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Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Depression in fathers can negatively affect a young child's health and development. Compared to non-depressed counterparts, depressed fathers are nearly four times more likely to report spanking their child.
Depressed dads are also less likely to read to their children. The findings also offer an important cue to action, as over three quarters of depressed fathers reported talking to their child's doctor in the previous year. The study leader was R. Neal Davis, a former fellow at the Child Health and Evaluation Research (CHEAR) Unit. He is now a pediatrician at Intermountain Healthcare in Murray, Utah. The results appear in the journal Pediatrics While the effect of a mother's depression on parenting behaviors has been studied and well established, depression in fathers has received far less attention, despite the very tangible effects on how a father can interact with their young children.The research team from the University of Michigan Health System studied data from 1,746 fathers of 1-year-old children in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Fathers reported on how often they played with, sang to and read to their kids. They also reported whether they had spanked their kids in the last month and whether they had spoken to their child's medical provider in the past year. The fathers were also assessed for depression. Overall, 7 percent of fathers had depression. Of those, 41% said they read to their child at least three times a week, compared with 58% of fathers who weren't depressed. Forty-one percent of fathers said they had hit their child in the last month — over three times as many as fathers who weren't depressed. "This suggests that visits to the pediatrician may provide an ideal opportunity to discuss specific parenting behaviors with fathers and to refer depressed fathers for appropriate treatment," says Davis. CitationFathers' Depression Related to Positive and Negative Parenting Behaviors With 1-Year-Old Children. R. Neal Davis, Matthew M. Davis, Gary L. Freed, and Sarah J. Clark. Pediatrics 2011; ePub ahead of print. doi:10.1542/peds.2010-1779
Download PDF Abstract Objective. To examine the associations between depression in fathers of 1-year-old children and specific positive and negative parenting behaviors discussed by pediatric providers at well-child visits. Methods. We performed a cross-sectional secondary analysis by using interview data from 1746 fathers of 1-year-old children in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Positive parenting behaviors included fathers' reports of playing games, singing songs, and reading stories to their children ≥3 days in a typical week. Negative parenting behavior included fathers' reports of spanking their 1-year-old children in the previous month. Depression was assessed by using the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview Short Form. Weighted bivariate and multivariate analyses of parenting behaviors were performed while controlling for demographics and paternal substance abuse. Results. Overall, 7% of fathers had depression. In bivariate analyses, depressed fathers were more likely than nondepressed fathers to report spanking their 1-year-old children in the previous month (41% compared with 13%; P < .01). In multivariate analyses, depressed fathers were less likely to report reading to their children ≥3 days in a typical week (adjusted odds ratio: 0.38 [95% confidence interval: 0.15–0.98]) and much more likely to report spanking (adjusted odds ratio: 3.92 [95% confidence interval: 1.23–12.5]). Seventy-seven percent of depressed fathers reported talking to their children's doctor in the previous year. Conclusions. Paternal depression is associated with parenting behaviors relevant to well-child visits. Pediatric providers should consider screening fathers for depression, discussing specific parenting behaviors (eg, reading to children and appropriate discipline), and referring for treatment if appropriate. Keywords: fathers, depression, parenting. Abbreviations: FFCWS = Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.
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