Becoming parents
Subtitle: exploring the bond between mothers, fathers, and their infants
By: Judith A. Feeney ... [et al]
Contributors: Feeney, Judith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Parenthood; Attachment behavior
Description: "Becoming Parents presents a study of the transition to parenthood and its effects on individual well-being and couple relationships. It tracks the experiences of couples becoming parents for the first time, from the second trimester of pregnancy to six months after birth.

The book addresses such key issues as the division of domestic labor, the changing nature of couples' marital relationships, changes in new parents' attachment networks, postnatal depression, and factors predicting the ease of transition. The research was based on adult attachment theory, a new approach to couple relationships."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and indexes