Abstract
Assessed differences in the salience of early parenting stress dimensions according to specific demographic characteristics. Parenting is viewed as a stressful life event that is likely to entail wide individual variation in the perception of stress. Using an individual differences multidimensional scaling method with 38 parents (27-39 yrs old), 4 dimensions of stress were identified: (1) major vs minor child problems, (2) immediate vs long-range experience, (3) child welfare vs self-welfare, and (4) restriction of self and other adult activities. The 1st dimension appeared to be most problematic for parents in that it was most highly related to a set of adjectives describing unpleasant or stressful emotional states. (26 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 686-693 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of consulting and clinical psychology |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1981 |
Keywords
- perceptions of factors precipitating stress in parenting, parents of children under 29 mo
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health