis, resulting in the separation of one couple. Our analysis suggests that reference to “insufficient father involvement” during the interviews signaled problems with the mother’s satisfaction and marital adjustment. We found that mothers consider four specific aspects of paternal behavior as constituting involvement: 1. the father caring for the child in the mother’s presence, 2. the father caring for the child on his own, 3. the father sleeping in the same room as the mother and baby, and 4. the father being psychologically involved and supportive. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Affairs de Gruyter

Partner relationships and the raising of a temperamentally difficult infant

Human Affairs , Volume 28 (3): 14 – Jul 1, 2018

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de Gruyter
Copyright
© 2018 Zdeňka Bajgarová, Iva Stuchlíková, published by De Gruyter
ISSN
1337-401X
eISSN
1337-401X
DOI
10.1515/humaff-2018-0018
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Abstract

AbstractThis paper explores marital adjustment among couples raising a temperamentally difficult infant. Employing a multiple case study methodology we conducted ten interviews with six couples. The parenting distress these couples experienced meant they were at higher risk of marital maladjustment. Four couples experienced marital crisis, resulting in the separation of one couple. Our analysis suggests that reference to “insufficient father involvement” during the interviews signaled problems with the mother’s satisfaction and marital adjustment. We found that mothers consider four specific aspects of paternal behavior as constituting involvement: 1. the father caring for the child in the mother’s presence, 2. the father caring for the child on his own, 3. the father sleeping in the same room as the mother and baby, and 4. the father being psychologically involved and supportive.

Journal

Human Affairsde Gruyter

Published: Jul 1, 2018

Keywords: infant with difficult temperament; partner relationship; paternal involvement

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