Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | Depressive symptoms and psychosocial stress across the transition to parenthood : associations with parental psychopathology and child difficulty |
Authors: | Perren, Sonja von Wyl, Agnes Bürgin, Dieter Simoni, Heidi von Klitzing, Kai |
DOI: | 10.1080/01674820400028407 |
Published in: | Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Volume(Issue): | 26 |
Issue: | 3 |
Page(s): | 173 |
Pages to: | 183 |
Issue Date: | 2005 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN: | 0167-482X 1743-8942 |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Transition to parenthood; Postpartum depression; Parental psychopathology; Child temperament; Psychosocial |
Subject (DDC): | 155: Differential and developmental psychology 616.8: Neurology, diseases of nervous system |
Abstract: | The transition to parenthood is often accompanied by depression and stress. Several studies have established risk factors for postpartum depression, e.g., antenatal depression. However, only a few studies have involved fathers. Moreover, most studies focus on the prevalence of depression instead of intraindividual changes over time. Our study investigated differential effects of parental psychopathology and child difficulty on the course of depressive symptoms and feelings of stress for first-time mothers and fathers. Seventy-four mothers and 58 fathers completed questionnaires on depressive symptoms (EPDS) and feelings of stress during pregnancy, and at 1, 3, 12, and 18 months postpartum. Parents rated children's difficulty-fussiness at 3, 12, and 18 months postpartum (ICQ). Parental psychopathology was established during pregnancy using self-reports (SCL-90-R) and anamnestic data. In mentally healthy mothers and fathers depressive symptoms decreased from pregnancy to 18 months postpartum, whereas parents with psychopathology in pregnancy showed a tendency to prolonged depressive phases. In parents with psychopathology, feelings of stress peaked at 12 months postpartum. Child difficulty was associated with elevated levels of psychosocial stress, but only for some participants. Parental psychopathological symptoms during pregnancy should thus be considered as a risk factor for elevated and prolonged depression and elevated psychosocial stress in mothers and fathers across the transition to parenthood. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/3674 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
Departement: | Applied Psychology |
Organisational Unit: | Psychological Institute (PI) |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie |
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Perren, S., von Wyl, A., Bürgin, D., Simoni, H., & von Klitzing, K. (2005). Depressive symptoms and psychosocial stress across the transition to parenthood : associations with parental psychopathology and child difficulty. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 26(3), 173–183. https://doi.org/10.1080/01674820400028407
Perren, S. et al. (2005) ‘Depressive symptoms and psychosocial stress across the transition to parenthood : associations with parental psychopathology and child difficulty’, Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 26(3), pp. 173–183. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/01674820400028407.
S. Perren, A. von Wyl, D. Bürgin, H. Simoni, and K. von Klitzing, “Depressive symptoms and psychosocial stress across the transition to parenthood : associations with parental psychopathology and child difficulty,” Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 173–183, 2005, doi: 10.1080/01674820400028407.
PERREN, Sonja, Agnes VON WYL, Dieter BÜRGIN, Heidi SIMONI und Kai VON KLITZING, 2005. Depressive symptoms and psychosocial stress across the transition to parenthood : associations with parental psychopathology and child difficulty. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2005. Bd. 26, Nr. 3, S. 173–183. DOI 10.1080/01674820400028407
Perren, Sonja, Agnes von Wyl, Dieter Bürgin, Heidi Simoni, and Kai von Klitzing. 2005. “Depressive Symptoms and Psychosocial Stress across the Transition to Parenthood : Associations with Parental Psychopathology and Child Difficulty.” Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology 26 (3): 173–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/01674820400028407.
Perren, Sonja, et al. “Depressive Symptoms and Psychosocial Stress across the Transition to Parenthood : Associations with Parental Psychopathology and Child Difficulty.” Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, vol. 26, no. 3, 2005, pp. 173–83, https://doi.org/10.1080/01674820400028407.
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