Paternal postnatal depression and child development at age 7 years in a UK-birth cohort: the mediating roles of paternal parenting confidence, warmth, and conflict
Targeted intervention to increase paternal parenting confidence and decrease father-child conflict may improve outcomes in children whose fathers experience postnatal depression.
Authors
- Jon Heron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6199-5644)
- Eivor Fredriksen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3442-4480)
- Tina Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3172-3151)
- Nicola Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3285-2051)
- Alan L. Stein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8207-2822)
- Gemma Hammerton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7781-3857)
- Iryna Culpin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5086-987X)
- Marc H. Bornstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-8427)
- Rebecca M. Pearson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8527-3400)
- Esther Dermott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0427-2591)
- Henning W. Tiemeier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4395-1397)
- Hannah Sallis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4793-6290)
- Jonathan Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3171-640X)
Institutions
- United Nations Children's Fund (US)
- Manchester Metropolitan University (GB)
- Oxford Brookes University (GB)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Harvard University (US)
- Institute for Fiscal Studies (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Bristol City Council (GB)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (ZA)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2025.1650799
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88