Table III.
Fathers’ psychological well-being.
| Family | Disclosure | n | Mean | SD | Statistically significant effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 1 | |||||
| Parenting stress | |||||
| DI | Non-disclosing | 23 | 57.35 | 10.53 | |
| Disclosing | 18 | 61.89 | 17.68 | ||
| ED | Non-disclosing | 17 | 61.88 | 11.67 | |
| Disclosing | 23 | 63.00 | 14.06 | ||
| Depression | |||||
| DI | Non-disclosing | 24 | 3.25 | 3.23 | |
| Disclosing | 18 | 5.22 | 4.60 | ||
| ED | Non-disclosing | 17 | 3.53 | 2.65 | |
| Disclosing | 23 | 4.09 | 3.26 | ||
| Anxiety | |||||
| DI | Non-disclosing | 24 | 32.79 | 7.74 | |
| Disclosing | 17 | 33.41 | 9.84 | ||
| ED | Non-disclosing | 17 | 32.18 | 6.47 | |
| Disclosing | 23 | 37.22 | 7.19 | ||
| Age 2 | |||||
| Parenting stress | |||||
| DI | Non-disclosing | 20 | 59.25 | 12.09 | |
| Disclosing | 14 | 67.93 | 19.49 | ||
| ED | Non-disclosing | 13 | 64.85 | 13.23 | |
| Disclosing | 16 | 62.25 | 11.10 | ||
| Depression | |||||
| DI | Non-disclosing | 20 | 3.40 | 2.96 | |
| Disclosing | 14 | 5.21 | 5.51 | ||
| ED | Non-disclosing | 13 | 4.46 | 3.78 | |
| Disclosing | 16 | 6.13 | 4.11 | ||
| Anxiety | Disclosure F = 6.31, P = 0.02 | ||||
| DI | Non-disclosing | 20 | 30.45 | 7.40 | |
| Disclosing | 14 | 36.14 | 9.83 | ||
| ED | Non-disclosing | 13 | 32.77 | 7.41 | |
| Disclosing | 16 | 37.25 | 7.10 | ||
| Age 3 | |||||
| Parenting stress | |||||
| DI | Non-disclosing | 15 | 65.93 | 18.17 | |
| Disclosing | 14 | 63.14 | 14.41 | ||
| ED | Non-disclosing | 6 | 67.83 | 17.22 | |
| Disclosing | 20 | 68.35 | 12.53 | ||
| Depression | |||||
| DI | Non-disclosing | 17 | 4.94 | 4.78 | |
| Disclosing | 13 | 5.08 | 4.82 | ||
| ED | Non-disclosing | 6 | 4.67 | 4.63 | |
| Disclosing | 20 | 4.15 | 2.85 | ||
| Anxiety | |||||
| DI | Non-disclosing | 17 | 44.82 | 5.56 | |
| Disclosing | 13 | 43.46 | 3.18 | ||
| ED | Non-disclosing | 6 | 45.17 | 4.26 | |
| Disclosing | 20 | 42.70 | 2.89 | ||
| Age 7 | |||||
| Parenting stress | Interaction F = 5.47, P = 0.02 | ||||
| DI | Non-disclosing | 15 | 50.53 | 11.24 | |
| Disclosing | 7 | 63.71 | 8.98 | ||
| ED | Non-disclosing | 14 | 65.14 | 17.25 | |
| Disclosing | 9 | 59.67 | 8.20 | ||
| Depression | |||||
| DI | Not disclosed | 17 | 3.71 | 2.73 | |
| Disclosed | 5 | 4.40 | 2.07 | ||
| ED | Not disclosed | 14 | 3.64 | 3.23 | |
| Disclosed | 8 | 2.00 | 1.31 | ||
| Anxiety | Disclosure F = 5.38, P = 0.03 Interaction F = 2.90, P = 0.1 |
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| DI | Not disclosed | 17 | 30.12 | 6.37 | |
| Disclosed | 7 | 38.43 | 9.03 | ||
| ED | Not disclosed | 14 | 34.50 | 6.35 | |
| Disclosed | 9 | 35.78 | 5.59 | ||
| Age 10 | |||||
| Depression | Interaction F = 4.23, P = 0.05 | ||||
| DI | Not disclosed | 14 | 3.57 | 2.62 | |
| Disclosed | 7 | 5.86 | 2.97 | ||
| ED | Not disclosed | 9 | 4.67 | 2.78 | |
| Disclosed | 9 | 3.33 | 2.35 | ||
| Anxiety | Disclosure F = 2.90, P = 0.1 | ||||
| DI | Not disclosed | 14 | 29.50 | 6.78 | |
| Disclosed | 7 | 36.57 | 7.72 | ||
| ED | Not disclosed | 9 | 32.33 | 5.52 | |
| Disclosed | 8 | 32.63 | 5.48 | ||