Investigation of the sense of competence and depression status among neonatal fathers

VernacularTitle:新生儿父亲育儿胜任感及抑郁状况的调查
Author: Lulu ZHANG ¹ ; Yinping ZHANG ; Chunmei LEI ; Xinshuang ZHAO ; Ruyi XIA ; Bei ZHANG
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1. 710049 西安交通大学医学部护理系
Keywords: Depression; Neonate; Father; Parenting sense of competence; Parental self-efficacy
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2015;21(7):777-780
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To comprehend the sense of competence and depression status for neonatal father and explore the relationship between them in order to provide evidence for the improvement of psychological and physical health. Methods A total of 180 3 days neonatal father had been chosen by convenience sampling method in 5 three-level hospitals in Xi′an. We utilized Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and the Chinese version of the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale ( PSCS) to survey neonatal father by questionnaire and analyzed neonatal father′s sense of competence and depression by Spearman correlation analysis. Results The average score of neonatal father′s PSCS acquired (69. 74 ± 8. 40) while there were 35 (21. 08%) father felt depression. Parenting sense of competence had negative correlation with postpartum depression (r= -0. 510,-0. 507,-0. 326,respectively;P<0. 01). Conclusions The depression of neonatal father is one issue neglected which could impact on parenting sense of competence.