PERSONAL COMPETENCIES, SOCIAL RESOURCES, AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT OF PRIMIPAROUS WOMEN OF ADVANCED MATERNAL AGE AND THEIR PARTNERS.
The present study aimed to (a) characterize the personal competencies, the social resources, and the psychosocial adjustment (psychological distress, quality of life, and parenting self-perceptions) during the early postpartum period of primiparous women of advanced age (≥35 years at the time of delivery) and their partners (older parents) compared with that of younger first-time mothers (20-34 years) and their partners (younger parents); and (b) explore the role of personal competencies and social resources in couples' psychosocial adjustment, depending on the age group. Older (n = 74) and younger parents (n = 71) completed self-report measures to assess personal competencies and social resources (third trimester of pregnancy), psychological distress, and quality of life (third trimester of pregnancy and 1-month' postpartum) and parenting self-perceptions (1-month' postpartum). Older parents were more similar than different from younger parents regarding personal competencies, social resources, and psychosocial adjustment during the first postnatal month. Regardless of the age group, higher personal competencies and social resources predicted lower anxiety and more positive parenting self-perceptions in women. Beyond higher personal competencies, older maternal age also predicted higher quality of life. In men, higher personal competencies were protective against anxiety, but only at older maternal age.
University of Coimbra.
Maryse
M
Guedes
University of Coimbra and Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal.
Maria Cristina
MC
Canavarro
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
Erstelternschaft; advanced maternal age; ajuste sicosocial; ajustement psychosocial; competencias personales; compétences personnelles; edad maternal avanzada; first-time parenthood; fortgeschrittenes Alter der Mutter; parentalité pour la première fois; paternidad/maternidad primerizas; personal competencies; persönliche Kompetenzen; psychosocial adjustment; psychosoziale Anpassung; recursos sociales; resources sociales; social resources; soziale Ressourcen; âge maternel avancé; 個人的な能力personal competencies; 個人能力; 初めて親になることfirst-time parenthood; 心理社会的適応psychosocial adjustment; 社会資源social resources; 社會心理適應; 社會資源; 首任父母; 高い母親の年齢advanced maternal age; 高齡產婦