Prenatal Paternal Depression

Overview

Journal Infant Behav Dev

Specialties Pediatrics
Social Sciences

Date 2006 Dec 2

PMID 17138311

Citations 21

Authors

Tiffany Field

Miguel Diego

Maria Hernandez-Reif

Barbara Figueiredo

Osvelia Deeds

Jennifer Contogeorgos

Angela Ascencio

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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.

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