- Title
- Predictive factors for depression and anxiety in men during the perinatal period: A mixed methods study
- Creator
- Chhabra, Jasleen; Li, Wendy; McDermott, Brett
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/197479
- Identifier
- vital:18872
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883221079489
- Identifier
- ISSN:1557-9883
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with paternal perinatal mental distress in a sample of Australian men. A mixed-methods design was used. The qualitative component (N = 13) using thematic analysis identified maternal depression, marital distress, masculine gender role stress, unplanned pregnancy, work–family conflict, and sleep disturbance as risk factors for paternal perinatal mental distress. The quantitative component (N = 525) expanded on the qualitative findings and examined the associations between the identified risk factors and mental distress of fathers in the perinatal period measured by Edinburgh postnatal depression scale. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed six significant predictors of paternal perinatal mental distress with masculine gender role stress being the most significant risk factor for paternal perinatal mental distress. The results from this study provide an insight into how masculine gender role may affect the expression and experience of mental distress in fathers within the perinatal period. Implications of research findings are discussed.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Relation
- American Journal of Men's Health Vol. 16, no. 1 (2022), p. 15579883221079489-15579883221079489
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- Anxiety; Anxiety - epidemiology; Anxiety - etiology; Anxiety Disorders; Australia; Depression - epidemiology; Fathers; Female; Humans; Male; Mens health; Mental depression; Mixed methods research; Perinatal Depression: Fathers and Families; Pregnancy; Risk Factors; Sex roles; 4206 Public health; 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- Reviewed
- Funder
- The primary author was supported by James Cook University scholarship from 2018 to 2021.
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