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ArticleArchives of women's mental health2026

Parental care in adolescence and women's later postpartum psychosocial wellbeing: a 20-year prospective preconception cohort study.

Stephanie R Aarsman, S Ghazaleh Dashti, Genevieve Le Bas, Jacqui A Macdonald, Christopher J Greenwood, Delyse M Hutchinson, Ebony J Biden, Jessica A Kerr, Tina Kretschmer, Lisa Ritland and 3 more

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Stephanie R AarsmanSEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia. stephanie.aarsman@deakin.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-5457-4892
S Ghazaleh DashtiDepartment of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Genevieve Le BasSEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
Jacqui A MacdonaldSEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
Christopher J GreenwoodSEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
Delyse M HutchinsonSEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
Ebony J BidenSEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
Jessica A KerrCentre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Tina KretschmerFaculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Lisa RitlandHuman Early Learning Partnership, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Kimberly C ThomsonSEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
Craig A OlssonSEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
Elizabeth A SprySEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.

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European Research Council 101087395National Health and Medical Research Council AAP2027171National Health and Medical Research Council APP1008273National Health and Medical Research Council APP1063091National Health and Medical Research Council APP1157378National Health and Medical Research Council APP1175086National Health and Medical Research Council APP1197488National Health and Medical Research Council MRF2026823
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Abstract

purposePrior retrospective evidence links parental care when growing up to later mental health in the perinatal period, but prospective evidence on a broader range of perinatal outcomes is limited. This study aimed to estimate the effect of low parental care (maternal, paternal, or both) during adolescence on psychosocial wellbeing in women at one year postpartum.

methodsWe emulated a target trial using observational data from a preconception cohort study, the Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (N = 398 women, 609 infants). At age 16 years, adolescents reported on care from their parental figures. After becoming parents themselves, up to 20 years later, they were assessed at one year postpartum on psychosocial wellbeing outcomes (social support, partner coercive control, depressive symptoms, parenting anxiety, and parenting self-efficacy). Generalised estimating equations were used to estimate relative risks of each outcome by low parental care, adjusted for potential baseline confounders.

resultsLow parental care was associated with a number of aspects of women's social and psychological wellbeing at one year postpartum. The strongest evidence was observed for low maternal care and high family social support (aRR = 0.84, 95%CI 0.72-0.97), high partner coercive control (aRR = 1.38, 95%CI 1.05-1.83), and high depressive symptoms (aRR = 2.03, 95%CI 1.07-3.86). For most outcomes, effect sizes for one low-care caregiver were similar to effect sizes for two low-care caregivers.

conclusionsWomen who report one or more primary caregiver relationships characterised by low care in adolescence may face increased risk for psychological difficulties within a context of fewer social supports after becoming parents.

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MothersParentingParentsPostpartum PeriodAdolescentAdultDepressionFemaleHumansMental HealthParent-Child RelationsPregnancyProspective StudiesPsychological Well-BeingSocial SupportVictoriaAdolescenceBondingLongitudinalParental bonding inventoryTarget trial emulation

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