Differential Trajectories of Fathers' Postpartum Depressed Mood: A Latent Class Growth Analysis Approach.

ABSTRACT: Parental psychological well-being is essential to the wellness of the family. However, longitudinal investigations into fathers' postpartum depressed mood are limited. This study aimed to identify the typologies of depressed mood trajectories over the first year postpartum among Taiwanese fathers and to examine the factors associated with such typologies. We retrieved data from a nationwide longitudinal study on child development and care in Taiwan. A total of 396 fathers, who completed at least one of the three interviews when their children were 3, 6, and 12 months old between 2016 and 2017, were included in this analysis. Conditional latent class growth analysis was conducted to identify the classifications of the fathers' depressed mood trajectories in the first year postpartum and to

SUBMITTER: Nieh HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8835334 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature