ArticleEuropean psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists2021
Paternal childcare at 6 months and risk of maternal psychological distress at 1 year after delivery: The Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS).
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- Paternity leave duration and maternal depressive symptoms: a longitudinal study of paternal involvement and coparenting in Japan.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- The Current Status of Postpartum Menstrual Resumption Delay and Associated Risk Factors in Japanese Women: An Adjunct Study of the Japan Environment and Children's Study.Yonago acta medica · 2024Article
- The association between psychological distress, abusive experiences, and help-seeking among people with intimate partner violence.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association of Spousal Social Support in Child-Rearing and Marital Satisfaction with Subjective Well-Being among Fathers and Mothers.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Inverse Association Between Mothers' Cognitive Social Capital During Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2024Article
- Impact of longer working hours on fathers' parenting behavior when their infants are 6 months old: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Mother-in-law childcare and perinatal depression in rural Pakistan.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundPaternal childcare is reported to benefit maternal mental health, but specific childcare behaviors have not been comprehensively determined. This study sought to identify paternal childcare behaviors associated with maternal mental health by adjusting for other covariates associated with maternal mental health and examining childcare behaviors.
methodsThis study investigated whether seven types of paternal childcare behaviors at 6 months after delivery were associated with maternal psychological distress at 1 year after delivery, which was assessed using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6). After exclusions from a dataset of 103,062 pregnancies obtained in the Japan Environment and Children's Study, we evaluated data from 75,607 mothers.
resultsMore than 70% of fathers were always or sometimes involved in "playing at home," "playing outdoors," "changing diapers," and "bathing," 60%-70% in "helping with feeding" and "dressing," and 45.9% in "putting the child to bed." All paternal childcare behaviors showed some beneficial association with less maternal psychological distress, both moderate (K6 score 5-12) and severe (K6 score ≥ 13) distress. Playing at home was the most beneficial association identified (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.66, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.56-0.76 for moderate psychological distress; aOR 0.36, 95% CI 0.28-0.48 for severe psychological distress).
conclusionsThese seven types of paternal childcare behaviors may help lessen maternal psychological distress. Emphasis should be given to building education systems and working environments that promote paternal childcare.
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