abstract: 'The Dresden Study on Parenting, Work, and Mental Health ({''''}DResdner

  Studie zu Elternschaft, Arbeit, und Mentaler Gesundheit{''''}, DREAM) aims

  to prospectively investigate the relationship between parental work

  participation, role distribution, stress factors, and their effects on

  perinatal outcomes and long-term family mental and somatic health in a

  community sample targeting N = 4,000 individuals, i.e., 2,000 couples,

  expecting a child and residing in Dresden, Germany (interim sample of N

  = 1,410 participants, recruitment ongoing). Various questionnaires are

  completed at four measurement points from pregnancy to 2 years

  postpartum (prolongation into middle childhood planned). Applying a

  multi-method approach, long-term endocrinological data (analyses of hair

  cortisol concentrations and other endogenous hormones,

  ``DREAM(HAIR){''''}) and qualitative interview data (regarding gender role

  attitudes and distribution of domestic work, child care, and paid

  employment; ``DREAM(TALK){''''}) are obtained. In this study protocol, the

  theoretical background, methods, and preliminary results considering

  sociodemographic characteristics during pregnancy and birth-related

  factors at 8 weeks postpartum are presented. Additionally, there is a

  focus on our endocrinological sub-study DREAM(HAIR). In this sub-study

  currently comprising N = 152 participants, i.e., 88 families

  (recruitment ongoing), we want to gain knowledge on the

  transgenerational processes of stress regulation and psychopathology in

  the whole family by analyzing hair cortisol concentrations in both

  parents and children during the course from pregnancy (or after birth

  regarding children) to at least 2 years postpartum. By comparing data of

  the community sample to a clinical sample of mothers with postpartum

  mental disorders, their children, and their partners during the period

  between admission and discharge from a mother-baby unit and

  post-treatment ({''''}DREAM(MBU){''''}), the course of mothers''

  psychopathology, parent-infant interaction, and infant regulation

  disorders with special regard to long-term endocrine correlates will be

  examined. With previous studies neglecting the fathers or partners

  involved, a major advantage of DREAM is the use of a multi-method and

  multi-level approach by examining the whole family in a longitudinal

  design. Therefore, the DREAM study will contribute to a better

  understanding of the role of social, work, and stress factors for mental

  and somatic health and its long-term endocrine correlates in the natural

  course of becoming a family.'
affiliation: 'Garthus-Niegel, S (Corresponding Author), Tech Univ Dresden, Fac Med,
  Dept Psychotherapy \& Psychosomat Med, Dresden, Germany.

  Garthus-Niegel, S (Corresponding Author), Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Dept Child Hlth,
  Oslo, Norway.

  Kress, Victoria; Steudte-Schmiedgen, Susann; Kopp, Marie; Foerster, Anke; Altus,
  Caroline; Schier, Caroline; Weidner, Kerstin; Junge-Hoffmeister, Juliano; Garthus-Niegel,
  Susan, Tech Univ Dresden, Fac Med, Dept Psychotherapy \& Psychosomat Med, Dresden,
  Germany.

  Steudte-Schmiedgen, Susann; Kirschbaum, Clemens, Tech Univ Dresden, Fac Psychol,
  Inst Biol Psychol, Dresden, Germany.

  Wimberger, Pauline, Tech Univ Dresden, Fac Med, Dept Gynecol \& Obstet, Dresden,
  Germany.

  von Soest, Tilmann, Univ Oslo, PROMENTA Res Ctr, Dept Psychol, Oslo, Norway.

  Garthus-Niegel, Susan, Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Dept Child Hlth, Oslo, Norway.'
article-number: '1273'
author: Kress, Victoria and Steudte-Schmiedgen, Susann and Kopp, Marie and Foerster,
  Anke and Altus, Caroline and Schier, Caroline and Wimberger, Pauline and Kirschbaum,
  Clemens and von Soest, Tilmann and Weidner, Kerstin and Junge-Hoffmeister, Juliano
  and Garthus-Niegel, Susan
author-email: susan.garthus-niegel@uniklinikum-dresden.de
author_list:
- family: Kress
  given: Victoria
- family: Steudte-Schmiedgen
  given: Susann
- family: Kopp
  given: Marie
- family: Foerster
  given: Anke
- family: Altus
  given: Caroline
- family: Schier
  given: Caroline
- family: Wimberger
  given: Pauline
- family: Kirschbaum
  given: Clemens
- family: von Soest
  given: Tilmann
- family: Weidner
  given: Kerstin
- family: Junge-Hoffmeister
  given: Juliano
- family: Garthus-Niegel
  given: Susan
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01273
files: []
issn: 1664-1078
journal: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
keywords: 'parental mental health; work participation; role distribution;

  peripartum stress; DREAM study; hair cortisol; multi-method approach;

  study protocol'
keywords-plus: 'HAIR CORTISOL CONCENTRATIONS; LONG-TERM CORTISOL; GERMAN VERSION;

  MATERNAL STRESS; LIFE EVENTS; METACOGNITIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRIC

  PROPERTIES; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PATERNAL DEPRESSION; SALIVARY CORTISOL'
language: English
month: JUN 12
number-of-cited-references: '218'
orcid-numbers: 'von Soest, Tilmann/0000-0002-5576-2059

  Steudte-Schmiedgen, Susann/0000-0002-1171-7133

  Garthus-Niegel, Susan/0000-0002-7472-674X'
papis_id: 2efc5e9f05f505bfc9d9e06abe71376f
ref: Kress2019impactparental
researcherid-numbers: 'von Soest, Tilmann/P-4350-2014

  Steudte-Schmiedgen, Susann/HHZ-4248-2022

  Kirschbaum, Clemens/AAB-1752-2020

  '
times-cited: '23'
title: 'The Impact of Parental Role Distributions, Work Participation, and Stress
  Factors on Family Health-Related Outcomes: Study Protocol of the Prospective Multi-Method
  Cohort ``Dresden Study on Parenting, Work, and Mental Health″ (DREAM)'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000471301400002
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '14'
volume: '10'
web-of-science-categories: Psychology, Multidisciplinary
year: '2019'