Psychosocial risk factors associated with fathers’ mental health in the postnatal period: results from a population-based study

Giallo, Rebecca; D’Esposito, Fabrizio; Cooklin, Amanda; Mensah, Fiona; Lucas, Nina; Wade, Catherine; Nicholson, Jan M.

doi:10.1007/s00127-012-0568-8

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“…Our earlier work established an association between poor job quality and postpartum psychological distress for mothers and fathers (3,52). This is consistent with other studies reporting associations between poor job quality and the mental health of fathers of dependent children (29,(53)(54)(55), but most do not disaggregate fathers in the postpartum or early parenting period specifically.…”

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“…Risk factors for father's mental health difficulties include a history of depression, having a partner with poor mental health, a poor quality intimate relationship, and concerns regarding their competence in the parenting role (2,3). As most fathers remain fully engaged in employment during the postpartum period, job-related pressures may also determine their mental health.…”

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What matters for working fathers? Job characteristics, work-family conflict and enrichment, and fathers' postpartum mental health in an Australian cohort

Cooklin

Giallo

Strazdins

et al. 2015

Social Science & Medicine

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What matters for working fathers? Job characteristics, work-family conflict and enrichment, and fathers' postpartum mental health in an Australian cohort

Cooklin

Giallo

Strazdins

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Social Science & Medicine

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“…As far as we know, this is one of the first studies in the U.S. to find workplace policies related to fathers' mental health across the transition to parenthood. Giallo and colleagues (2013), in an Australian sample of over 3,000 new fathers in the first year of parenthood, found that fathers with the lowest job quality, meaning less access to: 1) control of work hours and work load, 2) job security, and 3) paid family leave had five time the odds of reporting psychological distress than fathers with high job quality. In our findings, mothers' leave time, but not fathers', predicted declines in paternal anxiety.…”

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Workplace policies and mental health among working-class, new parents

Perry‐Jenkins

Smith

Wadsworth

et al. 2016

Community, Work & Family

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Little research has explored linkages between workplace policies and mental health in working-class, employed parents, creating a gap in our knowledge of work-family issues across social class levels. The current U.S. study addresses this gap by employing hierarchical linear modeling techniques to examine how workplace policies and parental leave benefits predicted parents' depressive symptoms and anxiety in a sample of 125, low-income, dual-earner couples interviewed across the transition to parenthood. Descriptive analyses revealed that, on average, parents had few workplace policies, such as schedule flexibility or child care supports, available to them. Results revealed, however, that, when available, schedule flexibility was related to fewer depressive symptoms and less anxiety for new mothers. Greater child care supports predicted fewer depressive symptoms for fathers. In terms of crossover effects, longer maternal leave predicted declines in fathers' anxiety across the first year. Results are discussed with attention to how certain workplace policies may serve to alleviate new parents' lack of time and resources (minimize scarcity of resources) and, in turn, predict better mental health during the sensitive period of new parenthood.

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“…Both adolescent mothers [8, 9] and fathers [10] are susceptible to postpartum depression due to low social support or social isolation. Evidence has also demonstrated (although among older adults) that maternal [11, 12] and paternal [13] depression or psychological distress after the child's birth is associated with low parenting competence and low parenting self-efficacy.…”

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Social Support, Family Functioning and Parenting Competence in Adolescent Parents

Angley¹,

Divney

Magriples

et al. 2014

Matern Child Health J

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Depression is known to mediate the association between low social support and parenting competence in adult mothers, but this relationship is rarely assessed in adolescent mothers and fathers. The primary aim of this study was to identify the association between social support, family functioning and social capital on parenting competence, including self-efficacy and satisfaction in adolescent mothers and their partners. Secondary aims included identifying potential partner effects (e.g. whether a partner's social support influenced the respondent's parenting efficacy). Data was obtained from a subset of participants from a longitudinal study of pregnant adolescent females and their partners. Couples completed individual structured interviews via audio computer-assisted self-interview during pregnancy and at 6 months postpartum. To measure the influence of support on parenting outcomes, multi-level modeling was used to assess the Actor–Partner Interdependence model, which examines responses from both members of a dyad in a single analysis. Greater social support was associated with increased parenting self-efficacy (B = 0.062, p = 0.006) and parenting satisfaction (B = 0.111, p < 0.001). Higher family functioning was also associated with greater parenting satisfaction (B = 0.05, p = 0.035). Greater partner family functioning was associated with higher parenting satisfaction (B = 0.047, p = 0.026). This study found the importance of a strong support structure during pregnancy on perceived parenting competence in the early postpartum period for young mothers and fathers. Both social support and family functioning during pregnancy were associated with a greater sense of parenting competence, and these associations were mediated by parental depression. The results of this study underscore the importance of providing social support for young expectant fathers as well as mothers.

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Psychosocial risk factors associated with fathers’ mental health in the postnatal period: results from a population-based study

Abstract: These findings provide new information to guide the assessment of fathers' risk for psychological distress in postnatal period. There are also important social policy implications related to workplace entitlements and the provision of services for fathers.

Cited by 85 publications

References 39 publications

What matters for working fathers? Job characteristics, work-family conflict and enrichment, and fathers' postpartum mental health in an Australian cohort

What matters for working fathers? Job characteristics, work-family conflict and enrichment, and fathers' postpartum mental health in an Australian cohort

Workplace policies and mental health among working-class, new parents

Social Support, Family Functioning and Parenting Competence in Adolescent Parents

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