Perceptions of Conflict at the Transition to Parenthood: Exploring Adult Attachment Pairings as Predictors of Emotional Flooding.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how attachment styles between partners relate to the dysregulation of emotions during couple conflict has received little attention, especially over the transition to parenthood. This research investigated how combinations of expectant couples' attachment styles jointly predict emotional flooding, which is a form of interpersonal emotion dysregulation. Using a sample of 98 mixed-gender couples residing in Canada, we used multilevel modeling to examine actor effects (e.g., one's attachment insecurity predicting their own flooding), partner effects (one's attachment insecurity predicting flooding in their partner), and interactions between partners to examine its association with emotional flooding at the third trimester of pregnancy and across early parenthood. Longitudinally,

SUBMITTER: Morgan SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12310420 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature