New parents experience significant disruption to their sexual relationships such as lower desire and sexual frequency relative to prepregnancy. Little is known about the sexual distress new parents feel related to these changes, how sexual distress evolves over time, or how coping with stress relates to this distress. New parent couples who engage in more adaptive, joint coping with mutual stressors—common dyadic coping (CDC)—may be better able to manage distress related to their sexuality and thus, experience less sexual distress at 3-months postpartum and experience more marked improvement over time. In 99 first-time parent couples, we examined the link between CDC measured at 3-months postpartum and trajectories of sexual distress across 3-, 6-, and 12-months postpartum. Analyses used dyadic latent growth curve modeling informed by the actor–partner interdependence model. Mothers’ sexual distress at 3-months postpartum was clinically elevated and higher than their partner’s. Mothers’ sexual distress declined significantly over time, whereas partners’ sexual distress remained low and stable. An individual’s higher perceptions of CDC was significantly associated with their own (but not their partner’s) lower sexual distress at 3-months postpartum. No significant associations were found between CDC and change in sexual distress over time. How new parents jointly cope with stressors early in the postpartum period may lessen the distress they have about their sexuality at a time when most couples have just resumed sexual activity. Results identify CDC as a possible novel target for interventions aimed at helping couples manage sexual distress during the transition to parenthood.

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新父母夫妇在向父母身份过渡期间常见的二元应对和性困扰的纵向检查

新父母的性关系受到严重破坏，例如相对于怀孕前的性欲和性频率降低。关于新父母感受到的与这些变化相关的性困扰，性困扰如何随着时间的推移而演变，或者如何应对压力与这种困扰相关，我们知之甚少。对共同压力源进行更具适应性、共同应对的新父母夫妇——共同二元应对 (CDC)——可能能够更好地管理与其性相关的痛苦，因此在产后 3 个月经历更少的性痛苦并经历更显着的改善随着时间的推移。在 99 对首次为人父母的夫妇中，我们检查了产后 3 个月测量的 CDC 与产后 3、6 和 12 个月的性困扰轨迹之间的联系。分析使用了由参与者-合作伙伴相互依赖模型提供的二元潜在增长曲线模型。母亲在产后 3 个月时的性困扰在临床上升高并高于她们的伴侣。随着时间的推移，母亲的性困扰显着下降，而伴侣的性困扰保持低水平且稳定。一个人对 CDC 的更高认识与他们自己（但不是他们的伴侣）在产后 3 个月的较低性痛苦显着相关。随着时间的推移，疾病预防控制中心与性困扰的变化之间没有发现显着关联。在大多数夫妇刚刚恢复性活动的时候，新父母如何在产后早期共同应对压力源可能会减轻他们对性行为的困扰。