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An Examination of the Role of Resources in Parenting Stress Among U.S. Mothers and Fathers

Marino, Francesca A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711661773318491

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, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Sociology.
While many adults find parenthood to be rewarding, parenting young children can be stressful. Prior research has explored how parenting stress varies depending on the demands of raising children, yet less is known as to how various resources rooted in structural inequalities shape parental role strain and how it differs for mothers and fathers. Using data from Waves 2-4 of the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, I examine the effect of between-person differences and within-person change in one’s own and their partner’s socioeconomic, health, and social resources on parental role strain among married or cohabiting couples living in large cities in the United States when their children are aged 1 to 5 years old (N = 943), with specific focus on gender differences in these associations. Multivariate analyses use a pooled time series technique that allows for both random-effects and fixed-effects regression models. Findings suggest some gender differences in types of resources that shape parenting stress, indicating changing but persistently unequal parenting responsibilities for mother and fathers. Regarding socioeconomic resources, both being non-employed and becoming non-employed are positively related to mothers’ and fathers’ parenting stress alike. Higher levels of family income and increases in family income are negatively related to maternal parenting stress only, while one’s own work-family flexibility is negatively associated with paternal parenting stress only. Homeownership is related to neither maternal nor paternal parenting stress. In terms of health resources, notably, for fathers, their partners’ self-rated health and health insurance coverage, levels or change, are negatively related to paternal stress, while their own self-rated health, depression, or insurance coverage does not matter. For mothers, most of health-related factors are unrelated to parenting stress, except for serious depression. Regarding social resources, one’s perception of better mother-father relationship quality is negatively associated with parenting stress for mothers and fathers. For fathers only, higher levels of perceived external social support are related to less stress. These findings provide nuanced insights into potential policy implications that address the resource needs of mothers and fathers that shape their wellbeing.
Kei Nomaguchi, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Susan Brown, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Wendy Manning, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Demography; Families and Family Life; Sociology
parenting stress; gender differences; resources;

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  • Marino, F. A. (n.d.). An Examination of the Role of Resources in Parenting Stress Among U.S. Mothers and Fathers [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711661773318491

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Marino, Francesca. An Examination of the Role of Resources in Parenting Stress Among U.S. Mothers and Fathers. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711661773318491.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Marino, Francesca. "An Examination of the Role of Resources in Parenting Stress Among U.S. Mothers and Fathers." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University. Accessed NOVEMBER 23, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711661773318491

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