Lee Meghan A, Schoppe-Sullivan Sarah J, Kamp Dush Claire M
The Ohio State University, Human Development and Family Science, 1787 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 United States.
Pers Individ Dif. 2012 Feb;52(3):454-457. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.10.047.
The parental role is expected to be one of the most gratifying and rewarding roles in life. As expectations of parenting become ever higher, the implications of parenting perfectionism for parental adjustment warrant investigation. Using longitudinal data from 182 couples, this study examined the associations between societal- and self-oriented parenting perfectionism and new mothers' and fathers' parenting self-efficacy, stress, and satisfaction. For mothers, societal-oriented parenting perfectionism was associated with lower parenting self-efficacy, but self-oriented parenting perfectionism was associated with higher parenting satisfaction. For fathers, societal-oriented parenting perfectionism was associated with higher parenting stress, whereas higher levels of self-oriented parenting perfectionism were associated with higher parenting self-efficacy, lower parenting stress, and greater parenting satisfaction. These findings support the distinction between societal- and self-oriented perfectionism, extend research on perfectionism to interpersonal adjustment in the parenting domain, and provide the first evidence for the potential consequences of holding excessively high standards for parenting.
为人父母的角色被认为是生活中最令人满足和有意义的角色之一。随着对育儿的期望越来越高,育儿完美主义对父母适应的影响值得研究。本研究利用来自182对夫妻的纵向数据,考察了社会导向型和自我导向型育儿完美主义与初为人母和初为人父的父母育儿自我效能感、压力和满意度之间的关联。对于母亲来说,社会导向型育儿完美主义与较低的育儿自我效能感相关,但自我导向型育儿完美主义与较高的育儿满意度相关。对于父亲来说,社会导向型育儿完美主义与较高的育儿压力相关,而较高水平的自我导向型育儿完美主义与较高的育儿自我效能感、较低的育儿压力和更高的育儿满意度相关。这些发现支持了社会导向型和自我导向型完美主义之间的区别,将完美主义的研究扩展到育儿领域的人际适应,并为持有过高育儿标准的潜在后果提供了首个证据。