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

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 563-573

  Giallo, Rebecca ^a,b   D'Esposito, Fabrizio ^a,c   Cooklin, Amanda ^a   Mensah, Fiona ^c,d,e   Lucas, Nina ^a,c   Wade, Catherine ^a   Nicholson, Jan M ^a,c  

^a PARENTING RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distress; Fathers; Mental health; Postnatal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; POSTNATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876420785     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0568-8     Document Type: Article

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