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Perinatal Parenting Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Outcomes in First-Time Mothers and Fathers: A 3- to 6-Months Postpartum Follow-Up Study
Objective: Although there is an established link between parenting stress, postnatal depression, and anxiety, no study has yet investigated this link in first-time parental couples. The specific aims of this study were 1) to investigate whether there were any differences between first-time fathers’...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4919353/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27445906 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00938 |
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author | Vismara, Laura Rollè, Luca Agostini, Francesca Sechi, Cristina Fenaroli, Valentina Molgora, Sara Neri, Erica Prino, Laura E. Odorisio, Flaminia Trovato, Annamaria Polizzi, Concetta Brustia, Piera Lucarelli, Loredana Monti, Fiorella Saita, Emanuela Tambelli, Renata |
author_facet | Vismara, Laura Rollè, Luca Agostini, Francesca Sechi, Cristina Fenaroli, Valentina Molgora, Sara Neri, Erica Prino, Laura E. Odorisio, Flaminia Trovato, Annamaria Polizzi, Concetta Brustia, Piera Lucarelli, Loredana Monti, Fiorella Saita, Emanuela Tambelli, Renata |
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description | Objective: Although there is an established link between parenting stress, postnatal depression, and anxiety, no study has yet investigated this link in first-time parental couples. The specific aims of this study were 1) to investigate whether there were any differences between first-time fathers’ and mothers’ postnatal parenting stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms and to see their evolution between three and 6 months after their child’s birth; and 2) to explore how each parent’s parenting stress and anxiety levels and the anxiety levels and depressive symptoms of their partners contributed to parental postnatal depression. Method: The sample included 362 parents (181 couples; mothers’ M(Age) = 35.03, SD = 4.7; fathers’ M(Age) = 37.9, SD = 5.6) of healthy babies. At three (T1) and 6 months (T2) postpartum, both parents filled out, in a counterbalanced order, the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Results: The analyses showed that compared to fathers, mothers reported higher scores on postpartum anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. The scores for all measures for both mothers and fathers decreased from T1 to T2. However, a path analysis suggested that the persistence of both maternal and paternal postnatal depression was directly influenced by the parent’s own levels of anxiety and parenting stress and by the presence of depression in his/her partner. Discussion: This study highlights the relevant impact and effects of both maternal and paternal stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms during the transition to parenthood. Therefore, to provide efficacious, targeted, early interventions, perinatal screening should be directed at both parents. |
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spelling | pubmed-49193532016-07-21 Perinatal Parenting Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Outcomes in First-Time Mothers and Fathers: A 3- to 6-Months Postpartum Follow-Up Study Vismara, Laura Rollè, Luca Agostini, Francesca Sechi, Cristina Fenaroli, Valentina Molgora, Sara Neri, Erica Prino, Laura E. Odorisio, Flaminia Trovato, Annamaria Polizzi, Concetta Brustia, Piera Lucarelli, Loredana Monti, Fiorella Saita, Emanuela Tambelli, Renata Front Psychol Psychology Objective: Although there is an established link between parenting stress, postnatal depression, and anxiety, no study has yet investigated this link in first-time parental couples. The specific aims of this study were 1) to investigate whether there were any differences between first-time fathers’ and mothers’ postnatal parenting stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms and to see their evolution between three and 6 months after their child’s birth; and 2) to explore how each parent’s parenting stress and anxiety levels and the anxiety levels and depressive symptoms of their partners contributed to parental postnatal depression. Method: The sample included 362 parents (181 couples; mothers’ M(Age) = 35.03, SD = 4.7; fathers’ M(Age) = 37.9, SD = 5.6) of healthy babies. At three (T1) and 6 months (T2) postpartum, both parents filled out, in a counterbalanced order, the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Results: The analyses showed that compared to fathers, mothers reported higher scores on postpartum anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. The scores for all measures for both mothers and fathers decreased from T1 to T2. However, a path analysis suggested that the persistence of both maternal and paternal postnatal depression was directly influenced by the parent’s own levels of anxiety and parenting stress and by the presence of depression in his/her partner. Discussion: This study highlights the relevant impact and effects of both maternal and paternal stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms during the transition to parenthood. Therefore, to provide efficacious, targeted, early interventions, perinatal screening should be directed at both parents. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4919353/ /pubmed/27445906 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00938 Text en Copyright © 2016 Vismara, Rollè, Agostini, Sechi, Fenaroli, Molgora, Neri, Prino, Odorisio, Trovato, Polizzi, Brustia, Lucarelli, Monti, Saita and Tambelli. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Vismara, Laura Rollè, Luca Agostini, Francesca Sechi, Cristina Fenaroli, Valentina Molgora, Sara Neri, Erica Prino, Laura E. Odorisio, Flaminia Trovato, Annamaria Polizzi, Concetta Brustia, Piera Lucarelli, Loredana Monti, Fiorella Saita, Emanuela Tambelli, Renata Perinatal Parenting Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Outcomes in First-Time Mothers and Fathers: A 3- to 6-Months Postpartum Follow-Up Study |
title | Perinatal Parenting Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Outcomes in First-Time Mothers and Fathers: A 3- to 6-Months Postpartum Follow-Up Study |
title_full | Perinatal Parenting Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Outcomes in First-Time Mothers and Fathers: A 3- to 6-Months Postpartum Follow-Up Study |
title_fullStr | Perinatal Parenting Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Outcomes in First-Time Mothers and Fathers: A 3- to 6-Months Postpartum Follow-Up Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Perinatal Parenting Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Outcomes in First-Time Mothers and Fathers: A 3- to 6-Months Postpartum Follow-Up Study |
title_short | Perinatal Parenting Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Outcomes in First-Time Mothers and Fathers: A 3- to 6-Months Postpartum Follow-Up Study |
title_sort | perinatal parenting stress, anxiety, and depression outcomes in first-time mothers and fathers: a 3- to 6-months postpartum follow-up study |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4919353/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27445906 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00938 |
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