Daily Conflict and Relationship Satisfaction in Couples of New Parents: The Moderating Roles of Romantic Attachment and Intimacy.

During the transition to parenthood, parents face challenges, such as new roles, responsibilities, and less couple time. This often increases conflict, which may in turn reduce relationship satisfaction. Yet it remains unclear whether certain factors modulate these associations. In this dyadic daily...

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Publicado en:Journal of Marital & Family Therapy Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 1 - 12
Autores principales: Lessard, Isabelle, Brassard, Audrey, Beaulieu, Noémie, Gosselin, Patrick, Brault‐Labbé, Anne, Lafontaine, Marie‐France, Péloquin, Katherine
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2025
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          Lessard, Isabelle
          Brassard, Audrey
          Beaulieu, Noémie
          Gosselin, Patrick
          Brault‐Labbé, Anne
          Lafontaine, Marie‐France
          Péloquin, Katherine
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          Department of Psychology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke Quebec,, Canada
          School of Psychology, Ottawa University, Ottawa Ontario,, Canada
          Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal Quebec,, Canada
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        Marital satisfaction
        Intimacy (Psychology)
        Dyadic analysis (Social sciences)
        Parents
        Cognitive dissonance
        Parenthood
        Multilevel models
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          Marital satisfaction
          Intimacy (Psychology)
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          Parents
          Cognitive dissonance
          Parenthood
          Multilevel models
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        actor‐partner interdependence model
        conflict
        dyadic daily diaries
        intimacy
        relationship satisfaction
        romantic attachment
        transition to parenthood
        actor‐partner interdependence model
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        dyadic daily diaries
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      ab: During the transition to parenthood, parents face challenges, such as new roles, responsibilities, and less couple time. This often increases conflict, which may in turn reduce relationship satisfaction. Yet it remains unclear whether certain factors modulate these associations. In this dyadic daily diary study with 196 first‐time parent couples, we examined the moderating roles of romantic attachment (anxiety, avoidance) and intimacy in the links between conflict and relationship satisfaction for each partner. Participants completed online diaries for 14 days at 4‐month postpartum. Results from multilevel modeling following the actor‐partner interdependence model showed that greater conflict was associated with lower relationship satisfaction (daily and across 14 days) in both partners. They also suggest that mothers' higher attachment anxiety amplified the harmful effects of conflict on relationship satisfaction at the actor level, along with higher attachment anxiety and avoidance at the partner level, whereas intimacy protected against them. Clinical implications are discussed.
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