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Published on: June 13, 2021
Postnatal paternal depressive symptoms associated with fathers' subsequent parenting: findings from the Millennium
Selina Nath1, Ginny Russell2, Tamsin Ford2
1Selina Nath, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London; Ginny Russell, PhD, Tamsin Ford, MRCPsych, PhD, University of Exeter Medical School, Willem Kuyken, PhD, DClinPsy, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford; Lamprini Psychogiou, PhD, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK selina.nath@kcl.ac.uk.
Abstract:
Impaired parenting may lie on the causal pathway between paternal depression and children's outcomes. We use the first four surveys of the Millennium Cohort Study to investigate the association between paternal depressive symptoms and fathers' parenting (negative, positive and involvement). Findings suggest that postnatal paternal depressive symptoms are associated with fathers' negative parenting. This has implications for the design of intervention programmes for parents with depression and young children.
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