Associations of Partnership Quality and Father-to-Child Attachment During the Peripartum Period. A Prospective-Longitudinal Study in Expectant Fathers

Associations of Partnership Quality and Father-to-Child Attachment During the Peripartum Period. A Prospective-Longitudinal Study in Expectant Fathers

Background: During the transition to parenthood, a complex network of relationships unfolds between father, mother and the child. Expectant parents begin bonding with their unborn child, with this antenatal process supposedly being predictive for later postnatal attachment and child mental health. A...

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Main Authors: Susanne Knappe, Johanna Petzoldt, Susan Garthus-Niegel, Julia Wittich, Hans-Christian Puls, Isabell Huttarsch, Julia Martini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
paternal attachment
paternal anxiety or depression
partnership quality
peripartum
fatherhood
pregnancy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.572755/full

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