Economic stress in childhood and adulthood, and poor psychological health: Three life course hypotheses

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

卷:215

Article

Lindstrom, Martin^1,2  Fridh, Maria¹  Rosvall, Maria^1,2 

[1] Lund Univ, Dept Clin Sci Malmo, S-20502 Malmo, Sweden

[2] Lund Univ, Ctr Econ Demog, S-20502 Malmo, Sweden

关键词: Economic stress;    Mental health;    GHQ12;    Life course perspective;    Social capital;    Sweden;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2013.11.018

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Investigations of mental health in a life course perspective are scarce. The aim is to investigate associations between economic stress in childhood and adulthood, and poor psychological health in adulthood with reference to the accumulation, critical period and social mobility hypotheses in life course epidemiology. The 2008 public health survey in Skane is a cross-sectional postal questionnaire study. A random sample was invited which yielded 28,198 respondents aged 18-80 (55% participation). Psychological health was assessed with the GHQ12 instrument. Logistic regression models were used to investigate the associations adjusting for age, country of birth, socioeconomic status, emotional support, instrumental support and trust, and stratifying by sex. The accumulation hypothesis was confirmed because combined childhood and adulthood exposures to economic stress were associated with poor psychological health in a graded manner. The social mobility hypothesis was also confirmed. The critical period hypothesis was not confirmed because both childhood and adulthood economic stress remained significantly associated with poor psychological health in adulthood. Economic stress in childhood is associated with mental health in adulthood. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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