Perinatal Distress in Fathers: Toward a Gender-Based Screening of Paternal Perinatal Depressive and Affective Disorders

Frontiers in Psychology

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Franco Baldoni¹  Michele Giannotti² 

[1] Department of Psychology, University of Bologna;Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Trento

关键词: fathers;    perinatal paternal depression;    screening;    affective disorders;    depressive symptoms;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01892

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

In Western society, with the gradual transition from the patriarchal family to the contemporarynuclear one (both parents work and contacts with the extended family are limited), fatherhoodhas been increasingly linked to more expectations and responsibilities in childcare and family life(Quilici, 2010; Biehle and Mickelson, 2012; Crespi and Ruspini, 2015). At biological level, neuralplasticity and hormonal changes that occur in men may also increase the risk of psychologicaldistress during the transition to parenthood (Poromaa et al., 2017; Baldoni, 2020). Research hasclearly demonstrated that during the perinatal period the emotional states of mothers and fathersinfluence each other showing a significant correlation between paternal and maternal perinataldepressive disorders (Baldoni and Ceccarelli, 2010; Paulson and Bazemore, 2010; Musser et al.,2013).

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