Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between leisure time with spouse and reports of marital affection during the first year of parenthood.

New parents who spent more leisure time with each other before their child’s birth reported higher levels of ”feeling close” to their spouses or “belonging to” their spouses one year after the birth of their first child.


Source
"No Fun Anymore: Leisure and Marital Quality Across the Transition to Parenthood"
Claxton, Amy
Perry-Jenkins, Maureen
Journal of Marriage and Family Vol. 79, Number 1. February , 2008. Page(s) 28-43.


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