@article{ref1,
title="Does paternal mental health in pregnancy predict physically aggressive behavior in children?",
journal="European child and adolescent psychiatry",
year="2014",
author="Kvalevaag, Anne Lise and Ramchandani, Paul G. and Hove, Oddbjørn and Eberhard-Gran, Malin and Assmus, Jurg and Haavik, Odd E. and Sivertsen, Børge and Biringer, Eva",
volume="23",
number="10",
pages="993-1002",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1018-8827",
doi="10.1007/s00787-014-0587-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0587-y"
}