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Title: Gender Differences in Depression across Parental Roles
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Shafer, Kevin M. Pace, Garrett T. |
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Gender Differences in Depression across Parental Roles Social Work 60,2 (April 2015): 115-125. Also: https://academic.oup.com/sw/article/60/2/115/2472153 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Family Structure; Gender Differences; Parenthood Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Prior research has focused on the relationship between parenthood and psychological well-being, with mixed results. Some studies have also addressed potential gender differences in this relationship, again yielding varied findings. One reason may be methodological choices pursued in these studies, including the lack of focus on combined parental roles (for example, biological parent and stepparent). The authors used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 (N = 6,276) and multinomial treatment models to address how combined roles influence depressive symptoms in mothers and fathers. Further, they explored potential gender differences. Their results indicated that having multiple parental roles is negatively associated with psychological well-being for both men and women, whereas childlessness is more negative for women, and specific parental role combinations affect mothers and fathers differently. Within the context of changing family structure in the United States, these results have important implications for social workers and other mental health professionals--particularly with regard to screening for depression among parents, who are less likely to seek mental health counseling than childless adults. |
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Shafer, Kevin M. and Garrett T. Pace. "Gender Differences in Depression across Parental Roles." Social Work 60,2 (April 2015): 115-125.
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