ArticleArchives of women's mental health2020
Worrying in the wings? Negative emotional birth memories in mothers and fathers show similar associations with perinatal mood disturbance and delivery mode.
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- Differences between men and women accessing an Australian perinatal and infant mental health care navigation service-Why do fathers seek help?Infant mental health journal · 2025Observational
- The mediating role of delivery mode on postpartum maternal depression and mother-infant bonding.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- The importance of promoting positive childbirth experiences for women: a perspective paper.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Fathers' subjective childbirth stress predicts depressive symptoms at six months postpartum.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- The impact of mode of delivery on parent-infant-bonding and the mediating role of birth experience: a comparison of mothers and fathers within the longitudinal cohort study DREAM.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Presence of the partner in the operating room during emergency caesarean section: A scoping review.European journal of anaesthesiology · 2022Article
- The partner's experiences of childbirth in countries with a highly developed clinical setting: a scoping review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Depressive Symptoms in Expecting Fathers: Is Paternal Perinatal Depression a Valid Concept? A Systematic Review of Evidence.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- Associations Among Postpartum Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Stressors.Journal of midwifery & women's health · 2022Article
- Paternal biopsychosocial resilience in triadic interactions among African American/Black families exposed to trauma and socioeconomic adversity.Developmental psychobiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Negative birth experiences can lead to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in new mothers but have received much less attention in new fathers. A sample of 314 first-time expectant couples rated their symptoms of anxiety and depression in the third trimester and at 4-month post birth (227 vaginal delivery, 87 caesarean section), when they also completed the emotional memories subscale of the BirthMARQ (Foley et al. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 14, 211, 2014). We first examined mode of delivery (vaginal birth versus caesarean section) as a predictor of mothers' and fathers' BirthMARQ scores. Next, we used actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) to investigate intra- and interpersonal associations between birth experiences and maternal/paternal latent factors for antenatal and postnatal depression/anxiety. Reports of negative birth experiences were more common for mothers than fathers and for parents of babies born by caesarean section than by vaginal delivery. Within-couple agreement was moderately strong and, for both parents at both time-points, individual differences in negative birth memories were associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety. Negative birth memories also played a mediating role in the association between birth via caesarean section and reduced postnatal maternal wellbeing. Given the striking similarities between mothers and fathers in links between birth experiences and wellbeing, our findings highlight the need for partner-inclusive intervention strategies.
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