ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2026
Preconception parental personality disorder and psychosocial outcomes during the perinatal period: a prospective population-based study.
Article in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Preconception Predictors of Next Generation Early Relational Health: A Living Review of Prospective Cohort Studies.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
13 authors.
Funding
Abstract
purposeBirthing individuals with personality disorder in young adulthood before pregnancy may be at increased risk of potentially modifiable adverse outcomes in the perinatal period that impact parental and child health. We aimed to investigate the perinatal psychosocial outcomes of preconception (prior to pregnancy) personality disorder.
methodsProspective analysis of 398 birthing individuals with 609 infants from Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS). Preconception personality disorder was measured using the Standardised Assessment of Personality (SAP) at age 24. A range of parental outcomes were assessed during pregnancy and at one year postpartum (age 28 to 37). Log-binomial generalised estimating equations were used to estimate univariable associations between preconception personality disorder and each perinatal outcome.
resultsIndividuals with preconception personality disorder (compared to those without) were approximately two times more likely to have antenatal anxiety symptoms (risk ratio (RR) 2.08, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.19-3.65) and reduced social support (antenatal RR 2.01, 95% CI 0.98-4.13; postnatal RR 1.38, 95% CI 0.91-2.10). Weaker associations were also observed for experiencing stressful life events (RR 1.37, 95% CI 0.98-1.90) and, albeit with less certainty, for poorer partner relationship quality (RR 1.44, 95% CI 0.78-2.64) and depressive symptoms (antenatal RR 1.56, 95% CI 0.84-2.91; postnatal RR 1.44, 95% CI 0.73-2.83). Close to null associations were observed for parents' self-efficacy or perceived parent-infant bond.
conclusionThe findings highlight a group who may be vulnerable to multiple adverse perinatal outcomes; those with personality disorder and their families may benefit from additional support both with pregnancy planning and into parenthood.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.