This study investigated the relationship between marital satisfaction and time spent bed sharing with infants in a community sample of 81 bed sharing mothers. Time spent bed sharing did not significantly predict variance in marital satisfaction when considering bed sharers as a whole. Moderation analysis, however, showed the interaction between…

This article focuses on midlife parental role satisfaction using date from a culturally diverse sample of 490 Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, parents. Results show that most parents are happy in their roles. Income satisfaction, intergenerational relationship quality, parents' main activity, health, age, ethnic background, and…

This study examines the long-term effects of child death on bereaved parents' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, we compared 233 bereaved couples and 229 comparison couples (mean age = 65.11 years) and examined the life course effects of child death on parents' HRQoL. Variations in bereavement…

Obtained self-reports from 40 couples from gender-tilted families, families which have several children of same sex. Parents of boys reported higher levels of family conflict and lower satisfaction with their families than did parents of girls. Parents of male-tilted families expressed more masculine sex-role orientations, greater personal…

Describes investigation exploring parent-child love attitude similarity among young adult children and parents by assessing demographics, love attitudes, parent-child relationship quality, children's self-disclosure, and parental relationship satisfaction. Results indicate considerable love attitude similarity between marital partners but not…

Evaluates shared parenting (SP), marital satisfaction, and division of child-care tasks in dual-earner families (N=116). Results show that psychological and relational SP dimensions predicted marital satisfaction, parental competence, and closeness to their children, but division of child-care tasks did not. Findings are interpreted to highlight…

Examines longitudinal relationship between adolescents' involvement in family decision making, parental warmth, and marital quality assessed in 1981 and parent-adolescent attitude dissimilarity assessed in 1987. Suggests that, when adolescents were actively involved in decision making and their relationships with fathers were warm,…

Studied gay men and women (N=322) concerning parent-child relationships. Found two-thirds perceived their relationship with their father as satisfactory. Over three-fourths perceived their relationship with their mother as satisfactory. The majority perceived that both parents would accept their homosexuality. Data also supported the belief that…

The relationships between social stressors, parental attitudes, and family functioning are examined in parents of newborns (N=542). Significant relationships were found between number of stressors and more functional scores for each of the outcome variables. Results are discussed in terms of primary prevention programming. (Author/EMK)

Data shows couples in low-risk circumstances experience individual and marital distress after having a baby; however, no services exist to ease this transition. Interventions have been offered to high-risk mothers, but few are based on before-to-after parenthood studies that would identify risk factors. Describes interventions in both populations…