The changing role of the father in the family

Dette-Hagenmeyer, Dorothea E.; Erzinger, Andrea B.; Reichle, Barbara

doi:10.1080/17405629.2014.883313

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“…Given the shift in social attitudes toward fathers and changes in their own aspirations for their role as a parent (Dette‐Hagenmeyer, Erzinger, & Reichle, ), the value of supporting fathers in parenting interventions is clear. More specifically, the long‐term consequences of paternal perinatal mood problems highlight the need for interventions to target fathers’ mental health.…”

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A Systematic Review of Interventions Targeting Paternal Mental Health in the Perinatal Period

Rominov

Pilkington

Giallo

et al. 2016

Infant Ment. Health J.

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Interventions targeting parents' mental health in the perinatal period are critical due to potential consequences of perinatal mental illness for the parent, the infant, and their family. To date, most programs have targeted mothers. This systematic review explores the current status and evidence for intervention programs aiming to prevent or treat paternal mental illness in the perinatal period. Electronic databases were systematically searched to identify peer-reviewed studies that described an intervention targeting fathers' mental health in the perinatal period. Mental health outcomes included depression, anxiety, and stress as well as more general measures of psychological functioning. Eleven studies were identified. Three of five psychosocial interventions and three massage-technique interventions reported significant effects. None of the couple-based interventions reported significant effects. A number of methodological limitations were identified, including inadequate reporting of study designs, and issues with the timing of interventions. The variability in outcomes measures across the studies made it difficult to evaluate the overall effectiveness of the interventions. Father-focused interventions aimed at preventing perinatal mood problems will be improved if future studies utilize more rigorous research strategies.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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A Systematic Review of Interventions Targeting Paternal Mental Health in the Perinatal Period

Rominov

Pilkington

Giallo

et al. 2016

Infant Ment. Health J.

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“…Children's ability to regulate attention, arousal and emotion develops in the context of their primary caregiving relationships during infancy (Bornstein, Suwalsky, & Breakstone, ) and is fundamental to the development of organizing behavior, social relationships and adaptive functioning (Sroufe, ). Past literature has almost exclusively focused on the mother –infant relationship; however, it is increasingly recognized that partners (typically fathers) play a central role in influencing child development (Lucassen et al., ; Paulson & Bazemore, ; Sarkadi, Kristiansson, Oberklaid, & Bremberg, ) and the family context more generally (Dette‐Hagenmeyer, Erzinger, & Reichle, ).…”

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Mother–Infant and Partner–Infant Emotional Availability at 12 Months of Age: Findings From an Australian Longitudinal Study

Rossen

Mattick

Wilson

et al. 2018

Infancy

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Emotional availability (EA) is a focal indicator of parent–infant relationship quality and plays a key role in determining healthy child development, yet factors thought to influence EA have not been examined comprehensively in the postnatal period in both mothers and partners. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of mother–infant and partner–infant bonding, mental ill‐health and substance use at 8 weeks postbirth on mother–infant and partner–infant EA at 12 months postbirth, accounting for a range of demographic and postnatal variables. Participants were 191 matched mother–partner–infant triads from a nested sample of an Australian longitudinal pregnancy cohort (The Triple B Pregnancy Cohort). Assessments were conducted at 8 weeks postbirth and at infant age 12 months. Parental EA was coded from dyadic interactions during a 20‐min free play observational video recorded at 12 months. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) analysis, accounting for within‐dyad clustering, showed older parent age was associated with higher parent–child EA scores (χ2 = 6.28, p < .01), while parental tobacco use (χ2 = 7.35, p < .01) and depression (χ2 = 4.51, p < .05) at 8 weeks postnatal predicted poorer parent–child EA scores at 12 months. These novel findings suggest that it may be particularly important to support young couples and those struggling with symptoms of depression or tobacco use during the postnatal period.

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“…In addition, concurrent social and ideological changes have encouraged more father involvement in their children's caregiving and education (Menéndez & Hidalgo, ). Accordingly, researchers have recommended more attention to the changing role of fathers in the family (see Dette‐Hagenmeyera, Erzinger, & Reichle, ). In addition, the economic crisis led to a dramatic rise in the unemployment rate, from 9.6% at the beginning of 2008 to 20.11% by the end of 2010 (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, ), also resulting in an increase in the percentage of Spanish families that have reported economic hardship since 2008.…”

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Parent–Child Relationships and Adolescents' Life Satisfaction Across the First Decade of the New Millennium

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The changing role of the father in the family

Cited by 26 publications

References 18 publications

A Systematic Review of Interventions Targeting Paternal Mental Health in the Perinatal Period

A Systematic Review of Interventions Targeting Paternal Mental Health in the Perinatal Period

Mother–Infant and Partner–Infant Emotional Availability at 12 Months of Age: Findings From an Australian Longitudinal Study

Parent–Child Relationships and Adolescents' Life Satisfaction Across the First Decade of the New Millennium

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