Which role for trait-anxiety in paternal perinatal depression? Preliminary results on healthy subjects.
Carmela MentoLombardo ClaraMuscatello Maria Rosaria AnnaFormica IvanCedro ClementePandolfo GianlucaZoccali Rocco AntonioBruno AntonioPublished in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2020)
Trait-anxiety, as a personality dimension, is included in neuroticism, that is one of the risk factors of the clinical condition of prenatal depression. In our study, we found a level of pathological trait anxiety, assessed in the post-partum phase. This confirms the stability of the trait anxiety construct, as a dimensional component of the personality and the findings, may be useful for promote early intervention programs for psychological support of parents, focused on individual differences in anxiety vulnerability.