Parent and Peer Attachments in Adolescence and Paternal Postpartum Mental Health: Findings From the ATP Generation 3 Study

JA Macdonald; CJ Greenwood; P Letcher; EA Spry; K Mansour; JE McIntosh; KC Thomson; C Deane; EJ Biden; B Edwards; D Hutchinson; J Cleary; JW Toumbourou; AV Sanson; CA Olsson

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Parent and Peer Attachments in Adolescence and Paternal Postpartum Mental Health: Findings From the ATP Generation 3 Study

JA Macdonald, CJ Greenwood, P Letcher, EA Spry, K Mansour, JE McIntosh, KC Thomson, C Deane, EJ Biden, B Edwards, D Hutchinson, J Cleary, JW Toumbourou, AV Sanson, CA Olsson

Frontiers in Psychology | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.672174

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Abstract

Background: When adolescent boys experience close, secure relationships with their parents and peers, the implications are potentially far reaching, including lower levels of mental health problems in adolescence and young adulthood. Here we use rare prospective intergenerational data to extend our understanding of the impact of adolescent attachments on subsequent postpartum mental health problems in early fatherhood. Methods: At age 17–18 years, we used an abbreviated Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment to assess trust, communication, and alienation reported by 270 male participants in their relationships with mothers, fathers, and peers. More than a decade later, we assessed the adult..

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Funding Acknowledgements

Data collection for the ATP study was supported primarily through Australian grants from the Melbourne Royal Children's Hospital Research Foundation, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia, the Australian Research Council (ARC), and the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Funding for this work was supported by grants from the ARC (DP130101459, DP160103160, and DP180102447) and the NHMRC (APP1082406). CO and DH were supported by NHMRC investigator grants (APP1175086 and APP1197488). JAM was supported by a Deakin University, Faculty of Health, mid-career research fellowship.