TY - JOUR
T1 - His, hers, or theirs? Hope as a dyadic resource in early parenthood
AU - Zahavi-Lupo, Tara
AU - Lazarus, Gal
AU - Pshedetzky-Shochat, Rony
AU - Bar-Kalifa, Eran
AU - Refoua, Elad
AU - Gleason, Marci E.J.
AU - Rafaeli, Eshkol
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Hope is a mental resource and a robust predictor of well-being, which allows individuals to better cope with hardship. Little is known about dyadic hope–i.e., hope serving as a joint resource within intimate relationships. We examined dyadic hope in a sample of 100 couples in early parenthood, a challenging though common phase in couples’ lives. Three months after becoming parents, both partners completed daily diaries for 3 weeks, reporting their daily hope, stressors, and three types of outcomes: individual, relational, and parental. Using multilevel actor-partner interdependence models, we found that greater hope (both daily and person-level) was positively associated with better actor and partner outcomes of all three kinds. Additionally, hope buffered various daily stressors. Our results show that hope is a personal and shared resource for couples in this pivotal juncture, and thus may constitute a target for future interventions.
AB - Hope is a mental resource and a robust predictor of well-being, which allows individuals to better cope with hardship. Little is known about dyadic hope–i.e., hope serving as a joint resource within intimate relationships. We examined dyadic hope in a sample of 100 couples in early parenthood, a challenging though common phase in couples’ lives. Three months after becoming parents, both partners completed daily diaries for 3 weeks, reporting their daily hope, stressors, and three types of outcomes: individual, relational, and parental. Using multilevel actor-partner interdependence models, we found that greater hope (both daily and person-level) was positively associated with better actor and partner outcomes of all three kinds. Additionally, hope buffered various daily stressors. Our results show that hope is a personal and shared resource for couples in this pivotal juncture, and thus may constitute a target for future interventions.
KW - Hope
KW - actor-partner interdependence model
KW - daily diary
KW - early parenthood
KW - transition to parenthood
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85135476191&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2022.2093780
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2022.2093780
M3 - مقالة
SN - 1743-9760
VL - 18
SP - 557
EP - 572
JO - Journal of Positive Psychology
JF - Journal of Positive Psychology
IS - 4
ER -