Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Department of Psychology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
J Pers Disord. 2020 Aug;34(4):499-518. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2019_33_442. Epub 2019 Aug 12.
Various studies have demonstrated associations between personality disorders and relationship satisfaction. The authors examine the associations between attention seeking and grandiosity, both features of narcissistic personality disorder, and relationship satisfaction before and after the transition to parenthood. The authors then expand their analysis to parental satisfaction and postpartum depression (PPD). Nonclinical couples ( = 103 couples) expecting their first child completed measures of grandiosity, attention seeking, and relationship satisfaction before birth, and of relationship satisfaction, parental satisfaction, and PPD symptoms 3 months afterward. Attention seeking was associated with less parental satisfaction and more PPD symptoms, and with less prepartum relationship satisfaction for participants' partners. For men, attention seeking was also associated with prepartum relationship satisfaction. Grandiosity was associated with a decrease in relationship satisfaction after birth, although, surprisingly with fewer PPD symptoms for participants' partners. The authors discuss how these findings might be related to changes in social support and work-life balance during the transition to parenthood.
多项研究表明人格障碍与人际关系满意度之间存在关联。作者探讨了寻求关注和浮夸（自恋型人格障碍的特征）与为人父母前后的人际关系满意度之间的关联。然后，作者将分析扩展到父母满意度和产后抑郁（PPD）。非临床夫妇（= 103 对夫妇）在期待他们的第一个孩子时，在出生前完成了浮夸、寻求关注和人际关系满意度的测量，以及 3 个月后的人际关系满意度、父母满意度和产后抑郁症状的测量。寻求关注与较低的父母满意度和更多的产后抑郁症状以及参与者伴侣的产前关系满意度较低有关。对于男性，寻求关注也与产前关系满意度有关。浮夸与生育后关系满意度下降有关，尽管令人惊讶的是，参与者伴侣的产后抑郁症状减少。作者讨论了这些发现如何与为人父母期间社会支持和工作与生活平衡的变化有关。
