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  • Public Health

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  • Psychosocial maladjustment after childbirth can affect both parents.
  • Dyadic coping (DC) is a potential protective factor for parental adjustment.
  • Understanding how couples manage stress during the transition to parenthood is vital.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine changes in dyadic coping (DC) and psychosocial adjustment from pregnancy to postpartum.
  • To investigate the actor and partner effects of DC on couples' adjustment.
  • To determine the association between changes in DC and changes in adjustment over time.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective quantitative dyadic longitudinal design.
  • 303 couples assessed DC, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and quality of life (QoL) in the second trimester of pregnancy and 6 weeks postpartum.
  • Data analyzed using actor-partner interdependence models.

Main Results:

  • Common DC and fathers' stress communication decreased over time.
  • First-time mothers showed increased negative DC.
  • Positive DC from women to men predicted lower internalizing symptoms in women; women's stress communication predicted higher internalizing symptoms in men. Common DC positively predicted QoL for both partners.

Conclusions:

  • Dyadic coping strategies are essential for psychosocial care of expectant and new parents.
  • Encouraging couples to cope as a team, rather than focusing solely on individual support roles, is recommended.
  • Clinicians should address DC strategies carefully, acknowledging potential differences in partner comfort levels.