| Literature DB >> 25048427 |
Anne Lise Kvalevaag1, Paul G Ramchandani, Oddbjørn Hove, Malin Eberhard-Gran, Jörg Assmus, Jurg Assmus, Odd E Havik, Odd E Haavik, Børge Sivertsen, Eva Biringer.
Abstract
The aim was to study the association between paternal mental health and physically aggressive behavior in children. This study is based on 19,580 father-child dyads from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Fathers' mental health was assessed by self-report (Symptom Checklist-5, SCL-5) in week 17 or 18 of gestation. Children's behavior (hitting others) was obtained by mothers' reports. A multinomial logistic regression model was performed. Expectant fathers' high level of psychological distress was found to be a significant risk factor only for girls hitting, adjusted OR = 1.46 (1.01-2.12), p = 0.043, but not for boys. High levels of mental distress in fathers predict their daughters' hitting at 5 years of age.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25048427 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0587-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry ISSN: 1018-8827 Impact factor: 4.785