Psychological condition in Marital Adjustment Concerning First Parenthood

Abstract

During the first year after the baby is born. Relationship functioning is deteriorating for many new parents, as is widely known. New parents may also experience additional problems in their romantic relationship in addition to difficulty adjusting to new parenting tasks.To assess the level of Marital  adjustment among first parents and find out the association between marital Adjustment for parents with socio-demographical data (age, gender, educational level , ect----). A descriptive cross-sectional study design was conducted  at the community based population, primary health care centers in Baghdad city during the period extending from 15th September to  2022 to 26 th December 2022. The majority of the study sample was female, their age group between (19-24) year's old, age at marriage (18-23), h/w age at marriage (24-28) , bachelor degree , Unemployed housewife for mother and governmental employee among fathers. each of the following variables Marital Agreement, Marital Satisfaction, Marital Cohesion among Parents it was moderate level and Emotional Expression of Adjustment among Parents it was high level.  Significant difference in relation to marital agreement with regard to fathers at p-value= .012 and there is significant difference in emotional expression with regard to fathers It means that fathers are more than mothers in marital adjustment during the first parenthood and significant relationships among maritaladjustment with most parents’ socio-demographic characteristics. This study recommends Developing programs to inform fathers about what their wives go through and how to distinguish normal psychological fluctuations from pathological ones in order to avoid the development of the disease and the impact of the marital relationship or harm to the child.