Journal article
Cohort profile: The Men and Parenting Pathways (MAPP) Study: A longitudinal Australian cohort study of men's mental health and well-being at the normative age for first-time fatherhood
JA Macdonald, LM Francis, H Skouteris, GJ Youssef, LG Graeme, J Williams, RJ Fletcher, T Knight, J Milgrom, L Di Manno, CA Olsson, CJ Greenwood
BMJ Open | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2021
Abstract
Purpose The Men and Parenting Pathways (MAPP) Study is a prospective investigation of men's mental health and well-being across the normative age for transitioning to fatherhood. This includes trajectories and outcomes for men who do and do not become fathers across five annual waves of the study. Participants Australian resident, English-speaking men aged 28-32 years at baseline were eligible. Recruitment was over a 2-year period (2015-2017) via social and traditional media and through engagement with study partners. Eight hundred and eighteen eligible men consented to participate. Of these, 664 men completed the first online survey of whom 608 consented to ongoing participation. Of the ong..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
JAM is supported by a Deakin University, Faculty of Health, Mid-Career Fellowship. CAO is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grant (APP1175086).