Last Updated on February 28, 2017
Most prior studies have focused on the and miserable mothers negative impact their melancholy can have on children, according to the research workers from the NYU School of Medicine.
The current study involved data on more than 7,200 U.S. families. About 25 percent of children whose mother and father showed indications of depression had Mental or behavioral Problems. About 15 percent of kids whose father had depressive symptoms And 20 percent of kids whose mothers had depressive symptoms mental or behavioral problems.
About 6 percent of kids whose parents did not have symptoms of Depression had psychological or behavioral issues.
The findings shed light on “the urgent must recognize the roles of fathers in the lives of children and families,” lead study author Dr. Michael Weitzman, a professor of pediatrics and environmental medicine, said in a university news release.
The study is published in the Feb. 23 on-line issue of the Maternal and Child Health Journal.
About 6 percent of dads revealed symptoms of melancholy, according to the study. Variables associated with depression in fathers comprised living in Poverty; living having a special needs child; dwelling using a wife or partner who is depressed and having poor physical health. The strongest predictor of depression in fathers was joblessness — jobless Fathers were 6.5 times more likely to be depressed.
That is especially significant given the current high joblessness Speed, researchers noted.
“Fathers play profoundly significant Roles in the lives of families and kids, and are all too often forgotten in our attempts to assist kids. These brand new findings, we expect, will be useful to much-needed efforts to come up with strategies to identify and treat the Quite substantial number of fathers with depression,” Weitzman said in the release.