Parenting stress, dyadic coping and endocrine markers of stress and resilience in foster and biological mothers

• Main Authors: Reindl, Vanessa, Lohaus, Arnold, Heinrichs, Nina, Konrad, Kerstin
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Mother; Psychological resilience
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181238
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Foster parents have been shown to report higher levels of parenting stress but also more dyadic coping (DC) behaviors in their partnership than biological parents, which might be an important protective factor that helps them cope with daily stressors. Here, we examined how parenting stress and DC a...