Wang Jing, Natsuaki Misaki N, Neiderhiser Jenae M, Shaw Daniel S, Ganiban Jody, Reiss David, Leve Leslie D
University of California, Riverside.
Pennsylvania State University.
Adopt Q. 2021;24(3):177-206. doi: 10.1080/10926755.2020.1837315. Epub 2020 Oct 29.
Fertility problems are known to exert a negative impact on psychological health. Meanwhile, individuals with fertility challenges often view adoption as a positive healing experience. Yet, a dearth of work has examined the long-term impact that fertility problems have on adoptive parents and their childrearing stress. Here, we investigated how fertility problems related to parenting daily hassle (PDH) trajectories among adoptive mothers and fathers in the Early Growth and Development Study ( = 333). When adopted children were 9 months old, adoptive parents reported whether they had fertility problems prior to their decision to adopt and rated their PDH frequency and intensity on six occasions over the next 7 years. Multilevel models revealed inverse U-shaped curves for PDH among both fertile and infertile parents, such that PDH increased from child age 9 months until about 5 to 6 years and decreased thereafter. Mothers with fertility problems exhibited a steeper PDH incline from 9 months to the peak at child age 5 to 6, but also incurred a swifter subsequent decline. There were no significant differences in fathers' PDH trajectories based on fertility problems. We discuss why fertility problems appear to impact PDH trajectories for mothers rather than fathers.
众所周知，生育问题会对心理健康产生负面影响。与此同时，面临生育挑战的个体通常将收养视为一种积极的治愈体验。然而，鲜有研究探讨生育问题对养父母及其育儿压力的长期影响。在此，我们在早期生长与发育研究（N = 333）中，调查了生育问题与养父母日常育儿困扰（PDH）轨迹之间的关系。当被收养儿童9个月大时，养父母报告他们在决定收养之前是否存在生育问题，并在接下来的7年里六次对他们的PDH频率和强度进行评分。多层次模型显示，有生育能力和无生育能力的父母的PDH均呈倒U形曲线，即PDH从孩子9个月大时开始增加，直到大约5至6岁，之后下降。有生育问题的母亲在孩子9个月大到5至6岁达到峰值期间，PDH上升更为陡峭，但随后下降也更快。基于生育问题，父亲的PDH轨迹没有显著差异。我们讨论了为什么生育问题似乎对母亲而非父亲的PDH轨迹产生影响。
