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- Kerstis, Birgitta, et al.
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Association between mothers' and fathers' depressive symptoms, sense of coherence and perception of their child's temperament in early parenthood in Sweden
- 2013
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. - : SAGE Publications. - 1403-4948 .- 1651-1905. ; 41:3, s. 233-239
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aims: To examine whether there was any association between mothers' and fathers' post-partum depressive symptoms and sense of coherence and perception of their child's temperament. The hypotheses were that parents with depressive symptoms: 1) have more often a poor sense of coherence, and 2) perceive their child's temperament to be more difficult than parents without depressive symptoms. Methods: A total of 401 Swedish-speaking couples, who were the parents of children born through the years 2004-2006 in the northern part of the county of Vastmanland, Sweden, were invited to participate in the study. The parents answered 3 questionnaires including: at inclusion of the study: demographic data (n = 393 couples); at 3 months: the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and the Sense of Coherence Scale (n = 308 couples); and at 18 months: the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire (n = 272 couples). Results: Depressive symptoms measured at 3 months, were reported by 17.7% of mothers and 8.7% of fathers, and correlated significantly between mothers and fathers within couples (rho = 0.165, p = 0.003). Mothers and fathers with depressive symptoms had a poorer sense of coherence (p < 0.001, p < 0.001) and perceived their child's temperament as more difficult than mothers and fathers without depressive symptoms at 3 (p = 0.028, p < 0.001) and 18 months (p = 0.145, p = 0.012 respectively). Conclusions: Early parenthood has been studied thoroughly in mothers, but few studies have included fathers. Identifying problems in early parenthood could help predict later problems exhibited by the preschool child, which might be prevented by supportive programmes.
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- Kerstis, Birgitta, et al.
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Association between parental depressive symptoms and impaired bonding with the infant
- 2016
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Ingår i: Archives of Women's Mental Health. - : Springer. - 1434-1816 .- 1435-1102. ; 19:1, s. 87-94
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Impaired bonding with the infant is associated with maternal postpartum depression but has not been investigated extensively in fathers. The primary study aim was to evaluate associations between maternal and paternal depressive symptoms and impaired bonding with their infant. A secondary aim was to determine the associations between parents’ marital problems and impaired bonding with the infant. The study is part of a population-based cohort project (UPPSAT) in Uppsala, Sweden. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) at 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum and the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire at 6 months postpartum were completed by 727 couples. The prevalence of impaired bonding was highest among couples in which both spouses had depressive symptoms. Impaired bonding was associated with higher EPDS scores in both mothers and fathers, as well as with experiencing a deteriorated marital relationship. The association between maternal and paternal impaired bonding and the mothers’ and fathers’ EPDS scores remained significant even after adjustment for relevant confounding factors. Depressive symptoms at 6 weeks postpartum are associated with impaired bonding with the infant at 6 months postpartum for both mothers and fathers. It is critical to screen for and prevent depressive symptoms in both parents during early parenthood.
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- Kerstis, Birgitta, 1963-
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Depressive Symptoms among Mothers and Fathers in Early Parenthood
- 2015
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Aims: The overall aims were to study depressive symptoms among mothers and fathers in early parenthood and how depressive symptoms are related to dyadic consensus (DCS), sense of coherence (SOC), perceiving of the child temperament, separation within the couple and bonding to the infant.Methods: Study I-III was based on the BiT-study, a longitudinal project where 393 couples answered 3 questionnaires including instruments measuring DCS at one week after childbirth, depressive symptoms at 3 months and parental stress at 18 months after childbirth. Study IV was based on the UPPSAT-study, a population based cohort project, where 727 couples answered questionnaires measuring depressive symptoms at 6 weeks and 6 months after childbirth, and impaired bonding at 6 months after childbirth.Results: In the BiT-study, 17.7% of the mothers and 8.7% of the fathers scored depressive symptoms at 3 months after childbirth, using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) cut-off of ≥10. There was an association between depressive symptoms and less consensus (DCS), and the parents partly differed regarding which areas of their relationship they perceived that they disagreed about. Parents with depressive symptoms had a poorer SOC and perceived their child as more difficult than parents without depressive symptoms. Among the couples, 20% were separated 6-8 years after childbirth. Separation was associated with less dyadic consensus, more depressive symptoms and parental stress. In the UPPSAT-study, 15.3% of the mothers and 5.1% of the fathers scored depressive symptoms 6 weeks after childbirth, using the EPDS cut-off of ≥10. Further, there was an association between impaired bonding at 6 months and the parents’ depressive symptoms, as well as experience of deteriorated relationship with the spouse.Conclusions and clinical implications: Health professionals need the knowledge that depressive symptoms are common in both mother and fathers in early parenthood. It is also important to understand how depressive symptoms are associated to dyadic consensus, SOC, separation and impaired bonding in order to optimize conditions for the whole family. This knowledge is also important for the public, so those who are pregnant and new parents as well as the society are aware that there might be problems in early parenthood as depressive symptoms.
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- Kerstis, Birgitta, et al.
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Depressive symptoms postpartum among parents are associated with marital separation : A Swedish cohort study
- 2014
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. - : SAGE Publications. - 1403-4948 .- 1651-1905. ; 42:7, s. 660-668
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aims: To study whether there is an association between dyadic consensus, depressive symptoms, and parental stress during early parenthood and marital separation 6–8 years after childbirth, among couples in Sweden.Methods: At baseline, 393 couples were included. The couples answered three questionnaires, including: Dyadic consensus at 1 week post-partum, depressive symptoms at 3 months post-partum and parental stress at 18 months post-partum. The parents’ addresses were followed up after 6–8 years, to study the marital separation rate.Results: We found, 6–8 years after childbirth, that 20% of study couples were separated. Separation was associated with less dyadic consensus (mothers p < 0.001; fathers p < 0.001), depressive symptoms (mothers p = 0.022; fathers p = 0.041) and parental stress (mothers p = 0.002; fathers p = 0.040). The hazard ratio (HR) for marital separation was related to dyadic consensus for fathers (HR 0.51; 95% CI 0.28–0.92), depressive symptoms for mothers (HR 1.69; 95% CI 1.01–2.84) and fathers (HR 1.92; 95% CI 1.12–3.28), and the mother’s parental stress (HR 2.16; 95% CI 1.14–4.07).Conclusions: Understanding how dyadic consensus, depressive symptoms and parental stress are associated with marital separation is important for health professionals. It could be useful in developing interventions to provide parents with adequate support during pregnancy and early parenthood. This knowledge is also important for the public. Parents should get support in pregnancy and while bringing up children, which may help prevent marital separation and optimize conditions for the children.
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- Kerstis, Birgitta, et al.
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Depressive symptoms postpartum among parents are associated with marital separation – A Swedish cohort study
- 2014
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Ingår i: Depressive symptoms postpartum among parents are associated with marital separation – A Swedish cohort study.
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Aims: To determine whether there is an association between dyadic consensus, depressive symptoms, and parental stress during early parenthood and marital separation 6–8 years after childbirth among couples in Sweden. Methods: At baseline, 393 couples were included. The couples answered three questionnaires including: dyadic consensus at one week post-partum, depressive symptoms at three months post-partum, and parental stress at 18 months post-partum. The parents’ addresses were followed up after 6-8 years to study the marital separation rate. Results: Six to eight years after childbirth, 20% of the couples were separated. Separation was associated with less dyadic consensus (mothers p < 0.001, fathers p < 0.001), depressive symptoms (mothers p = 0.022, fathers p = 0.041), and parental stress (mothers p = 0.002, fathers p = 0.040). The hazard ratio (HR) for marital separation was related to dyadic consensus for fathers (HR, 0.51; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.28--0.92), depressive symptoms for mothers (HR, 1.69; 95% CI, 1.01--2.84) and fathers (HR 1.92; 95% CI, 1.12--3.28), and parental stress for mothers (HR, 2.16; 95% CI, 1.14--4.07). Conclusions: Understanding how dyadic consensus, depressive symptoms, and parental stress are associated with marital separation is important for health professionals and could be useful in developing interventions to provide parents with adequate support during pregnancy and early parenthood. This knowledge is also important for the public. Parents should get support in pregnancy and while bringing up children, which may help prevent marital separation and optimize conditions for the children.Key Words: Depressive symptoms, Dyadic consensus, Marital separation, Parental stress, Parenthood
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Kågeträskdagboken, volym 2 : En västerbottnisk dagbok 1891–1901 med kommentarer
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Kågeträskdagboken är tillkommen mellan 1891 och 1901 på Anten-Ors gård i norra Västerbotten och är skriven av de två systrarna Greta Dahlqvist (1859– 1947) och Lovisa Dahlqvist (1862–1938). I föreliggande volym återger vi hela dagboken med tolkning och kommentarer. I Kågeträskdagbokens volym I ges en fördjupad presentation av det historiska och sociala sammanhang där Kågeträskdagboken tillkom. Där finns också tre register: Personregister, Ort- namnsregister och Ordregister. Käll- och litteraturförteckning för källor och litteratur som åberopas i fotnoterna i volym II återfinns också i volym I. Gretas och Lovisas förstaspråk var Skelleftemålet. Talad rikssvenska hade de mött som uppläsningsspråk i mer officiella sammanhang, och i skolan lärde de sig skriva svenska. Dagbokstexten utmärker sig av starka dialektala inslag samtidigt som det är uppenbart att de båda skribenterna haft starka ambitio- ner att följa normen för det svenska riksspråket. Detta gör dagboken till ett intressant forskningsobjekt inom skriftbruksforskning som är ett tvärveten- skapligt område. För att det ska vara möjligt för nutida läsare att ta del av såväl originaltex- ten som dagbokens innehåll har vi valt att återge en noggrann transkription av dagboksanteckningarna tillsammans med en tolkning. Varje enskild dagboks- sida presenteras på ett uppslag där den radrätt återgivna transkriptionen åter- finns på den högra sidan och tolkningen på den vänstra. I volym I beskriver vi hur vi gått till väga vid redigering av transkriptionen och vilka överväganden som gjorts vid tolkningen I dagboksutgåvan återfinns två typer av numrering, dels en löpande num- rering, dels en särskild numrering av dagbokssidorna; se även innehållsförteck- ningen. Dagbokshandskriften består av tre anteckningsböcker och en stor mängd lösa blad. Numreringen av dagbokssidorna utgår från de fem sviter av anteckningar som vi upprättat: i exempelvis numreringen 4:2 anger siffran 4 dagbokssvitens nummer, medan siffran 2 säger att det är sidan 2 i denna svit. Vart och ett av dagboksåren inleds med en vinjett som kort sammanfattar några av de händelser som redovisas i anteckningarna. Intill vinjetten finns en konstbild framställd av bildkonstnär Maria Sundström som gestaltar ett dagboksutdrag. För att kunna förstå dagbokstexten krävs kunskap om dialekten, men även god kunskap om den lokala geografin och om den jordbruks- och hantverkster- minologi som används. Därför har vi utarbetat en omfattande notapparat med ingående kommentarer. Vissa ord och sakförhållanden återkommer naturligt- vis, men för att göra det möjligt för läsaren att direkt hitta en förklaring av textstället upprepas samma kommentar, en del gånger i något förkortat skick. Mängder av dialektala ord förklaras, såsom ”Med slåttanna (slåtanna) avses ’tiden för slåtter av hö’”, där dagbokens återgivning av det aktuella ordet (i detta fall slåtanna) återgivits inom parentes. I noterna kommenteras ock- så ett stort antal kulturhistoriska fenomen, såsom t.ex. njutsminne: ”När man avslutat ett hästköp kunde det beseglas med att man drack njutsminne, dvs. man drack en köpskål.” De människor som omtalas i dagboken presenteras med officiellt namn och födelseår, såsom ”Rånings-Nisch, dvs. Nils Johansson Holmqvist (1845–1907)”. I personregistret i volym I återfinner man utförliga informationer om de aktuella personerna.I fotnoterna finns dessutom hänvisningar till de tre kartor och 13 stamtavlor som inleder volym II. Kartorna är följande: Karta 1. Gårdar i Kågeträsk under sent 1800-tal; Karta 2. Platser i närmiljön; Karta 3. Byar i närmiljön. Många av de människor som omnämns i dagboken är släktingar till husfolket på Anten-Ors gård. För att det ska vara möjligt att se släktskapsrelationerna mellan de olika personerna har vi upprättat stamtavlor för Anten-Ors och de- ras släktingar. De totalt tretton stamtavlorna nämner drygt 300 personer.
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- Widarsson, Margareta, et al.
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Parental stress in early parenthood among mothers and fathers in Sweden
- 2013
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. - : WILEY. - 0283-9318 .- 1471-6712. ; 27:4, s. 839-847
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Parental stress affects parenting behaviour and the quality of dyadic parent-child interactions. Mothers generally show higher parental stress than fathers. Aims: Our aims were to assess the perceived level of parental stress in early parenthood and examine the differences between mothers and fathers within couples in relation to their levels of education, parental experience, existence of a parental role model and sense of coherence. Methods: In total, 307 mothers and 301 fathers of 18-month-old children answered the Swedish Parenthood Stress Questionnaire (SPSQ); and 318 mothers and 311 fathers answered the Sense of Coherence (SOC-3) scale; 283 couples answered both the SPSQ and SOC-3. Results: Mothers perceived higher levels of stress than fathers in the sub-areas incompetence (p < 0.001), role restriction (p < 0.001), spouse relationship problems (p = 0.004) and health problems (p = 0.027), and in total (p = 0.001). In contrast, fathers perceived higher stress than mothers in the sub-area social isolation (p < 0.001). When the data were stratified with respect to education, parental experience, existence of a parental role model and sense of coherence, significant results were observed in some of these sub-areas. Conclusions: Mothers and fathers experience stress in different areas during their early parenthood. Healthcare professionals should be aware of the differences in stress that exist between mothers and fathers, so that parents can be adequately prepared for parenthood and avoid parental stress.
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- Aila Gustafsson, Sanna, et al.
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Characteristics measured by the Eating Disorder Inventory for children at risk and protective factors for disordered eating in adolescent girls
- 2010
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Ingår i: International Journal of Women's Health. - : Dove Medical Press. - 1179-1411. ; 2, s. 375-379
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: The aim of this study was to examine longitudinally the role of characteristics measured by the Eating Disorder Inventory-Child version (EDI-C) to find early predictors that might constitute risk and protective factors in the development of disordered eating.Method: Participants were divided into three groups based on eating attitudes at T2: disordered eating (n = 49), intermediate eating concern (n = 260), and healthy eating attitudes (n = 120). EDI-C from T1 (four to five years earlier) was then analyzed to find predictors of group classification at T2.Results: Drive for thinness and body dissatisfaction emerged as risk factors at T1, while drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction, and interoceptive awareness emerged as protective factors after controlling for initial eating concerns and body mass index.Discussion: Eating disorders should not be seen as a result of a premorbid personality type. Rather we should take a more social-psychological perspective to explain how individual and sociocultural factors work together in the development of these conditions.
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- Alsiö, Johan, et al.
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Parental food preferences are associated with body weight disturbance in preschool children
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Parental factors such as stress induced by parenting and certain food preferences are suspected to promote obesity in preschool children. In this context, especially the intake of dietary fat is assumed to play a key role for the children’s risk to become obese. Here we analyzed eating behaviors in parents of 3-year-olds in order to identify parental traits that are associated with body weight in these children. We also tested for possible interactions between psychosocial factors such as stress induced by parenting and parental food cravings. Questionnaires were sent out to 1300 parents whose children’s body weight was measured during ambulatory medical care visits (parental response rate 70.4%). Using the Food Craving Inventory scale allowed examining parental preferences for the following food categories: high-fat/high-protein, sweets, carbohydrates, and fast food. Psychosocial stress caused by parenting was assessed with the Swedish Parenthood Stress Questionnaire (SPSQ). Our main finding was that the parental preference for foods rich in high-fat/high-protein nutrients displayed an inverse U-shaped function to the children’s body weight such that low preference for this category was associated with both overweight and underweight in offspring. Parental preference for sweet-foods were associated with higher odds for developing overweight in early childhood. The level of parental food preferences was significantly modulated by stress induced by parenting. In conclusion, we show that parental food preference is affected by stress and is associated with the body weight status of their children. The results suggest that parental intake of high-fat/high-protein foods protects against weight disturbances in preschool children.
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