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- Title: Sensual and Sexual Marital Contentment in Parents of Small Children--a Follow-up Study when the First Child is Four Years Old (Report)
- Author : The Journal of Sex Research
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 260 KB
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Becoming a parent for the first time contributes to many changes in a couple's relationship. These changes may be both positive and negative and affect both partners in the relationship. In contrast to earlier studies focusing on the experience of becoming a first-time parent (Ahlborg, Dahlof, & Hallberg, 2005; Belsky & Rovine, 1990; Cowan & Cowan, 1999), this study explored changes in the relationship of parents with small children over time. Earlier research has shown that sexual intimacy is of great importance for a satisfying relationship (von Sydow, 1999). It has also shown that sexuality is one area where changes are evident after pregnancy and delivery (Olsson, Lundqvist, Faxelid, & Nissen, 2005). Since sexuality is important to a couple's relationship at first year after delivery, this study aims to examine parents' experience of sensual and sexual contentment when the first child is 4 years old. A central question is if the changes that occur after the birth of the first child remain 4 years later. Especially in Scandinavia, where more parents are cohabiting than being married, there is a lack of research concerning the development of the parents' relationship over a longer period of time and the experience of sensuality and sexuality in the role of a partner and parent. A study that examined when parents resume sexual intercourse after delivery found that sexual satisfaction was low 1 month postpartum but gradually increased during the first year after delivery (Hyde, DeLamater, Plant, & Byrd, 1996). The study also showed that it is more common for mothers to experience diminished sexual desire than fathers. Another study of 820 respondents came to similar results about sexual desire and also found that the majority of parents had sexual intercourse once to twice a month when the baby was 6 months old (Ahlborg, Dahlof, & Hallberg, 2005).