TY - JOUR
T1 - Men Coping with Miscarriage
T2 - How Spousal Emotional Support Contributes to the Relationship between Parenting Identity and Well-Being about Pregnancy Loss
AU - Horstman, Haley Kranstuber
AU - Holman, Amanda Jean
AU - Johnsen, Lauren Jean
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the University of Missouri Alumni Association's Richard Wallace Faculty Incentive Grant.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Southern States Communication Association.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Although miscarriage is commonly considered a “women’s issue,” pregnancy loss often occurs in opposite-sex marriages and affects the well-being of both spouses. The present study investigated how cisgender married men (n= 136) coped with their spouse’s miscarriage by drawing upon their parenting role salience (i.e., commitment to and value in their parenting identity) and spousal emotional support as coping resources. Structural equation modeling demonstrated that parenting role salience negatively predicted positive and negative affect about the miscarriage, which negatively predicted perceived stress. In other words, men who invested in their role as a father coped better with miscarriage. Moderation analyses revealed husbands who received higher quality spousal emotional support reported better well-being, regardless of their parenting role salience. These results highlight the importance of considering identity in the support and coping process. Findings also inform practical applications by attending to both partners’ grief and relational needs following a miscarriage.
AB - Although miscarriage is commonly considered a “women’s issue,” pregnancy loss often occurs in opposite-sex marriages and affects the well-being of both spouses. The present study investigated how cisgender married men (n= 136) coped with their spouse’s miscarriage by drawing upon their parenting role salience (i.e., commitment to and value in their parenting identity) and spousal emotional support as coping resources. Structural equation modeling demonstrated that parenting role salience negatively predicted positive and negative affect about the miscarriage, which negatively predicted perceived stress. In other words, men who invested in their role as a father coped better with miscarriage. Moderation analyses revealed husbands who received higher quality spousal emotional support reported better well-being, regardless of their parenting role salience. These results highlight the importance of considering identity in the support and coping process. Findings also inform practical applications by attending to both partners’ grief and relational needs following a miscarriage.
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U2 - 10.1080/1041794X.2021.1919918
DO - 10.1080/1041794X.2021.1919918
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106055708
VL - 86
SP - 256
EP - 267
JO - The Southern Communication Journal
JF - The Southern Communication Journal
SN - 1041-794X
IS - 3
ER -