TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Does paternal mental health in pregnancy predict physically aggressive behavior in children?
JO  - European child and adolescent psychiatry
A1  - Kvalevaag, Anne Lise
A1  - Ramchandani, Paul G.
A1  - Hove, Oddbjørn
A1  - Eberhard-Gran, Malin
A1  - Assmus, Jurg
A1  - Haavik, Odd E.
A1  - Sivertsen, Børge
A1  - Biringer, Eva
SP  - 993
EP  - 1002
VL  - 23
IS  - 10
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1018-8827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0587-y
ID  - ref1
ER  -