Perinatal mental health: a review of progress and challenges

LM Howard, H Khalifeh - World Psychiatry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Perinatal mental health has become a significant focus of interest in recent years, with
investment in new specialist mental health services in some high‐income countries, and …

Father-child play: A systematic review of its frequency, characteristics and potential impact on children's development

A Amodia-Bidakowska, C Laverty… - Developmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Parent-child play interactions in the first years of life are linked to more positive cognitive and
socio-emotional outcomes for children. The vast majority of previous research has focussed …

The role of antenatal and postnatal maternal bonding in infant development: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

GA Le Bas, GJ Youssef, JA Macdonald… - Social …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to systematically review the empirical literature on maternal
bonding and associations with infant physical, psychological, and social development …

Relations between child and parent fears and changes in family functioning related to COVID-19

S Suffren, K Dubois-Comtois, JP Lemelin… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In adults, higher anxiety level related to COVID-19 has been associated with having a pre-
existing medical or mental health condition and poor sleep quality. However, no study yet …

Fatherhood matters: An integrative review of fatherhood intervention research

JB Henry, WA Julion, DT Bounds… - The Journal of School …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Positive father involvement is critical to the healthy social, emotional, and academic
outcomes of children at all stages of development. The purpose of this integrative review …

The neurobiology of fatherhood

JK Rilling, JS Mascaro - Current opinion in psychology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Paternal care is associated with hormonal changes in rodents, primates and
humans.•Paternal behavior depends on similar neural systems as maternal …

Effects of multi-component parenting and parental mental health interventions on early childhood development and parent outcomes: a systematic review and meta …

A Al Sager, SH Goodman, J Jeong, PA Bain… - The Lancet Child & …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Interventions supporting parents of young children often target parenting or
parental mental health separately. Multi-component parenting and parental mental health …

Interpersonal neural synchrony during father–child problem solving: an fNIRS hyperscanning study

T Nguyen, H Schleihauf, M Kungl, E Kayhan… - Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interpersonal neural synchrony (INS) has been previously evidenced in mother–child
interactions, yet findings concerning father–child interaction are wanting. The current …

Associations between psychopathology in mothers, fathers and their children: A structural modeling approach

D Weijers, FJA Van Steensel, SM Bögels - Journal of child and family …, 2018 - Springer
This study investigated associations between parental and child psychopathology with
parenting stress as a possible mediator, in order to get more insight in mothers' and fathers' …

Great expectations? Do mothers' and fathers' prenatal thoughts and feelings about the infant predict parent-infant interaction quality? A meta-analytic review

S Foley, C Hughes - Developmental Review, 2018 - Elsevier
Drawing on data gathered from 14 studies involving a total of 1862 mothers and fathers, this
meta-analysis reviews the measures that are used to tap into thoughts and feelings about …