Sentences with phrase «decline in marital satisfaction»

Marriage research shows that 67 percent of couples report a significant decline in marital satisfaction after the birth of a baby.

But spouses who were more forgiving towards partners, who frequently behaved negatively, experienced sharper declines in marital satisfaction.

A variety of studies have found that about half of couples with a new baby experienced a moderate to severe decline in marital satisfaction.

The most carefully evaluated of the structured group discussion models targeted couples around the time of their child's birth, an event that triggers substantial and sustained decline in marital satisfaction.

Studies show that couples who participate in weekly group counseling had a much smaller decline in marital satisfaction — than parents who didn't attend counseling.

If momma ain't happy: Explaining declines in marital satisfaction among new mothers.

Several affective variables also predicted decline in marital satisfaction, including a pronounced gender difference in negative affect reciprocity: Marital satisfaction declined most when husbands did not reciprocate their wives» negative affect, and when wives did reciprocate their husbands» negative affect.

Dew, J., & Wilcox, B. W. (2011) If Momma Ain't Happy: Explaining Declines in Marital Satisfaction Among New Mothers.

Sixty seven percent of women who became mothers reported declines in marital satisfaction after the birth of a child.

A recent study confirms that illusion is dangerous to love — wives who are overly optimistic about their marriage have the steepest declines in marital satisfaction, have lower self - esteem and are more stressed and physically aggressive toward their hubby.

The baby and the marriage: Identifying factors that buffer against decline in marital satisfaction after the first baby arrives.

Psychologist Eli Finkel and others, in a study published in 2013, found that newlyweds who regularly completed a writing exercise in which they wrote about marital issues from the perspective of a third party experienced less decline in marital satisfaction than those who did not complete the exercise.

There's no question that adding kids into the mix does a number on couples» sex lives, and after having a baby, couples see a whopping 67 percent decline in marital satisfaction, and the solution to spicing up your sex life is pretty mundane — think «splitting up household chores.»

For instance, in a literature review in «The Handbook of Communication and Social Interaction Skills,» edited by Greene and Burleson, on page 731, there is a review of three studies supporting the finding that positive reciprocity is associated with long - term declines in marital satisfaction, including Filsinger and Thoma (1988), Gottman (1994), and Weiss and Heyman (1997).

In another study (Belsky & Pensky, 1988), especially mothers reported the largest declines in marital satisfaction, presumably due to the fact that they must deal with pregnancy, childbirth and intensive postpartum child care, in addition to career - related stressors.

The baby and the marriage: identifying factors that buffer against decline in marital satisfaction after the first baby arrives.

A broadly based pattern of physiological arousal (in both spouses) in 1980 was found to predict decline in marital satisfaction — the more physiologically aroused the couple was during the 1980 interactions, the more their marital satisfaction declined over the following 3 years.

Here's how we know we're right: a recent study indicates wives who are overly optimistic about their marriage have the steepest declines in marital satisfaction, have lower self - esteem and are more stressed and physically aggressive toward their hubby.

If Momma ain't happy: explaining declines in marital satisfaction among new mothers.

But spouses who were more blerging towards partners, who frequently behaved negatively, experienced sharper declines in marital satisfaction.

The decline in marital satisfaction in the transition to parenting is larger among women than among men and is especially large for mothers of infants (Twenge 2003).

John Gottman, a world renowned relationship expert and researcher, found that 67 % of couples had experienced a decline in marital satisfaction during the first three years of their baby's life.

Researchers at Northwestern University found couples that wrote regular reports about their relationship maintained their marital satisfaction, while couples that didn't write reports noted a decline in their marital satisfaction.

Declines in marital satisfaction and the birth of a child are connected to behaviors that can lead to divorce.

Dr. Gottman found that 67 % of couples experienced a decline in marital satisfaction after the birth of their first child, but the key difference with the other 33 % was that they had a deep knowledge of each other's worlds before the birth of their child 1.

As we mentioned on Monday, a broadly based pattern of physiological arousal (in both spouses) in 1980 was found to predict decline in marital satisfaction — the more physiologically aroused the couple was during the 1980 interactions, the more their marital satisfaction declined over the following 3 years.

In one study, Dr. Gottman found that after the birth of the first baby, 67 % of couples experienced a decline in marital satisfaction while the other 33 % remained stable or saw an improvement in their marriage.

Lack of sleep, never - ending housework and new fiscal concerns can lead to profound stress and a decline in marital satisfaction — all of which affect baby's care.

Declines in Marital Satisfaction Among New Mothers: Broad Strokes Versus Fine Details.

A staggering 67 % of couples reported a decline in marital satisfaction after the arrival of the baby.

All of the couples in the study experienced a decline in marital satisfaction when they had their first child, so if you find yourself initially feeling a slight lull in your relationship, this is completely normal.

All of these factors add up and translate to a decline in marital satisfaction.

I have worked with many couples struggling with a decline in marital satisfaction.

Although parenthood appears to be associated with a decline in marital satisfaction, marriage continues to be an important aspect of parenthood.

For example, Levy - Shiff (1994) reported that husbands who view themselves as nurturing, caring and protecting experienced less of a decline in marital satisfaction than their counterparts.

Maybe they were still experiencing the so - called «baby honeymoon» (Hobbs, 1965; Wallace and Gotlib, 1990) or maybe they were part of that portion of couples that do not face a decline in marital satisfaction after delivery (Holmes et al., 2013).