Financial difficulties in childhood and adult depression in Europe

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作者
Boe, Tormod [1 ]
Balaj, Mirza [2 ]
Eikemo, Terje A. [2 ]
McNamara, Courtney L. [2 ]
Solheim, Erling F. [2 ]
机构
[1] Uni Res Hlth, Reg Ctr Child & Youth Mental Hlth & Child Welf, Mailbox 7810, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
[2] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Sociol & Polit Sci, Trondheim, Norway
关键词
WELFARE-STATE REGIMES; SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; LIFE-COURSE; ECONOMIC HARDSHIP; MENTAL-HEALTH; STRESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INEQUALITIES; ADOLESCENTS; LONELINESS;
D O I
10.1093/eurpub/ckw253
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Background: Financial difficulties in childhood may be associated with immediate and long-term consequences for mental health. The aim of the current paper is to investigate the association between childhood financial difficulties and adult depression, and assess the relative contribution of financial difficulties in childhood to symptoms of adult depression across different age groups. Methods: Using three age cohorts (25-40, 41-59, 60-75) from 19 countries in the European Social Survey Round 7 (N=18 401), multi-level and country-wise OLS regression analyses were used to investigate the association between financial difficulties in childhood and adult depression, while adjusting for age, education, gender, highest education in family, level of family conflict, number of social meetings and marital status. Results: Financial difficulties in childhood was found to be influential predictors of depression scores for 25-40 year olds in 10 out of 19 countries in fully adjusted models. In older participants, depression scores were mostly influenced by frequency of social meetings and marital status. There was great variation in the pattern of influential risk factors across countries, and the predicted effect childhood financial difficulties had on adult depression scores. Conclusion: Childhood financial difficulties as predictors of depression appear to, by themselves, exert the strongest influence in younger adults. There was, however, large variation between countries in the magnitude of associated risk, and in the pattern of risk factors contributing to adult depression, which underscores the need to account for country-level factors when aiming to gain knowledge about mental health.
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