Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Parent and Peer Attachments in Adolescence and Paternal Postpartum Mental Health: Findings From the ATP Generation 3 Study
Originally published 2021-05-28 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.672174 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Trust
What might a future father's adolescent relationships contribute to research on the transition to parenting?
The study follows reported trust, communication and alienation earlier in life into a later generation of parenting.
Who was studied?
Male participants in an Australian cohort reporting on adolescent attachments before later fatherhood
Age / stage: Adolescence into fatherhood
Read with three questions
- What might a future father's adolescent relationships contribute to research on the transition to parenting?
- What was measured at each observation, and what other influences might account for the link?
- Which features of the study population (male participants in an Australian cohort reporting on adolescent attachments before later fatherhood) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
The participants who later became fathers had described parent and peer relationships at ages 17–18. These reports and later mental health measures cannot isolate the effect of one earlier attachment.
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Jacqui A Macdonald; Christopher J Greenwood; Primrose Letcher; Elizabeth A Spry; Kayla Mansour; Jennifer E McIntosh; Kimberly C Thomson; Camille Deane; Ebony J Biden; Ben Edwards; Delyse Hutchinson; Joyce Cleary; John W Toumbourou; Ann V Sanson; Craig A Olsson (2021). Parent and Peer Attachments in Adolescence and Paternal Postpartum Mental Health: Findings From the ATP Generation 3 Study Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.672174
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