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. 2014 Oct;23(10):993-1002.
doi: 10.1007/s00787-014-0587-y. Epub 2014 Jul 22.

Does paternal mental health in pregnancy predict physically aggressive behavior in children?

Anne Lise Kvalevaag  1 , Paul G Ramchandani, Oddbjørn Hove, Malin Eberhard-Gran, Jörg Assmus, Odd E Havik, Børge Sivertsen, Eva Biringer
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Does paternal mental health in pregnancy predict physically aggressive behavior in children?

Anne Lise Kvalevaag et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014 Oct.
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  • Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2015 Jan;24(1):119. Assmus, Jurg [corrected to Assmus, Jörg]; Haavik, Odd E [corrected to Havik, Odd E]

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.

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