Couples’ relationship affects mothers’ and fathers’ anxiety and depression trajectories over the transition to parenthood

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Autor(a) principal: Figueiredo, Bárbara
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Canário, Catarina, Tendais, Iva Alexandra Barbosa, Pinto, Tiago Miguel, Kenny, David A., Field, Tiffany
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/55198
Resumo: Background: The association between the couple relationship and the mothers’ and fathers’ psychological adjustment to the transition to parenthood has been examined in the literature. However, the direction of effects between these variables has not been extensively explored. This study aimed to assess the direction of effects between mothers’ and fathers’ positive and negative interactions and anxiety and depression symptoms trajectories over the transition to parenthood. Methods: A sample of 129 couples (N = 258) completed self-report measures of positive and negative interactions, anxiety and depression symptoms at each trimester of pregnancy, at childbirth, and at 3- and 30-months postpartum. Dyadic growth curve models were performed using multilevel modeling. Results: Whereas anxiety and depression showed no moderation effect on positive and negative interactions over time, negative interaction moderated depression from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Mothers and fathers with high negative interaction scores experienced a steeper increase in depression from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Additionally, gender moderated the effect of positive interaction on anxiety from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Fathers with low positive interaction scores experienced an increase in anxiety, whereas fathers with high positive interaction scores and mothers with high or low positive interaction scores did not experience changes in anxiety from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Limitations: Despite the longitudinal aspect of the models, a possible causal relationship need to be taken with caution. Conclusions: Our results suggest that mothers’ and fathers’ positive and negative interactions affect their anxiety and depression symptoms trajectories: negative interaction raises mothers’ and fathers’ depression symptoms and positive interaction prevents the increase of fathers’ anxiety symptoms over the postpartum period.
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spelling Couples’ relationship affects mothers’ and fathers’ anxiety and depression trajectories over the transition to parenthoodCouple relationshipPositive interactionNegative interactionTransition to parenthoodPregnancyPostpartum periodAnxietyDepressionFathersScience & TechnologyBackground: The association between the couple relationship and the mothers’ and fathers’ psychological adjustment to the transition to parenthood has been examined in the literature. However, the direction of effects between these variables has not been extensively explored. This study aimed to assess the direction of effects between mothers’ and fathers’ positive and negative interactions and anxiety and depression symptoms trajectories over the transition to parenthood. Methods: A sample of 129 couples (N = 258) completed self-report measures of positive and negative interactions, anxiety and depression symptoms at each trimester of pregnancy, at childbirth, and at 3- and 30-months postpartum. Dyadic growth curve models were performed using multilevel modeling. Results: Whereas anxiety and depression showed no moderation effect on positive and negative interactions over time, negative interaction moderated depression from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Mothers and fathers with high negative interaction scores experienced a steeper increase in depression from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Additionally, gender moderated the effect of positive interaction on anxiety from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Fathers with low positive interaction scores experienced an increase in anxiety, whereas fathers with high positive interaction scores and mothers with high or low positive interaction scores did not experience changes in anxiety from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Limitations: Despite the longitudinal aspect of the models, a possible causal relationship need to be taken with caution. Conclusions: Our results suggest that mothers’ and fathers’ positive and negative interactions affect their anxiety and depression symptoms trajectories: negative interaction raises mothers’ and fathers’ depression symptoms and positive interaction prevents the increase of fathers’ anxiety symptoms over the postpartum period.This study was conducted at Psychology Research Centre (UID/PSI/ 01662/2013), University of Minho, and supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science through national funds and co‐financed by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI‐01‐0145‐FEDER‐007653). This study was also supported by FEDER Funds through the Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade - COMPETE and by National Funds through FCT Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia under the project PTDC/SAU/ SAP/116738/2010 (PI Bárbara Figueiredo). Data analysis were supported by a doctoral grant from FCT Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/50241/2009).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionElsevierUniversidade do MinhoFigueiredo, BárbaraCanário, CatarinaTendais, Iva Alexandra BarbosaPinto, Tiago MiguelKenny, David A.Field, Tiffany2018-052018-05-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/55198eng0165-03271573-251710.1016/j.jad.2018.05.06429886200info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:08:15Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/55198Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:59:27.851485Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Couples’ relationship affects mothers’ and fathers’ anxiety and depression trajectories over the transition to parenthood
spellingShingle Couples’ relationship affects mothers’ and fathers’ anxiety and depression trajectories over the transition to parenthood
Figueiredo, Bárbara
Couple relationship
Positive interaction
Negative interaction
Transition to parenthood
Pregnancy
Postpartum period
Anxiety
Depression
Fathers
Science & Technology
title_short Couples’ relationship affects mothers’ and fathers’ anxiety and depression trajectories over the transition to parenthood
title_full Couples’ relationship affects mothers’ and fathers’ anxiety and depression trajectories over the transition to parenthood
title_fullStr Couples’ relationship affects mothers’ and fathers’ anxiety and depression trajectories over the transition to parenthood
title_full_unstemmed Couples’ relationship affects mothers’ and fathers’ anxiety and depression trajectories over the transition to parenthood
title_sort Couples’ relationship affects mothers’ and fathers’ anxiety and depression trajectories over the transition to parenthood
author Figueiredo, Bárbara
author_facet Figueiredo, Bárbara
Canário, Catarina
Tendais, Iva Alexandra Barbosa
Pinto, Tiago Miguel
Kenny, David A.
Field, Tiffany
author_role author
author2 Canário, Catarina
Tendais, Iva Alexandra Barbosa
Pinto, Tiago Miguel
Kenny, David A.
Field, Tiffany
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Figueiredo, Bárbara
Canário, Catarina
Tendais, Iva Alexandra Barbosa
Pinto, Tiago Miguel
Kenny, David A.
Field, Tiffany
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Couple relationship
Positive interaction
Negative interaction
Transition to parenthood
Pregnancy
Postpartum period
Anxiety
Depression
Fathers
Science & Technology
topic Couple relationship
Positive interaction
Negative interaction
Transition to parenthood
Pregnancy
Postpartum period
Anxiety
Depression
Fathers
Science & Technology
description Background: The association between the couple relationship and the mothers’ and fathers’ psychological adjustment to the transition to parenthood has been examined in the literature. However, the direction of effects between these variables has not been extensively explored. This study aimed to assess the direction of effects between mothers’ and fathers’ positive and negative interactions and anxiety and depression symptoms trajectories over the transition to parenthood. Methods: A sample of 129 couples (N = 258) completed self-report measures of positive and negative interactions, anxiety and depression symptoms at each trimester of pregnancy, at childbirth, and at 3- and 30-months postpartum. Dyadic growth curve models were performed using multilevel modeling. Results: Whereas anxiety and depression showed no moderation effect on positive and negative interactions over time, negative interaction moderated depression from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Mothers and fathers with high negative interaction scores experienced a steeper increase in depression from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Additionally, gender moderated the effect of positive interaction on anxiety from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Fathers with low positive interaction scores experienced an increase in anxiety, whereas fathers with high positive interaction scores and mothers with high or low positive interaction scores did not experience changes in anxiety from 3- to 30-months postpartum. Limitations: Despite the longitudinal aspect of the models, a possible causal relationship need to be taken with caution. Conclusions: Our results suggest that mothers’ and fathers’ positive and negative interactions affect their anxiety and depression symptoms trajectories: negative interaction raises mothers’ and fathers’ depression symptoms and positive interaction prevents the increase of fathers’ anxiety symptoms over the postpartum period.
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