Pregnancy-specific anxiety in fathers-to-be and same-gender partners: Scale validation and exploration of interdependence with expectant women
Although no direct anxiety contagion within the couple was found over the course of pregnancy, future studies should assess fathers'/partners' PSA to understand how it may affect their own and the couple's experience of the transition to parenthood.
Authors
- Alexandre Prud’homme
- Laura-Mihaela Bogza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0926-2432)
- Stéphane Turcotte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6031-4958)
- Geneviève Roch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1695-1401)
- Tamarha Pierce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1989-9573)
Institutions
- The Quebec Population Health Research Network (CA)
- Centre Intégré de Santé et Services Sociaux de Chaudière-Appalache (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Published
- 2025-11-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.120650
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00