| Description |
23 cm xi, 248 pages : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. The Transition to Parenthood -- 2. Attachment in Childhood and Beyond -- 3. The Study -- 4. The Couples -- 5. Pregnancy and Plans for Birth -- 6. Couples' Experiences of Birth and New Parenthood -- 7. How Does New Parenthood Affect Couples? -- 8. Dealing with Depression -- 9. Men, Women, and Household Work: The Diaries -- 10. Couples' Changing Attachment Relationships -- 11. Six Months into Parenting -- 12. New Parenthood in Perspective -- App. A. Core Questionnaires Completed by Couples |
| Summary |
"Becoming Parents presents a study of the transition to parenthood and its effects on individual well-being and couple relationships. It tracks the experiences of couples becoming parents for the first time, from the second trimester of pregnancy to six months after birth. The book addresses such key issues as the division of domestic labor, the changing nature of couples' marital relationships, changes in new parents' attachment networks, postnatal depression, and factors predicting the ease of transition. The research was based on adult attachment theory, a new approach to couple relationships."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Attachment behaviour
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Parents -- Psychology.
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Parenthood.
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Attachment behavior.
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Mother-Child Relations.
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Father-Child Relations.
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Parents.
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Parent-Child Relations.
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Infant.
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Parenting.
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Parent-Child Relations.
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Family Relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Case Reports.
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| Author |
Noller, Patricia.
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Hohaus, Lydia
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Alexander, Richard P
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| LC no. |
00065172 |
| ISBN |
0521775914 |
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0521772508 hardback |
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