TY - JOUR
T1 - Partner relationship satisfaction, partner conflict, and maternal cardio-metabolic health in the year following the birth of a child
AU - Ross, Kharah M.
AU - Guardino, Christine
AU - Hobel, Calvin J.
AU - Dunkel Schetter, Christine
N1 - Funding Information:
The sample consisted of 593 women from the Community Child and Health Network (CCHN) cohort, which was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Women were recruited immediately following the birth of a child from one of 5 sites (2008–2010): Los Angeles, CA; Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; Lake County, IL; and seven counties in rural eastern North Carolina. Study sites were selected at time of funding based on epidemiological evidence of maternal and child health disparities, and population characteristics reflective of high proportion of
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This study was conducted by Community Child Health Network (CCHN) through cooperative agreements with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [UHD44207, U HD44219, U HD44226, U HD44245, U HD44253, U HD54791, U HD54019, U HD44226-05S1, U HD44245-06S1, R03 HD59584] and the National Institute for Nursing Research [U NR008929]. K. Ross is supported through the National Institute for Health [R01 HD073491] and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [R01 HD072021-01A1].
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Intimate partner relationship quality during the child-bearing years has implications for maternal health. The purpose of this study was to test whether partner satisfaction, partner conflict, and their interaction predicted maternal cardio-metabolic health at 12-months postpartum. Women were recruited in 5 U.S. sites. Partner conflict and satisfaction were measured at 6-months postpartum, and cardio-metabolic indicators (blood pressure, waist–hip ratio, glycosylated hemoglobin, total cholesterol:HDL ratio) were assessed at 6- and 12-months. Cardio-metabolic indices were scored continuously (CM risk) and using clinical risk cutoffs (CM scores). A significant conflict-by-satisfaction interaction emerged for the CM risk, b(SE) =.043 (.016), p =.006, and CM scores, b(SE)=.089 (.028), p =.002, such that when partner satisfaction was low, low partner conflict was associated with poorer postpartum cardio-metabolic health. This is the first study to examine close relationships and cardio-metabolic health during the child-bearing years, an issue warranting further attention.
AB - Intimate partner relationship quality during the child-bearing years has implications for maternal health. The purpose of this study was to test whether partner satisfaction, partner conflict, and their interaction predicted maternal cardio-metabolic health at 12-months postpartum. Women were recruited in 5 U.S. sites. Partner conflict and satisfaction were measured at 6-months postpartum, and cardio-metabolic indicators (blood pressure, waist–hip ratio, glycosylated hemoglobin, total cholesterol:HDL ratio) were assessed at 6- and 12-months. Cardio-metabolic indices were scored continuously (CM risk) and using clinical risk cutoffs (CM scores). A significant conflict-by-satisfaction interaction emerged for the CM risk, b(SE) =.043 (.016), p =.006, and CM scores, b(SE)=.089 (.028), p =.002, such that when partner satisfaction was low, low partner conflict was associated with poorer postpartum cardio-metabolic health. This is the first study to examine close relationships and cardio-metabolic health during the child-bearing years, an issue warranting further attention.
KW - Cardio-metabolic health
KW - Partner relationship satisfaction
KW - Postpartum
KW - Relationship conflict
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U2 - 10.1007/s10865-018-9947-2
DO - 10.1007/s10865-018-9947-2
M3 - Journal Article
C2 - 29982975
AN - SCOPUS:85049560884
SN - 0160-7715
VL - 41
SP - 722
EP - 732
JO - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
IS - 5
ER -
