Stability and change in self-esteem during the transition to parenthood

Bleidorn, Wiebke and Büyükcan Tetik, Asuman and Schwaba, Ted and Van Scheppingen, Manon A. and Denissen, Jaap J. A. and Finkenauer, Catrin (2016) Stability and change in self-esteem during the transition to parenthood. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7 (6). pp. 560-569. ISSN 1948-5506 (Print) 1948-5514 (Online)

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Abstract

The present longitudinal study used data from 187 newlywed couples to examine the impact of the birth of the first child on self-esteem over the course of the first 5 years of marriage. Results suggest that the birth of the first child is associated with changes in parents’ (especially mothers’) self-esteem. For the average parent, these changes were negative with sudden declines in self-esteem in the year after childbirth and continuing gradual decreases throughout the remaining years of the study. A comparison group of couples who did not have children during the research period showed no changes in self-esteem, suggesting that the results seen in the parent sample may indeed be due to the birth of the first child. Discussion focuses on the implications of the results for theory and research on the development of the self-esteem.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: self-esteem; parenthood; personality development; multilevel modeling
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Cultural Studies
Depositing User: Asuman Büyükcan Tetik
Date Deposited: 02 Aug 2017 15:58
Last Modified: 02 Aug 2017 15:58
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/32453

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