The scores for all measures for both mothers and fathers decreased from T1 to T2. Results: The analyses showed that compared to fathers, mothers reported higher scores on postpartum anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. At three (T1) and 6 months (T2) postpartum, both parents filled out, in a counterbalanced order, the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Method: The sample included 362 parents (181 couples mothers’ M Age = 35.03, SD = 4.7 fathers’ M Age = 37.9, SD = 5.6) of healthy babies. The specific aims of this study were 1) to investigate whether there were any differences between first-time fathers’ and mothers’ postnatal parenting stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms and to see their evolution between three and 6 months after their child’s birth and 2) to explore how each parent’s parenting stress and anxiety levels and the anxiety levels and depressive symptoms of their partners contributed to parental postnatal depression. Objective: Although there is an established link between parenting stress, postnatal depression, and anxiety, no study has yet investigated this link in first-time parental couples. 6Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.5Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Roma, Roma, Italy.4Department of Psychology, University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy.3Faculty of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.2Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.1Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.Prino 2, Flaminia Odorisio 4, Annamaria Trovato 5, Concetta Polizzi 6, Piera Brustia 2, Loredana Lucarelli 1, Fiorella Monti 3, Emanuela Saita 4 and Renata Tambelli 5 Laura Vismara 1*, Luca Rollè 2, Francesca Agostini 3, Cristina Sechi 1, Valentina Fenaroli 4, Sara Molgora 4, Erica Neri 3, Laura E.
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