The role of parental divorce in the later vulnerability to perinatal depression and early parenting stress.
Drew Mc CarthyStuart WatsonMegan GalballyPublished in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2024)
Our findings did not support an impact of parental divorce on either maternal perinatal depression or on parenting stress, suggesting the experience of parental divorce for children may not inevitably impact their later experiences as parents. Further research on the association with age of parental divorce and later perinatal mental health is warranted.