a Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization , Osaka , Japan.
b Juntendo University , Tokyo , Japan.
J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2019 Apr;37(2):161-175. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2018.1540862. Epub 2018 Nov 27.
This study aimed to examine the quality of life (QOL) in Japanese couples during the transition to parenthood with their first child.
Relevant literature suggests that the health status of women drop during pregnancy and the postpartum period. However, less is known about their partner's well-being during the transition to parenthood and little research has addressed the relationship between couples' QOL across multiple domains.
Participants included 9216 married Japanese men and women, including 3729 couples, who were expecting or raising their first child under the age of three. They independently completed questionnaires on baseline demographics and on WHOQOL-BREF.
Men showed higher scores for psychological QOL, while women had higher scores for social and environment QOL. A significant interaction between gender and stage of transition to parenthood was found. The moderating effect of age between the stage and QOL was found for men on the physical and psychological domains. Couples' QOL scores were weakly to moderately correlated.
Findings suggest that both men and women had lower QOL, with the exception of women's physical QOL, after childbirth, but they showed different trends during the transition to parenthood across different domains of QOL.
本研究旨在探讨日本夫妇在迎来第一个孩子的过程中，其生活质量（QOL）的变化。
相关文献表明，女性在怀孕期间和产后期间的健康状况会下降。然而，人们对其伴侣在为人父母过程中的幸福感知之甚少，也很少有研究涉及夫妻在多个领域的 QOL 之间的关系。
参与者包括 9216 对已婚的日本男女，其中包括 3729 对夫妇，他们的第一个孩子未满三岁。他们分别填写了基线人口统计学和 WHOQOL-BREF 的问卷。
男性在心理 QOL 方面得分较高，而女性在社会和环境 QOL 方面得分较高。在向为人父母的过渡阶段和性别之间存在显著的交互作用。在男性的身体和心理领域，年龄在过渡阶段和 QOL 之间存在调节作用。夫妻的 QOL 得分呈弱到中度相关。
研究结果表明，在孩子出生后，男性和女性的 QOL 都有所下降，但除了女性的身体 QOL 外，他们在不同的 QOL 领域都表现出不同的趋势。
