Sexual Intimacy in First-time Mothers: Associations with Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction Across Three Waves.
New mothers often experience significant declines in their sexual and relationship satisfaction compared to pre-pregnancy, yet there has been limited research examining protective factors. Intimacy-defined as the degree of disclosure and perceived partner responsiveness in a relationship-has been id...
| Published in: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 49; no. 8; pp. 2849 - 2862 |
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Springer Nature
Nov2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=146832851&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 146832851 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00040002 ASX jtl: Archives of Sexual Behavior issn: 00040002 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2020 vid: 49 iid: 8 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 146832851 10.1007/s10508-020-01667-1 ppf: 2849 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 853KB tig: atl: Sexual Intimacy in First-time Mothers: Associations with Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction Across Three Waves. aug: au: Rosen, Natalie O. Williams, Loriann Vannier, Sarah A. Mackinnon, Sean P. affil: Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 15000, 1355 Oxford Street, B3H 4R2, Halifax, NS, Canada Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada Department of Psychology, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, Canada su: Intimacy (Psychology) Motherhood Satisfaction Human sexuality Interpersonal relations sug: subj: Intimacy (Psychology) Motherhood Satisfaction Human sexuality Interpersonal relations keyword: Intimacy Perceived partner responsiveness Relationship satisfaction Sexual satisfaction Transition to parenthood Intimacy Perceived partner responsiveness Relationship satisfaction Sexual satisfaction Transition to parenthood ab: New mothers often experience significant declines in their sexual and relationship satisfaction compared to pre-pregnancy, yet there has been limited research examining protective factors. Intimacy-defined as the degree of disclosure and perceived partner responsiveness in a relationship-has been identified as contributing to the positive adjustment of individuals coping with novel life stressors, as well as to general sexual and relationship satisfaction. However, it is unknown whether sexual disclosure and/or partner responsiveness are reciprocally related to sexual and relationship satisfaction. This study examined the longitudinal associations between sexual intimacy-that is, intimacy in the context of sex-and sexual and relationship satisfaction in first-time mothers. First-time mothers (N = 171) completed online measures assessing disclosure and perceived partner responsiveness specific to their sexual relationship, sexual satisfaction, and relationship satisfaction at 3, 6, and 12 months postpartum. Analyses were conducted with path analysis using a longitudinal panel mediation model. Greater perceived partner responsiveness in relation to sex at a prior wave predicted increases in both sexual and relationship satisfaction at the subsequent wave. Sexual disclosure did not contribute to sexual or relationship satisfaction over time; the results did not support a reciprocal model of sexual disclosure and perceived partner responsiveness, nor indirect effects of these variables on outcomes. Perceived partner responsiveness in relation to sex is positively related, and temporally precedes sexual and relationship satisfaction in first-time mothers. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: journal article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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