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. 2021 Jul 27;11(7):e047909. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047909

Table 2.

MAPP Study domains and constructs measured at each annual assessment

Measures Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 5
Demographics          
 Date of birth ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Gender ✓ – – – –
 Ethnicity ✓ – – – –
 Education ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Sexual orientation ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Living arrangements76 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Income ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Birthplace ✓ – – – –
 Relationship status ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Relative advantage/disadvantage46 ✓ – – – –
Mental health          
 Depression53 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Anxiety53 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Stress53 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Irritability77 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 State anger78 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Shame79 – – – ✓ ✓
Well-being          
 Environmental mastery80 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Purpose in life80 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Reflective functioning64 – – ✓ ✓ ✓
 Coping81 – – ✓ ✓ ✓
 Understood/misunderstood82 – – ✓ ✓ ✓
 Risk-taking83 – – – ✓ ✓
Parenting          
 Father-infant bonding66 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Paternal stress84 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Paternal involvement in childcare85 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Coparenting relationships86 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Parental decision making – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Future parenting expectations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Desire to have children87 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Parenting like own parent ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Family of origin          
 Parent-child bonding (mother)88 ✓ – – – –
 Parent-child bonding (father)88 ✓ – – – –
 Parent separation/death ✓ – – – –
Social relationships          
 Social engagement ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Social support89 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Intimate relationship self and partner90 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Dyadic adjustment91 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Relationship duration ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Roles and identity          
 Role ambiguity92 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Identity salience93 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Self-reliance94 – – – ✓ ✓
Work/home          
 Paternity leave use ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Job/home competence95 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Job stress96 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Job security96 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Job complexity96 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Job control96 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 General job items ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Operational stress97 – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Traits          
 Trait anger78 ✓ – – – –
 Six factor model of personality98 – ✓ – – –
 Socially prescribed perfectionism99 – – ✓ – –
Overall health and events          
 Overall health100 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Sleep quality101 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Stressful life events102 – ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 General comments ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Offspring and birth          
 Parenting status ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Offspring demographics ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Child sleep76 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Child breastfeeding duration ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 In Vitro Fertilisation use ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Difficulties in childbirth ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Substance use          
 Cigarettes27 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Alcohol103 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Cannabis27 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Amphetamines27 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Other drugs27 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Note. ✓ indicates the construct was assessed at that wave. Data are collected annually with an invitation and survey link sent on the anniversary of completion of the last wave completed. Participants are given 3 months from the date of the wave invitation to complete the survey. Because of staggered recruitment, the data collection period extends from February 2015 to December 2021.

MAPP, Men and Parenting Pathways.