Faculty of Psychology, Casimir the Great University, 85-867 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 19;18(2):799. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020799.
The experiences of women regarding conception, the birth of the first child, and care of an infant in the perinatal period have long attracted the attention of researchers, but the knowledge about the experiences of men entering the role of fathers for the first time is still insufficient. The aim of the research was to identify the level of satisfaction with life, emotions and identity formation of first-time parents depending on the gender and age of the child. Seventy-five pairs of Polish first-time parents participated in the study. The research used the SUPIN scale (Polish adaptation of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Dimension of Identity Development Scale (DIDS), and a questionnaire prepared by the authors. On the basis of the conducted research, it can be concluded that there is a similarity of satisfaction with life, experienced emotions, and identity processes of first-time mothers and fathers, as well as the importance of the child's age for the specificity of developmental changes in women and men. Understanding development changes which include identity, emotional functioning, and life satisfaction of first-time parents can provide bases for creating supporting programs in the case that problems in undertaking the role of a parent emerge.
女性在围产期的怀孕、分娩和婴儿护理方面的经历一直以来都引起了研究人员的关注，但对于初次成为父亲的男性的经历的了解仍然不足。本研究旨在根据孩子的性别和年龄来确定初次为人父母者的生活满意度、情绪和身份形成的水平。75 对波兰初次为人父母者参与了这项研究。研究使用了 SUPIN 量表（积极和消极情绪量表的波兰语改编版）、生活满意度量表（SWLS）、身份发展维度量表（DIDS）和作者自己准备的问卷。基于所进行的研究，可以得出结论，初次为人父母的母亲和父亲在生活满意度、体验到的情绪和身份发展过程方面具有相似性，孩子的年龄对女性和男性发展变化的特殊性具有重要意义。理解包括初次为人父母者的身份、情绪功能和生活满意度在内的发展变化，可以为在出现承担父母角色的问题时创建支持计划提供基础。
