The impact of maternal postnatal depression on men and their ways of fathering: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Psychology and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 717-735

  Beestin, Leah ^a   Hugh Jones, Siobhan ^a   Gough, Brendan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fathers; interpretative phenomenological analysis; postnatal depression; qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896495208     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2014.885523     Document Type: Article

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