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Stern, Jessica A.; Fraley, R. Chris; Jones, Jason D.; Gross, Jacquelyn T.; Shaver, Phillip R.; Cassidy, Jude – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The first months after becoming a new parent are a unique and important period in human development. Despite substantial research on the many social and biological changes that occur during the first months of parenthood, little is known about changes in mothers' attachment. The present study examines developmental stability and change in…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Mothers, Adult Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Zandi, Taher; And Others – 1988
Much evidence has indicated that personal networks with family, friends, and community members can enhance health and improve psychological adjustment. Personal networks provide elderly persons in particular with companionship, practical help, and useful advice. The ecological models proposed by Bronfenbrenner (1979) portrays the social networks…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology)
Namir, Sheila – 1982
Stresses experienced by eight married couples when the husband is entering graduate school (Couples in Transition Project) were compared to stresses felt by eight couples who recently gave birth to their first child (Becoming a Family Project). Both projects were based at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition, eight couples who were…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Child Rearing, Children