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

Psychiatry Research
Martin LindstromMaria Rosvall

Abstract

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 Skåne 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.

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Jun 7, 2014·BMC Public Health·Martin LindströmMaria Rosvall
Aug 17, 2016·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Nadja KabischMatilda Annerstedt van den Bosch
Jul 18, 2017·PloS One·Genevieve GariepyChristopher Barrington-Leigh
Jun 2, 2018·SSM - Population Health·Martin Lindström, Maria Rosvall

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