Abstract
Despite many prevailing societal beliefs, parents often experience mood and anxiety symptoms during the postpartum period, often referred to as postpartum distress (PPD). The aim of this study was to explicate whether aspects of role functioning during the postpartum period are associated with PPD, and whether this association may be partially explained by relationship adjustment. Seventy-three couples and an additional nine women who were 4–12 weeks postpartum participated in this study. Results indicate that men’s experience of role unacceptability predicted their own greater PPD symptoms which were partially mediated by their own poorer relationship adjustment, as well as women’s poorer relationship adjustment. Additionally, women’s work-family strain predicted their own greater PPD symptoms as well as men’s greater relationship adjustment. These results serve to highlight several key aspects of men’s and women’s postpartum role functioning and the associations that they share with postpartum distress symptoms. Implications for research and clinical work are discussed.
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