A Longitudinal Study of Income Inequality and Mental Health Among Canadian Secondary School Students: Results From the Cannabis, Obesity, Mental Health, Physical Activity, Alcohol, Smoking, and Sedentary Behavior Study (2016-2019)

被引：3

作者：

Benny, Claire ^{[1
,4
]}

Patte, Karen A. ^{[2
]}

Veugelers, Paul J. ^{[1
]}

Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^{[1
]}

Leatherdale, Scott T. ^{[3
]}

Pabayo, Roman ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Alberta, Sch Publ Hlth, Edmonton, AB, Canada

[2] Brock Univ, Dept Hlth Sci, St Catharines, ON, Canada

[3] Univ Waterloo, Sch Publ Hlth Sci, Waterloo, ON, Canada

[4] Univ Alberta Sch Publ Hlth, Edmonton Clin Hlth Acad 3 300, 11405-87 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada

来源：

JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH | 2023年 / 73卷 / 01期

关键词：

Income inequality; Mental health; Depression; Anxiety; Adolescents; MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ASSOCIATIONS; SYMPTOMS; OUTCOMES;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.01.028

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Purpose: Depression and anxiety among adolescents are major public health concerns. Findings indicate that income inequality was associated with increased risk for depression and anxiety among adolescents; however, this has not been tested longitudinally. We aim to quantify the longitudinal association between income inequality and depression and anxiety among Canadian adolescents.Methods: We used longitudinal data on 21,141 students from three waves (2016/17-2018/19) of the Cannabis, Obesity, Mental health, Physical activity, Alcohol, Smoking, and Sedentary behavior (COMPASS) school-based study. Multilevel modeling was used to assess the association between census division (CD)-level income inequality and depressive and anxiety symptoms and odds for depression and anxiety over time.Results: Across CDs, the mean Gini coefficient was 0.37 (range: 0.30, 0.46). Attending schools in CDs with higher levels of income inequality was associated with higher depressive scores (S = 0.08; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.02, 0.14) and an increased odds for depression (odds ratio = 1.55, 95% CI = 1.06, 2.28) over time. Income inequality was not significantly associated with anxiety symptoms or experiencing anxiety over time. Additional analyses showed that income inequality was associated with higher depressive scores among females (S = 0.10; 95% CI = 0.01, 0.18) and males (S = 0.08, 95% CI = 0.01, 0.15) and for anxiety scores among females (S = 0.13, 95% CI = 0.04, 0.22), but not among males (S =-0.01, 95% CI =-0.09, 0.06).Discussion: Findings from this study indicated that income inequality is associated with depression over time among adolescents. This study highlights key points of intervention for the prevention of mental illness in adolescents.(c) 2023 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. All rights reserved.

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