{"product_id":"biopsychology-of-transition-to-fatherhood-von-tiziana-perini","title":"Biopsychology of Transition to Fatherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe focus of this work was on fathers across the transition to fatherhood. The purpose of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eempirical studies was to explore the association of testosterone (T) and paternal investment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluding interpersonal differences in personality traits and relationship quality. Providing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epaternal care is associated with a reduced likelihood of engaging in competitive or mating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebehavior and also of providing protection when necessary. T is a psychobiological marker of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereproductive behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent studies found decreasing T levels in males across the transition to fatherhood, in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eorder to reduce mating effort in favor of providing paternal care. In addition, there is empirical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eevidence for reducing relationship quality in parents across the transition to parenthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherefore, a direct association of T level and relationship quality was suggested. Moreover,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresearchers have assumed that sensation seeking (SS) is associated with both mating effort\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand T. For this reason, the personality trait SS was included in further investigations of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esecond study of this work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty-seven fathers and 38 men in committed romantic relationships without children\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(controls) were recruited. On two days (four weeks prior to (t1) and eight weeks after birth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(t2) for fathers, and three months after the first measurement day for controls), all subjects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erepeatedly collected saliva samples for T measurement at three times of the day, filled in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprotocol of activities and completed online questionnaires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783869558684\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783869558684","offer_id":39454499766365,"sku":"9783869558684","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/58f35172-deed-42c4-940c-e23fca437fd3.jpg?v=1756877835","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/biopsychology-of-transition-to-fatherhood-von-tiziana-perini","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}