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Depression and paternal adjustment and attitudes during the transition to parenthood
| Resumo: | Background: Depression symptoms may negatively affect the achievement of developmental tasks within the transition to parenthood, increasing the risk of paternal adjustment problems and negative paternal attitudes. Objective: This study analysed the effect of men’s depression symptoms on paternal adjustment and paternal attitudes trajectories from the second trimester of pregnancy to six months postpartum. Methods: A sample of 127 men completed measures of depression symptoms and paternal adjustment and paternal attitudes at the second trimester of pregnancy and at six months postpartum. Results: From the second trimester of pregnancy to six months postpartum, men with more depression symptoms revealed a decrease on positive attitudes towards sex (while men with fewer depression symptoms revealed an increase), a steeper decrease in the satisfaction with marital relationship (than men with fewer depression symptoms), and a decrease in positive attitudes towards pregnancy and the baby (while men with fewer depression symptoms revealed an increase). Conclusion: Depression symptoms early in pregnancy may represent a risk factor to increased paternal adjustment problems and negative paternal attitudes during the transition to parenthood. |
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| Assunto: | Paternal adjustment Transition to parenthood Depression symptoms Paternal attitudes |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | journal article |
| Tipo de acesso: | Restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto |
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| conditionsOfAccess_str | restricted access |
| country_str | PT |
| description | Background: Depression symptoms may negatively affect the achievement of developmental tasks within the transition to parenthood, increasing the risk of paternal adjustment problems and negative paternal attitudes. Objective: This study analysed the effect of men’s depression symptoms on paternal adjustment and paternal attitudes trajectories from the second trimester of pregnancy to six months postpartum. Methods: A sample of 127 men completed measures of depression symptoms and paternal adjustment and paternal attitudes at the second trimester of pregnancy and at six months postpartum. Results: From the second trimester of pregnancy to six months postpartum, men with more depression symptoms revealed a decrease on positive attitudes towards sex (while men with fewer depression symptoms revealed an increase), a steeper decrease in the satisfaction with marital relationship (than men with fewer depression symptoms), and a decrease in positive attitudes towards pregnancy and the baby (while men with fewer depression symptoms revealed an increase). Conclusion: Depression symptoms early in pregnancy may represent a risk factor to increased paternal adjustment problems and negative paternal attitudes during the transition to parenthood. |
| documentTypeURL_str | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 |
| documentType_str | journal article |
| id | b8caf16d-6118-4437-94f7-9f8378909876 |
| identifierHandle_str | https://hdl.handle.net/10216/143314 |
| language | eng |
| relatedInstitutions_str_mv | Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto |
| resourceName_str | Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto |
| spellingShingle | Depression and paternal adjustment and attitudes during the transition to parenthood Paternal adjustment Transition to parenthood Depression symptoms Paternal attitudes |
| title | Depression and paternal adjustment and attitudes during the transition to parenthood |
| topic | Paternal adjustment Transition to parenthood Depression symptoms Paternal attitudes |