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Prospective and dyadic associations between expectant parents’ prenatal hormone changes and postpartum parenting outcomes
dc.contributor.authorEdelstein, Robin S.
dc.contributor.authorChopik, William J.
dc.contributor.authorSaxbe, Darby E.
dc.contributor.authorWardecker, Britney M.
dc.contributor.authorMoors, Amy C.
dc.contributor.authorLaBelle, Onawa P.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-10T19:10:36Z
dc.date.available2018-03-01T16:43:50Zen
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.identifier.citationEdelstein, Robin S.; Chopik, William J.; Saxbe, Darby E.; Wardecker, Britney M.; Moors, Amy C.; LaBelle, Onawa P. (2017). "Prospective and dyadic associations between expectant parents’ prenatal hormone changes and postpartum parenting outcomes." Developmental Psychobiology 59(1): 77-90.
dc.identifier.issn0012-1630
dc.identifier.issn1098-2302
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/135629
dc.description.abstractDuring the transition to parenthood, both men and women experience hormone changes that are thought to promote parental care. Yet very few studies have explicitly tested the hypothesis that prenatal hormone changes are associated with postpartum parenting behavior. In a longitudinal study of 27 first‐time expectant couples, we assessed whether prenatal hormone changes were moderated by self‐ and partner‐reported parenting outcomes at 3 months postpartum. Expectant fathers showed prenatal declines in testosterone and estradiol, and larger declines in these hormones were associated with greater contributions to household and infant care tasks postpartum. Women whose partners showed larger testosterone declines also reported receiving more support and more help with household tasks. Expectant mothers showed prenatal increases in testosterone and estradiol, and larger increases in these hormones were associated with lower partner‐rated support. Together, our findings provide some of the first evidence that prenatal hormone changes may indeed be functional and that the implications of these changes may be detectable by co‐parents.
dc.publisherLawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.othertransition to parenthood
dc.subject.otherpregnancy
dc.subject.otherlongitudinal
dc.subject.othertestosterone
dc.subject.otherestradiol
dc.subject.othercouples
dc.titleProspective and dyadic associations between expectant parents’ prenatal hormone changes and postpartum parenting outcomes
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biology
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScience
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/dev.21469
dc.identifier.sourceDevelopmental Psychobiology
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