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World J Psychiatry. Jan 19, 2026; 16(1): 112057
Published online Jan 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i1.112057
Table 1 General characteristics of the participants (n = 358)
Variables
n (%)
Age (mean ± SD)37.10 ± 2.75
Parity
    1175 (48.88)
    2119 (33.24)
    ≥ 364 (17.88)
Level of education
    Junior school or lower77 (21.52)
    Senior high school82 (22.91)
    College and above199 (55.87)
Family income per capita(yuan/month)
    < 300093 (25.98)
    3000-5000197 (55.03)
    > 500068 (18.99)
Living condition
    Good233 (65.08)
    Bad125 (34.92)
Multiple pregnancies
    Yes44 (12.29)
    No314 (87.71)
Status of work
    Full-time work209 (58.38)
    Part-time work149 (41.62)
Marital relationship
    Good315 (87.99)
    Bad43 (12.01)
In-law relationship
    Good272 (75.98)
    Bad86 (24.02)
History of abnormal pregnancy
    Yes115 (32.12)
    No243 (67.88)
SSRS (mean ± SD)39.95 ± 6.99
    Objective support8.89 ± 2.52
    Subjective support23.17 ± 5.48
    Support utilization7.89 ± 1.80
EPDS (mean ± SD)8.97 ± 4.62
Table 2 Model fit results from the latent profile analysis
Components
AIC
BIC
aBIC
ETRO
LMR
BLRT
Categorical probability
18216.1048293.7148230.265
27515.1397635.4357537.0880.910< 0.001< 0.0010.55/0.45
37243.1347406.1167272.8720.9290.001< 0.0010.39/0.49/0.12
47115.9497321.6177153.4760.9530.610< 0.0010.11/0.32/0.44/0.13
Table 3 Regression mixture model of the latent paternal perinatal depression subtype

CLASS 2 (ref = CLASS 1)
CLASS 3 (ref = CLASS 1)
Variables
β
OR
95%CI
β
OR
95%CI
Age
    30-34-0.1880.8280.252-2.724-1.3010.2720.036-2.043
    35-360.8732.3940.901-6.3610.6681.9510.664-5.729
    37-390.3601.4330.572-3.591-0.6890.5020.130-1.944
    40-45 (ref)
Parity
    10.4301.5370.606-3.8971.493a4.4511.193-16.61
    20.5661.7620.804-3.8630.9812.6670.716-9.935
    ≥ 3 (ref)
Level of education
    Junior school or lower-0.7930.4520.125-1.6330.4481.5650.585-4.191
    Senior high school0.4021.4940.704-3.169-0.8530.4260.110-1.656
    College and above (ref)
Family income per capita (yuan/month)
    < 30000.5751.7770.768-4.1091.386a4.0001.182-13.541
    3000-50001.1903.2860.952-11.3381.0772.9350.659-13.081
    > 5000 (ref)
Living condition
    Good-0.6610.5160.266-1.004-0.1910.8260.328-2.080
    Bad (ref)
Multiple pregnancies
    Yes0.3481.4160.616-3.2560.6901.9940.617-6.448
    No (ref)
Status of work
    Part-time work0.0731.0760.603-1.9210.817a2.2631.041-4.920
    Full-time work (ref)
Marital relationship
    Good-1.308a0.2700.080-0.919-0.7430.4760.099-2.291
    Bad (ref)
In-law relationship
    Good-0.7160.4890.208-1.151-0.5350.5860.175-1.959
    Bad (ref)
History of abnormal pregnancy
    Yes0.4501.5690.763-3.2231.014a2.7561.156-6.569
    No (ref)
    Objective support-0.191a0.8260.693-0.985-0.0910.9130.788-1.059
Subjective support-0.092b0.9120.860-0.968-0.120b0.8870.820-0.960
Support utilization-0.167a0.8460.719-0.997-0.346b0.7080.568-0.882