Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Dev Psychol. 2013 Apr;49(4):749-61. doi: 10.1037/a0028335. Epub 2012 Jun 11.
The present study explored how life satisfaction changes before and after childbirth among first-time parents from a nationally representative, longitudinal study of Germans. Life satisfaction increased before pregnancy to a peak just after birth and then returned to the baseline level within 2 years postpartum. The 2 members of the same couple reacted and adapted to childbirth in similar ways, suggesting that something about the event itself (rather than the individuals' personality) affects individual differences in these responses. However, some personality characteristics (including neuroticism and openness) did moderate reaction and adaptation effects.
本研究探讨了来自德国全国代表性纵向研究的初为人父母者在生育前后生活满意度的变化。生活满意度在怀孕前增加，在产后达到峰值，然后在产后 2 年内恢复到基线水平。同一对夫妇的两名成员以类似的方式对生育做出反应和适应，这表明该事件本身（而不是个体的个性）会影响这些反应的个体差异。然而，一些个性特征（包括神经质和开放性）确实调节了反应和适应的效果。
