Characteristics of Fathers with Depressive Symptoms
| Autor: | Nicole Learned, David G. Rosenthal, Ying Hua Liu, Michael Weitzman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis Adolescent Epidemiology Cross-sectional study Health Status media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Mothers Child Behavior Disorders Fathers Child of Impaired Parents Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Child Father-Child Relations Psychiatry Depressive symptoms Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Parenting Poverty Depression business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Obstetrics and Gynecology Middle Aged United States Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Child Preschool Multivariate Analysis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Unemployment Female business Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Maternal and Child Health Journal. 17:119-128 |
| ISSN: | 1573-6628 1092-7875 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10995-012-0955-5 |
| Popis: | Extensive research shows maternal depression to be associated with poorer child outcomes, and characteristics of these mothers have been described. Recent research describes associations of paternal depressive symptoms and child behavioral and emotional outcomes, but characteristics of these fathers have not been investigated. This study describes characteristics of fathers with depressive symptoms in the USA. Utilizing data from 7,247 fathers and mothers living in households with children aged 5-17 years who participated in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2004-2006, the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 was used to assess parental depressive symptoms, the Short Form-12 was used to examine paternal and maternal physical health, the Columbia Impairment Scale was used to measure child behavioral or emotional problems, and the Children with Special Health Care Needs Screener was used to identify children with special health care needs. In multivariate analyses, poverty (AOR 1.52; 95% CI 1.05-2.22), maternal depressive symptoms (AOR 5.77; 95% CI 4.18-7.95), living with a child with special health care needs (AOR 1.42, 95% CI 1.04-1.94), poor paternal physical health (AOR 3.31; 95% CI 2.50-4.38) and paternal unemployment (AOR 6.49; 95% CI 4.12-10.22) were independently associated with increased rates of paternal depressive symptoms. These are the first data that demonstrate that poverty, paternal physical health problems, having a child with special health care needs, maternal depressive symptoms, and paternal unemployment are independently associated with paternal depressive symptoms, with paternal unemployment associated with the highest rates of such problems. |
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