Prenatal paternal depression

Tiffany Field; Miguel Diego; Maria Hernandez-Reif; Barbara Figueiredo; Osvelia Deeds; Jennifer Contogeorgos; Angela Ascencio

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.07.010

Prenatal paternal depression

Tiffany Field, Miguel Diego, Maria Hernandez-Reif, Barbara Figueiredo, Osvelia Deeds, Jennifer Contogeorgos, Angela Ascencio

Pediatrics

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Abstract

Prenatal depressive symptoms, anxiety, anger and daily hassles were investigated in 156 depressed and non-depressed pregnant women and their depressed and non-depressed partners (fathers-to-be). Depressed versus non-depressed fathers had higher depression, anxiety and daily hassles scores. Although the pregnant women in general had lower anxiety, anger and daily hassles scores than the men, the scores on the measures for depressed fathers and depressed mothers did not differ. Paternal depression appeared to have less effect than maternal depression on their partners' scores. However, the similarity between the scores of depressed mothers and depressed fathers highlights the importance of screening for depression in fathers-to-be as well as mothers-to-be during pregnancy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	579-583
Number of pages	5
Journal	Infant Behavior and Development
Volume	29
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.07.010
State	Published - Dec 1 2006

Keywords

Anxiety
Daily hassles scores
Paternal depression

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Field, T., Diego, M., Hernandez-Reif, M., Figueiredo, B., Deeds, O., Contogeorgos, J., & Ascencio, A. (2006). Prenatal paternal depression. Infant Behavior and Development, 29(4), 579-583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.07.010

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