Depression and playfulness in fathers and young infants: A matched design comparison study.

Background: Depression in fathers in the postnatal period is associated with an increased risk of some adverse child developmental outcomes. One possible mechanism for the familial transmission of risk is through the negative effects of depression on parenting and the parent-child relationship. So far, evidence indicates that depressed fathers tend to be more withdrawn in their early interactions.

Psychological Well-Being and Anticipated Positive Personal Events: Their Relationship to Depression.

Unlabelled: Well-being is now defined in a number of multicomponent ways. One approach to defining well-being-psychological well-being (PWB; Ryff, )-encompasses six dimensions of positive functioning. This study's first aim was to compare PWB self-report scores from a group of depressed participants (N = 26) with a non-depressed group (N = 26).

Depression in fathers in the postnatal period: assessment of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale as a screening measure.

Background: Postnatal depression commonly affects women after the birth of a child, and is associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes for their children. A wide variety of measures have been used to screen for depression in the postnatal period but little research has investigated such measures with men. However depression can also affect men at this time, and this is associated with an independently increased risk of adverse child outcomes.