Parental meta-emotion philosophy and the emotional life of families: theoretical models and the preliminary data

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The concepts of parental meta-emotion and meta-emotion philosophy are discussed. Parental meta-emotion refers to the parents' emotions concerning their own and their children's emotions, while meta-emotion philosophy involves an organized set of thoughts and metaphors, a philosophy and an approach to one's own emotions and to one's children's emotions. A theoretical model and path analytic models are used to relate parental meta-emotion philosophy to parenting and child outcomes.

Children, Parenting, Parents, Parent and child, Parent-child relations

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Marital satisfaction across the transition to parenthood

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A study to discriminate between 2 dominant perspectives on the nature of marital change over the transition to parenthood is conducted. Results conclude that couples should be aware that prepregancy levels in marital satisfaction would tend to constrain spouses and manner in which couples negotiate the transition to parenthood have a lasting impact on their marriage and their children's emotional well-being.

Marriage, Parenthood, Report, Couples

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