Father absence and trajectories of offspring mental health across adolescence and young adulthood: Findings from a UK-birth cohort.
Father absence and trajectories of offspring mental health across adolescence and young adulthood: Findings from a UK-birth cohort.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jad.2022.07.016
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发表时间：
2022-10-01
影响因子：
6.6
通讯作者：
Kwong, Alex S. F.
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作者：
Culpin, Iryna;Heuvelman, Hein;Rai, Dheeraj;Pearson, Rebecca M.;Joinson, Carol;Heron, Jon;Evans, Jonathan;Kwong, Alex S. F.
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父母分离的高患病率和由此产生的生物学父亲的缺席提出了重要的问题，其对后代的心理健康的影响在整个生命过程中。我们特别研究了这些关系是否因性别和暴露于父亲缺席的时间（早期或中期儿童）而异。这项研究基于雅芳父母和儿童纵向研究（ALSPAC）的8409名儿童。参与者提供了24岁时抑郁症的自我报告（临床访谈计划-修订版）和10至24岁之间的抑郁症状（简短情绪和感觉问卷）。从出生到10岁，每隔一段时间通过母亲问卷调查评估儿童时期生物学父亲的缺失。我们使用多水平生长曲线模型估计了生父缺失与抑郁症状轨迹之间的关联。早期而非中期的童年父亲缺失与后代抑郁的几率增加以及24岁时更严重的抑郁症状密切相关。与父亲在场相比，童年早期父亲缺席与青春期和成年早期抑郁症状的轨迹更高相关。童年中期父亲缺席和父亲在场组之间抑郁症状水平的差异缩小到成年。本研究可能因损耗和剩余混杂而存在偏倚。我们发现有证据表明，童年时期父亲的缺失与青春期和成年早期的后代抑郁症持续相关。这种关系因性别和父亲离开的时间而异，早期儿童父亲的缺失是不利后代心理健康轨迹的最强风险因素。需要进一步研究以确定可以为预防性干预提供信息的机制，以减少经历父亲缺失的儿童患抑郁症的风险。童年早期父亲的缺席与成年早期抑郁水平的增加有关。童年早期父亲的缺失与青少年和成年早期更严重的抑郁轨迹有关。在幼儿期没有父亲的女性受影响最大。
High prevalence of parental separation and resulting biological father absence raises important questions regarding its impact on offspring mental health across the life course. We specifically examined whether these relationships vary by sex and the timing of exposure to father absence (early or middle childhood). This study is based on up to 8409 children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Participants provided self-reports of depression (Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised) at age 24 years and depressive symptoms (Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire) between the ages of 10 and 24 years. Biological father absence in childhood was assessed through maternal questionnaires at regular intervals from birth to 10 years. We estimated the association between biological father absence and trajectories of depressive symptoms using multilevel growth-curve modelling. Early but not middle childhood father absence was strongly associated with increased odds of offspring depression and greater depressive symptoms at age 24 years. Early childhood father absence was associated with higher trajectories of depressive symptoms during adolescence and early adulthood compared with father presence. Differences in the level of depressive symptoms between middle childhood father absent and father present groups narrowed into adulthood. This study could be biased by attrition and residual confounding. We found evidence that father absence in childhood is persistently associated with offspring depression in adolescence and early adulthood. This relationship varies by sex and timing of father's departure, with early childhood father absence emerging as the strongest risk factor for adverse offspring mental health trajectories Further research is needed to identify mechanisms that could inform preventative interventions to reduce the risk of depression in children who experience father absence. Father absence during early childhood is associated with greater levels of depression in early adulthood. Early childhood father absence is associated with more severe depression trajectories across adolescence and early adulthood. Effects are strongest for females with absent fathers in early childhood.
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00725.x
发表时间：
2010-06
期刊：
Journal of marriage and the family
影响因子：
--
作者：
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通讯作者：
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影响因子：
3.3
作者：
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影响因子：
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DOI：
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发表时间：
1990-08-01
期刊：
JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
影响因子：
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作者：
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通讯作者：
MELBY, JN
影响因子：
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