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Xiang Y, Cao R, Li X. Parental education level and adolescent depression: A multi-country meta-analysis. J Affect Disord 2024; 347:645-655. [PMID: 38008290 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.11.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
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Adolescent depression, as a common problem, has always been the focus of attention and research. However, no consistent conclusion has been drawn on its relationship with parental education level. Therefore, this study used meta-analysis and dose-response analysis techniques to explore the overall relationship between the two, and further explore the moderating factors affecting the relationship between the two through subgroup analysis and meta-regression analysis. After a literature search and screening, a total of 22 literatures were included, including 634,821 adolescents aged 9-25, distributed in 10 countries. The results showed that: (1) Overall parental education level was negatively correlated with adolescent depressive symptoms (RR = 0.88. p < 0.001), and there was a dose-response relationship between the two. (2) Geographical location (p = 0.002 < 0.05) and national economic development (p = 0.03 < 0.05) significantly moderated and affected the association between parental education level and adolescent depression, thus presenting a global inconsistency. The results of this study provide a more accurate conclusion on the relationship between parental education and adolescent depression to some extent, highlight the importance and necessity of considering family, economic and cultural factors when studying and solving adolescent depression problems, and guide us to pay more attention to the cross-regional and cross-cultural differences in adolescent depression problems.
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- Yanhui Xiang
- Teacher Education College, Hunan City University, China; Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan and Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
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- Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan and Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Tao Xingzhi Research Institute, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing, China.
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Kilpi F, Howe LD. Early-life socioeconomic circumstances and the comorbidity of depression and overweight in adolescence and young adulthood: A prospective study. SSM Popul Health 2023; 24:101494. [PMID: 37674980 PMCID: PMC10477755 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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Depression and overweight both often emerge early in life and have been found to be associated, but few studies examine depression-overweight comorbidity and its social patterning early in the life course. Drawing on data from 4,948 participants of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort from the UK (2,798 female, 2,150 male), we investigated how different aspects of early-life socioeconomic circumstances are associated with depression-overweight comorbidity from adolescence to young adulthood exploring any differences by age and sex. We estimated how parental education, social class and financial difficulties reported in pregnancy were associated with depression and overweight, and their comorbidity at approximately the ages 17 and 24 in males and females. The results from multinomial logistic regression models showed that all three socioeconomic markers were associated with depression-overweight comorbidity and results were similar across age. Lower parental education (relative risk ratio (RRR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of low education v high education: 3.61 (2.30-5.67) in females and 1.54 (1.14-2.07) in males) and social class (class IV/V v class I: 5.67 (2.48-12.94) in females and 3.11 (0.70-13.91) in males) had strong associations with comorbidity at age 17 relative to having neither depression or overweight. Financial difficulties were also a risk factor in females, with less clear results in males. These findings highlight how early socioeconomic circumstances are linked with the accumulation of mental and physical health problems already in adolescence, which has implications for life-long health inequalities.
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- Fanny Kilpi
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Liu G, Liu W, Zheng X, Li J. The higher the household income, the lower the possibility of depression and anxiety disorder: evidence from a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1264174. [PMID: 38053539 PMCID: PMC10694246 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1264174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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Objectives Observational studies have demonstrated that household income is associated with morbidity of mental disorders. However, a causal relationship between the two factors remains unclear. Therefore, we investigated the causal relationship between household income status and genetic liability of mental disorders using a bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) study. Methods This MR study included a large cohort of the European population from publicly available genome-wide association study datasets. A random-effects inverse-variance weighting model was used as the main standard, with MR-Egger regression, weighted median, and maximum likelihood estimations performed concurrently as supplements. Sensitivity analysis, consisting of heterogeneity and horizontal pleiotropy tests, was performed using Cochran's Q test, MR-Egger intercept, and MR-PRESSO tests to ensure the reliability of the conclusions. Results A higher household income tended to be associated with a lower risk of genetic liability for depression (odds ratio [OR]: 0.655, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.522-0.822, p < 0.001) and anxiety disorder (OR: 0.666, 95% CI = 0.526-0.843, p < 0.001). No associations were observed for schizophrenia (OR: 0.678, 95% CI = 0.460-1.000, p = 0.05), panic disorder (OR: 0.837, 95% CI = 0.445-1.577, p = 0.583), insomnia (OR: 1.051, 95% CI = 0.556-1.986, p = 0.877), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OR: 1.421, 95% CI = 0.778-2.596, p = 0.252), and bipolar disorder (OR: 1.126, 95% CI = 0.757-1.677, p = 0.556). A reverse MR study showed no reverse causal relationship between psychiatric disorders and household income. Sensitivity analysis verified the reliability of the results. Conclusion Our results revealed that the population with a higher household income tended to have a minor risk of genetic liability in depression and anxiety disorders.
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- Guangyan Liu
- Department of Geriatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, China
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Lemke T, Hökby S, Wasserman D, Carli V, Hadlaczky G. Associations between sleep habits, quality, chronotype and depression in a large cross-sectional sample of Swedish adolescents. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0293580. [PMID: 37917651 PMCID: PMC10621812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate behavioral sleep habits, self-perceived quality of sleep, and chronotype, and to examine their association with clinically relevant levels of depression in Swedish adolescents. METHOD Questionnaire data were obtained from a representative sample of Swedish adolescents (n = 8449; 50.8% girls; aged 12-16). Depression was defined as >13 BDI-II scores. Logistic regression modelling estimated the effects of sleep duration, sleep quality, and chronotype on depression, adjusted for socio-demographic factors. RESULTS On weekdays, approximately 46% of adolescents slept less than the recommended length of eight hours per night (depressed: 68%, non-depressed: 40%). On weekends, however, only 17% slept shorter than recommended. Short weekday sleep duration was more common among girls than boys (53% vs. 38%) and girls reported worse sleep quality. The regression model showed that depression was predicted by weekday sleep duration (OR = 0.773, p < .0001), sleep quality (OR = 0.327, p < .0001), and late chronotype (OR = 1.126, p = .0017), but not by weekend sleep duration. A 30-minute increase in weekday sleep duration was associated with about 10% lower odds of depression. CONCLUSIONS A substantial proportion of Swedish adolescents do not seem to meet the sleep recommendations of eight hours per night. Short sleep duration on weekdays, poor sleep quality, and late chronotype were associated with increased risk of depression. Interventions promoting longer weekday sleep duration (e.g., later school start times) seem relevant in this context, but further research is needed to investigate the directionality and underlying mechanisms of these associations.
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- Theresa Lemke
- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP), Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP), Centre for Health Economics, Informatics and Health Services Research (CHIS), Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden
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- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP), Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP), Centre for Health Economics, Informatics and Health Services Research (CHIS), Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden
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- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP), Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP), Centre for Health Economics, Informatics and Health Services Research (CHIS), Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden
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- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP), Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP), Centre for Health Economics, Informatics and Health Services Research (CHIS), Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden
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- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP), Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP), Centre for Health Economics, Informatics and Health Services Research (CHIS), Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden
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Yang G, D'Arcy C. Age, period and cohort effects in depression prevalence among Canadians 65+, 1994 to 2018: A multi-level analysis. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2022:207640221141785. [PMID: 36475530 DOI: 10.1177/00207640221141785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The nature of the Canadian population 65+ has changed considerably over the past several decades. They comprise a larger proportion of the population, are better educated, and are wealthier than previous generations. We estimate the contributions of chronological aging, temporal periods, and birth cohort effects on the trends in the major depressive episode (MDE) prevalence among Canadian seniors from 1994/1995 to 2017/2018. METHODS Using data from two sets of national health surveys, the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) and the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS). Pooled data on 150,246 survey respondents aged 65+ from 16 repeated cross-sectional surveys are included. Hierarchical regression age-period-cohort models were used to visualize the linear and non-linear effects of age, period, and cohort trends in late-life depression. RESULTS We found that: the prevalence of MDE in later life fluctuated non-significantly during the study time period; the probability of developing MDE declined with increasing age from 65 to 80+ (β = -.32, p = .027). The significant quadratic birth cohort predictor showed a non-linear increasing association with the prevalence of MDE from the earlier to later-born cohorts (β = .01, p = .049). We also found that females 65+ were consistently more likely to be depressed than males 65+ (β = .47, p = .007). The significantly negative "age × female" interaction shows that age exerts a greater effect on females' probability of developing MDE than males (β = -.09, p = .011). There were no consistent significant period effects but there were peaks in prevalence around 2001, 2008, and 2012 which corresponded to some recent historical events. Our moderation analysis documents that lower levels of education significantly contributed to the higher rates of depression among cohorts born earlier in the 20th century. CONCLUSIONS Our findings show the presence of strong chronological age and cohort effects and weaker period effects on the prevalence of late-life depression in Canadian seniors.
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- Guang Yang
- School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Lakhdir MPA, Akber Ali N, Peerwani G, Farooq S, Khaliq A, Nathwani AA, Azam SI. The role of parent-to-child maltreatment in the pathway of self-reported depressive symptoms in Pakistani adolescents. Health Psychol Open 2021; 8:20551029211065614. [PMID: 34950498 PMCID: PMC8689439 DOI: 10.1177/20551029211065614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Parent-to-child maltreatment has been demonstrated to drastically affect a
child’s mental well-being and plays a significant role in developing
depressive symptoms. However, little is established about the effect of
frequency of parent-to-child maltreatment on the development of depressive
symptoms among Pakistani adolescents. Methods A longitudinal prospective study was conducted, from 2015 to 2017, with 800
adolescents aged 11–17 years old recruited from 32 systematically selected
urban and peri-urban areas of Karachi. First, these adolescents were
screened for parent-to-child maltreatment in 2015 in a cross-sectional
survey. Children with diagnosed psychiatric conditions were excluded from
the study. In the second phase, these individuals were followed for 2 years
to investigate the symptoms of depressive disorder using a validated tool,
“CES-D (Center for Epidemiological Studies) Depression scale.” The Cox
proportional algorithm was used to examine the relationship between the
frequency of parent-to-child maltreatment and depressive symptoms. Results Approximately 11% of frequently, 9% of occasionally parent-to-child, and 7%of
negligibly maltreated adolescents reported depressive symptoms over 2 years.
The other significant predictors of depressive symptoms were no formal
education of the child (RR: 3.15, 95% CI: 1.35–7.34), presence of stressful
home environment (RR: 2.19, 95% CI: 1.22–3.94), and having both uneducated
parents (RR: 1.70, 95% CI: 0.90–3.21). The frequently maltreated females
were found to have 4 times the higher risk compared to rarely maltreated
males. In addition, frequently maltreated males were twice likely to develop
depressive symptoms. Conclusion The results suggested that frequent parent-to-child maltreatment occurring
during childhood leads to the development of depressive symptoms later in
the adolescence period. Thus, there is a dire need for interventions to
raise awareness among the society on the issue of parent-to-child
mistreatment to minimize later mental health consequences.
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- Department of School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Pediatric and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Loret de Mola C, Carpena MX, Gonçalves H, Quevedo LDA, Pinheiro R, Dos Santos Motta JV, Horta B. How sex differences in schooling and income contribute to sex differences in depression, anxiety and common mental disorders: The mental health sex-gap in a birth cohort from Brazil. J Affect Disord 2020; 274:977-985. [PMID: 32664042 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Reasons for the higher rates of depression, anxiety and common mental disorders among women are unclear. We investigated the mediating effect of schooling and personal income and the effect modification of maternal schooling and family income at baseline. METHODS In 1982, the maternity hospitals of Pelotas (Southern Brazil) were daily visits and those livebirths whose family lived in the urban area of the city were examined and their mothers interviewed. At 30 years, the presence of major depression (MD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) was assessed using the Mini-International Psychiatric Interview, and common mental disorders (CMD) with the self-rated questionnaire. We used Mantel-Haenszel test to assess effect modification and a counterfactual framework using inverse probability weights (IPW) and G-computation to analyze mediation. RESULTS Income at 30 years captured part of the association of sex with MD (16.5%), GAD (14.2%), and CMD (18.0%). Schooling at 30 years was higher in women (p<0.001), and therefore inversely mediated the association with MD (-5.4%), GAD (-4.8%), and CMD (-6.7%). If we fixed the mediator to earning more than 3 minimum salaries, the effect of sex, was reduced in 64.9%, 56.7% and 31.4%, for MD, GAD and CMD, respectively, and 62.4%, 13.6% and 23.8%, if fixed to 12 or more years of schooling. LIMITATIONS We were not able to evaluate mental health and socioeconomic changes, or assess a bidirectional effect CONCLUSION: Personal income and schooling at 30 years, are important mediators and effect modifiers of the association between sex and MD, GAD, and CMD.
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- Christian Loret de Mola
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil. Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1160 - 3° Piso, Bairro Centro - Pelotas, RS. Cep: 96020-220 - Caixa Postal 464. Phone: +55 (53) 3284 - 1300; Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil. Campus Saúde: Rua Visconde de Paranaguá 102 Centro - Fone (53)3233.8800, Rio Grande CEP único: 96203-900.
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- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil. Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1160 - 3° Piso, Bairro Centro - Pelotas, RS. Cep: 96020-220 - Caixa Postal 464. Phone: +55 (53) 3284 - 1300.
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- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil. Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1160 - 3° Piso, Bairro Centro - Pelotas, RS. Cep: 96020-220 - Caixa Postal 464. Phone: +55 (53) 3284 - 1300.
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- Health and Behavior Postgraduate Program, Universidade Católica de Pelotas - UCPEL, Pelotas, RS, Brazil. Rua Gonçalves Chaves, 377 - sala 411, prédio C. CEP: 96015-560. Pelotas - RS - Brazil. Phone: +55 (53) 2128 8404. Fax: +55 (53) 2128 8229.
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- Health and Behavior Postgraduate Program, Universidade Católica de Pelotas - UCPEL, Pelotas, RS, Brazil. Rua Gonçalves Chaves, 377 - sala 411, prédio C. CEP: 96015-560. Pelotas - RS - Brazil. Phone: +55 (53) 2128 8404. Fax: +55 (53) 2128 8229.
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- Health and Behavior Postgraduate Program, Universidade Católica de Pelotas - UCPEL, Pelotas, RS, Brazil. Rua Gonçalves Chaves, 377 - sala 411, prédio C. CEP: 96015-560. Pelotas - RS - Brazil. Phone: +55 (53) 2128 8404. Fax: +55 (53) 2128 8229.
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- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil. Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1160 - 3° Piso, Bairro Centro - Pelotas, RS. Cep: 96020-220 - Caixa Postal 464. Phone: +55 (53) 3284 - 1300.
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Eliacik K, Bolat N, Kanik A, Malas N, Demircan T, Hortu H, Özyurt G, Orbatu D, Alaygut D, Guven B. Adolescents with unexplained chest pain reported depression and impaired emotional and social functioning. Acta Paediatr 2020; 109:1642-1648. [PMID: 31860731 DOI: 10.1111/apa.15144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Revised: 08/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM Chest pain is common in adolescence, but there are no established criteria for managing this problem, which is rarely associated with cardiac disease. This study addressed the gaps in the literature by evaluating psychosocial factors that could be associated with medically unexplained chest pain. METHODS We consecutively selected 100 patients (68% girls) aged 13-18 who were diagnosed with unexplained chest pain when they presented to the cardiology outpatient clinics of Tepecik Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey, between 30 September 2015 and 30 June 2018. The controls were 76 age- and sex-matched adolescents (69% girls) aged 13-18 who were undergoing routine cardiology assessments before joining sports clubs. We assessed their health-related quality of life and any depression and physical symptoms. RESULTS Regression analysis showed some adolescents were a number of times more likely to report chest pain. These included those who reported boredom (4.1 times), felt stressed or anxious (2.2) and those who experienced sleep disturbance (2.6), co-morbid headaches (2.0), back pain (3.1) and impaired social functioning (1.2). CONCLUSION The results indicated a significant association between unexplained chest pain and physical symptoms, depression and impaired emotional and social functioning. These factors warrant further evaluation.
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- Kayi Eliacik
- Division of Adolescent Medicine Tepecik Training and Research Hospital İzmir Turkey
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Onsekiz Mart University School of Medicine Çanakkale Turkey
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- Department of Paediatrics Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine İzmir Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry and Department of Paediatrics University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor MI USA
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology Tepecik Training and Research Hospital İzmir Turkey
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- Division of Adolescent Medicine Tepecik Training and Research Hospital İzmir Turkey
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine İzmir Turkey
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- Department of Paediatrics Tepecik Training and Research Hospital İzmir Turkey
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- Department of Paediatrics Tepecik Training and Research Hospital İzmir Turkey
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology Tepecik Training and Research Hospital İzmir Turkey
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Sergent K, Lee D, Stajkovic AD, Greenwald JM, Younger S, Raffiee J. The Mitigating Role of Trait Core Confidence on Psychological Distress in Entrepreneurship. APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/apps.12267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Poulsen PH, Biering K, Winding TN, Aagaard Nohr E, Andersen JH. Influences of childhood family factors on depressive symptoms in adolescence and early adulthood: A Danish longitudinal study. Scand J Public Health 2020; 48:715-725. [PMID: 31960768 DOI: 10.1177/1403494819870056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Aims: The study examined the timing of family socio-economic factors during early (aged 0-8 years) and late (aged 9-14 years) childhood, as well as psychosocial variables in relation to depressive symptoms at the ages of 15, 18 and 21. Methods: This prospective cohort study included 3014 young people from western Denmark. Exposure variables were equivalised household income (income), mother's educational level and mother's labour market participation (LMP), derived from registers and self-reported variables family functioning, subjective social status and negative life events. The outcome variable was depressive symptoms. Associations were analysed using logistic regression, adjusted for other exposure variables and sex. Results: In early childhood, mother's low LMP was associated with higher risk of depressive symptoms at the age of 15, whereas mother's low educational level and lower income was associated with higher risk of depressive symptoms at the age of 21. In late childhood, lower income, mother's low educational level and mother's low LMP was associated with higher risk of depressive symptoms at the ages of 15 and 21. Poorer family functioning was associated with depressive symptoms at the age of 15-21, with estimates ranging from 1.8 to 2.6. Reporting two or more negative life events were associated with depressive symptoms at the ages of 15 and 18. Conclusions: Timing of low income, mother's low educational level and mother's low LMP during childhood in relation to future depressive symptoms in the offspring appears to be of some importance in this Danish youth cohort. Family functioning and negative life events were the most stable risk factors for depressive symptoms. Results should, however, be interpreted with caution due to the risk of reverse causality.
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- Per Hoegh Poulsen
- Danish Ramazzini Centre, Department of Occupational Medicine, University Research Clinic, Regional Hospital West Jutland, Denmark
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- Danish Ramazzini Centre, Department of Occupational Medicine, University Research Clinic, Regional Hospital West Jutland, Denmark
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- Danish Ramazzini Centre, Department of Occupational Medicine, University Research Clinic, Regional Hospital West Jutland, Denmark
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- Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
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- Danish Ramazzini Centre, Department of Occupational Medicine, University Research Clinic, Regional Hospital West Jutland, Denmark
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Sendi I, Chouikh A, Ammar A, Bouafia N. Depression in a sample of Tunisian adolescents: prevalence, associated factors and comorbidity with anxiety disorders. Int J Adolesc Med Health 2018; 33:/j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2018-0068/ijamh-2018-0068.xml. [PMID: 30267630 DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2018-0068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adolescent depression is a significant health problem which can lead to detrimental consequences. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the depression in a sample of secondary school students, to identify its associated factors and to explore the co-occurrence with symptoms of anxiety disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted, in March 2017, a cross-sectional study that included, using a cluster sampling technique, 386 students from five public secondary schools in El Kef (Tunisia). Data were collected using a socio-demographic questionnaire and the Arabic versions of the Beck Depression Inventory (13 items) and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. RESULTS The prevalence of depression among participants was 75.9%. Of depressed students, 30.4% had mild depression, 48.8% had moderate depression and 20.8% had severe depression. The logistic regression analysis showed an association between the depression and the female gender [odds ratio (OR) = 2.59, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.52-4.17], the 1st and 4th school grades (OR = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.09-2.94), the low and medium socioeconomic status (SES) (OR = 1.91, 95% CI: 1.14-3.18), the school dissatisfaction (OR = 2.77, 95% CI: 1.41-5.44) and the anxiety disorders (OR = 5.86, 95% CI: 3.54-9.70). The comorbidity "depression and anxiety" was found in 86.1% of students. CONCLUSION This high prevalence of depressive symptoms reported in the present study seems to have many implications especially for school health-care services.
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- Ibtissem Sendi
- Higher School of Health Sciences and Techniques, Sousse University, Rue de Tadjikistan, Sahloul II Sousse 4054, Tunisia, Phone: +21654775810
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- Department of Psychiatry, Farhat Hachad University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia
- Ibn Al Jazzar Faculty of Medicine, Sousse University, Sousse, Tunisia
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- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia
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- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia
- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Faisal Medical Complex, Taif, KSA
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Wirback T, Möller J, Larsson JO, Engström K. Social differences in diagnosed depression among adolescents in a Swedish population based cohort. BMC Psychiatry 2018; 18:216. [PMID: 29970041 PMCID: PMC6029410 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-018-1765-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Population based research regarding social differences in diagnosed depression in adolescence is sparse. In this study unique material containing in-and outpatient data was used to determine if low social position in childhood increases the risk of diagnosed depression in adolescence. To further examine this association, gender differences and interactions were explored. METHODS The study population was extracted from the Stockholm Youth Cohort (SYC), a register based cohort containing psychiatric care for all young people in Stockholm County and information about social position. For the purpose of this study, all in the SYC who turned 13 years old during 2001-2007, in total 169,262 adolescents, were followed up in 2005-2011 for diagnoses of depression until age 18. Associations were estimated with Cox regression models and presented as Hazard Ratios (HR). RESULTS The risk of diagnosed depression was higher for adolescents with parents with low education (HR = 1.1, CI = 1.0-1.2) and medium education (HR = 1.1, CI = 1.1-1.2) compared to high as well as for those with lower household income (for example, medium low, HR = 1.2, CI = 1.1-1.3) and for those with parents who received an unemployment benefit (HR = 1.3, CI = 1.2-1.4). No differences were found for those with the lowest household income compared to those with the highest level. Adolescents with parents born outside the Nordic countries had a lower risk of diagnosed depression (HR = 0.7, CI = 0.6-0.7). An interaction effect was found between gender and parental education. CONCLUSIONS Social differences were found but the magnitude was modest and gender differences small.
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- Therese Wirback
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 1E, 113 65, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- 0000 0004 1937 0626grid.4714.6Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 1E, 113 65 Stockholm, Sweden
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- 0000 0004 1937 0626grid.4714.6Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18A, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- 0000 0004 1937 0626grid.4714.6Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 1E, 113 65 Stockholm, Sweden
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Depression in children and adolescents is a growing health problem in the 21st century. There is growing evidence that depression poses a significant risk in the developmental trajectory of children and adolescents. It is important to identify the antecedents of depression in this vulnerable group of individuals so as to develop specific and effective preventable techniques and strategies. In this brief review, we have tried to highlight the specific antecedents of childhood and adolescence depression on which evidence is available in a structured manner. Antecedents identified in childhood and adolescent depression were categorized into biological factors, temperament, cognitive vulnerability, family factors, sociodemographic factors, academic factors, changing social milieu, school factors, and peer group influence along with the emergence of the recentproblem of excessive social networking use. Biological and psychosocial factors are equally important in the development of depression in this age group. Antecedents of childhood and adolescence depression can be targeted both to prevent and intervene depression in this population.
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- Savita Malhotra
- Departments of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Björkenstam E, Vinnerljung B, Hjern A. Impact of childhood adversities on depression in early adulthood: A longitudinal cohort study of 478,141 individuals in Sweden. J Affect Disord 2017; 223:95-100. [PMID: 28735168 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although the relationship between childhood adversity (CA) and depression is widely accepted, there is little information on what proportion of depression is attributable to CA. METHOD We used a Swedish cohort of 478,141 individuals born in 1984-1988 in Sweden. Register-based CA indicators included parental death, parental substance abuse and psychiatric morbidity, parental criminality, parental separation, public assistance recipiency, child welfare intervention, and residential instability. Estimates of risk of depression, measured as retrieval of prescribed antidepressants and/or psychiatric care with a clinical diagnosis of depression, between 2006 and 2012 were calculated as Hazard Ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI), using a Cox regression analysis. RESULTS All CAs predicted depression in early adulthood. Furthermore, the predictive association between the CA indicators and depression was graded, with highest HRs observed for 4+ CAs (HR: 3.05 (95% CI 2.83-3.29)) for a clinical diagnosis for depression and HR: 1.32 (95% CI 1.25-1.41) for antidepressant medication after adjustments were made for important confounding factors. Of the studied CAs, child welfare intervention entailed highest HR for depression. CONCLUSION Regardless of causality issues, children and youth with a history of multiple CA should be regarded as a high-risk group for depression by professionals in social, and health services that come into contact with this group.
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- Emma Björkenstam
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health and California Center for Population Research, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Clinical Epidemiology / Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Epidemiology / Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Sheikh MA. Confounding and Statistical Significance of Indirect Effects: Childhood Adversity, Education, Smoking, and Anxious and Depressive Symptomatology. Front Psychol 2017; 8:1317. [PMID: 28824498 PMCID: PMC5539245 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The life course perspective, the risky families model, and stress-and-coping models provide the rationale for assessing the role of smoking as a mediator in the association between childhood adversity and anxious and depressive symptomatology (ADS) in adulthood. However, no previous study has assessed the independent mediating role of smoking in the association between childhood adversity and ADS in adulthood. Moreover, the importance of mediator-response confounding variables has rarely been demonstrated empirically in social and psychiatric epidemiology. The aim of this paper was to (i) assess the mediating role of smoking in adulthood in the association between childhood adversity and ADS in adulthood, and (ii) assess the change in estimates due to different mediator-response confounding factors (education, alcohol intake, and social support). The present analysis used data collected from 1994 to 2008 within the framework of the Tromsø Study (N = 4,530), a representative prospective cohort study of men and women. Seven childhood adversities (low mother's education, low father's education, low financial conditions, exposure to passive smoke, psychological abuse, physical abuse, and substance abuse distress) were used to create a childhood adversity score. Smoking status was measured at a mean age of 54.7 years (Tromsø IV), and ADS in adulthood was measured at a mean age of 61.7 years (Tromsø V). Mediation analysis was used to assess the indirect effect and the proportion of mediated effect (%) of childhood adversity on ADS in adulthood via smoking in adulthood. The test-retest reliability of smoking was good (Kappa: 0.67, 95% CI: 0.63; 0.71) in this sample. Childhood adversity was associated with a 10% increased risk of smoking in adulthood (Relative risk: 1.10, 95% CI: 1.03; 1.18), and both childhood adversity and smoking in adulthood were associated with greater levels of ADS in adulthood (p < 0.001). Smoking in adulthood did not significantly mediate the association between childhood adversity and ADS in adulthood. However, when education was excluded as a mediator-response confounding variable, the indirect effect of childhood adversity on ADS in adulthood was statistically significant (p < 0.05). This study shows that a careful inclusion of potential confounding variables is important when assessing mediation.
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- Mashhood Ahmed Sheikh
- Health Services Research Unit, Department of Community Medicine, University of TromsøTromsø, Norway
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Korhonen K, Remes H, Martikainen P. Education as a social pathway from parental socioeconomic position to depression in late adolescence and early adulthood: a Finnish population-based register study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2017; 52:105-116. [PMID: 27761600 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-016-1296-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE There is inconsistent evidence for social differentials in the risk of depression in youth, and little is known about how education at this age influences the risk. We assess how parental socioeconomic position (SEP) and education predict depression from late adolescence to early adulthood, a time of major educational transitions. METHODS We followed a nationally representative 20 % sample of Finnish adolescents born in 1986-1990 (n = 60,829) over two educational transitory stages at the age of 17-19 and 20-23 covering the years 2003-2011. We identified incident depression using health care register data. We estimated the risk of depression by parental SEP and personal education using Cox regression, adjusting for family structure, parental depression and the individual's own psychiatric history. RESULTS Lower parental income was associated with up to a twofold risk of depression. This effect was almost fully attributable to other parental characteristics or mediated by the individual's own education. Educational differences in risk were attenuated following adjustment for prior psychiatric history. Adjusted for all covariates, not being in education increased the risk up to 2.5-fold compared to being enrolled in general upper secondary school at the age of 17-19 and in tertiary education at the age of 20-23. Vocationally oriented women experienced a 20 % higher risk than their academically oriented counterparts in both age groups. CONCLUSIONS Education constitutes a social pathway from parental SEP to the risk of depression in youth, whereby educational differences previously shown in adults are observed already before the establishment of adulthood SEP.
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- Kaarina Korhonen
- Population Research Unit, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 18, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Population Research Unit, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 18, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Population Research Unit, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 18, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
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Capistrano CG, Bianco H, Kim P. Poverty and Internalizing Symptoms: The Indirect Effect of Middle Childhood Poverty on Internalizing Symptoms via an Emotional Response Inhibition Pathway. Front Psychol 2016; 7:1242. [PMID: 27582725 PMCID: PMC4987327 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Childhood poverty is a pervasive problem that can alter mental health outcomes. Children from impoverished circumstances are more likely than their middle-income counterparts to develop internalizing problems such as depression and anxiety. To date, however, the emotional-cognitive control processes that link childhood poverty and internalizing symptoms remain largely unexplored. Using the Emotion Go/NoGo paradigm, we examined the association between poverty and emotional response inhibition in middle childhood. We further examined the role of emotional response inhibition in the link between middle childhood poverty and internalizing symptoms. Lower income was associated with emotional response inhibition difficulties (indexed by greater false alarm rates in the context of task irrelevant angry and sad faces). Furthermore, emotional response inhibition deficits in the context of angry and sad distracters were further associated with child-report internalizing problems. The results of the current study demonstrate the significance of understanding the emotional-cognitive control vulnerabilities of children raised in poverty and their association with mental health outcomes.
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Zhai H, Chen L, Yang Y, Sun H, Pan H, He J, Zhu X, Sui H, Wang W, Qiu X, Qiao Z, Yang X, Yang J, Yu Y, Ban B, He C. Family and College Environmental Exposures Mediate the Relationship between Parental Education and Depression among College Students. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151759. [PMID: 26991783 PMCID: PMC4798396 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Depression is a major health concern for college students due to its substantial morbidity and mortality. Although low parental education has been identified as a factor in depression in college students, the mechanisms through which parental educational achievement affects students’ depression are not well understood. We tested whether adverse family and college environments mediate the relationship between parental educational level and depression among Chinese college students. Methods A total of 5180 respondents were selected using a cross-sectional survey. We examined the association of parental education, adverse family and college environments with depression in college students using the Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Checklist, Beck Depression Inventory and socio-demographic questionnaires. Results Lower parental educational level is significantly correlated with depression in college students in our sample. Additionally, low family economic status, paternal or maternal unemployment, long periods spent apart from family, family conflicts, having been scolded and beaten by parents, poor or dissatisfying test performance, conflict with friends, heavy course load and failure in selection processes are also associated with parental education. Low family economic status, paternal or maternal unemployment, long periods spent apart from family, family conflicts, poor or dissatisfying test performance, conflict with friends and heavy course load mediated the relationship between parental education and depression in college students. Conclusions Adverse family and college environments could explain the influence of parental educational level on depression in college students.
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- Hui Zhai
- Department of Medical Psychology, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- * E-mail: (YJY); (HLS)
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- * E-mail: (YJY); (HLS)
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Internal Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical College, Shandong, China
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Public Health Institute of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Yu Y, Yang X, Yang Y, Chen L, Qiu X, Qiao Z, Zhou J, Pan H, Ban B, Zhu X, He J, Ding Y, Bai B. The Role of Family Environment in Depressive Symptoms among University Students: A Large Sample Survey in China. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0143612. [PMID: 26629694 PMCID: PMC4667844 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Objective To explore the relationship between family environment and depressive symptoms and to evaluate the influence of hard and soft family environmental factors on depression levels in a large sample of university students in China. Methods A multi-stage stratified sampling procedure was used to select 6,000 participants. The response rate was 88.8%, with 5,329 students completing the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Family Environment Scale Chinese Version (FES-CV), which was adapted for the Chinese population. Differences between the groups were tested for significance by the Student’s t-test; ANOVA was used to test continuous variables. The relationship between soft family environmental factors and BDI were tested by Pearson correlation analysis. Hierarchical linear regression analysis was conducted to model the effects of hard environmental factors and soft environmental factors on depression in university students. Results A total of 11.8% of students scored above the threshold of moderate depression(BDI≧14). Hard family environmental factors such as parent relationship, family economic status, level of parental literacy and non-intact family structure were associated with depressive symptoms. The soft family environmental factors—conflict and control—were positively associated with depression, while cohesion was negatively related to depressive symptom after controlling for other important associates of depression. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that the soft family environment correlates more strongly with depression than the hard family environment. Conclusions Soft family environmental factors—especially cohesion, conflict and control—appeared to play an important role in the occurrence of depressive symptoms. These findings underline the significance of the family environment as a source of risk factors for depression among university students in China and suggest that family-based interventions and improvement are very important to reduce depression among university students.
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- Yunmiao Yu
- Department of Psychology, Public Health Institute, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Psychology, Public Health Institute, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Psychology, Public Health Institute, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- * E-mail:
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Public Health Institute, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Psychology, Public Health Institute, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Psychology, Public Health Institute, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jining Medical College, Jining, China
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- Medical Psychological Institute, SecondXiangyaHospital, CentralSouthUniversity, Changsha, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, WenzhouMedicalUniversity, Wenzhou, China
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- The fifth affiliated hospital, HarbinMedicalUniversity, Daqing, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, HarbinMedicalUniversity, Harbin, China
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Svansdottir E, Arngrimsson SA, Sveinsson T, Johannsson E. Importance of physical health and health-behaviors in adolescence for risk of dropout from secondary education in young adulthood: an 8-year prospective study. Int J Equity Health 2015; 14:140. [PMID: 26597711 PMCID: PMC4657320 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0272-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Education and health constitute two interlinked assets that are highly important to individuals. In Iceland, prevalence of dropout from secondary education poses a considerable problem. This 8-year prospective study assesses to what extent poor physical health and negative health-behaviors of Icelandic adolescents predict increased odds of dropout from secondary education. METHODS The sample included n = 201 Icelandic children who participated at age 15 (baseline) and again at age 23 (follow-up). Data included objective measurements of physical health and questionnaires assessing health-behaviors, education status, parental education, neighborhood characteristics, self-esteem, and depression. Independent t-tests and chi-square were used to assess differences in physical health and health-behaviors at follow-up stratified by education status. Ordinal regression models were conducted to assess whether physical health and health-behaviors at age 15 predicted increased odds of dropout from secondary education at age 23, independent of gender, parental education and psychological factors. RESULTS At age 23, 78 % of girls and 71 % of boys had completed a secondary education. Completion of a secondary education was associated with significant health benefits, especially among women. Women without a secondary education had lower fitness, more somatic complaints, higher diastolic blood pressure, less sports participation, and poorer sleep, whilst men without a secondary education watched more television. In logistic regression models somatic complaints during adolescence were associated with 1.09 (95 % CI: 1.02-1.18) higher odds of dropout from secondary education in young adulthood, independent of covariates. Health-behaviors associated with higher dropout odds included smoking (3.67, 95 % CI: 1.50-9.00), alcohol drinking (2.57, 95 % CI: 1.15-5.75), and time spent watching television (1.27, 95 % CI:1.03-1.56), which were independent of most covariates. Finally, mother's higher education was strongly associated with significantly lower dropout odds (OR 0.54, 95 % CI: 0.34-0.88) independent of father's education and psychological factors, whilst high self-esteem was independently associated with lower dropout odds (OR 0.91, 95 % CI: 0.85-0.98). CONCLUSIONS Completion of a secondary education yields substantial physical health benefits for young women, but not for men. Importantly, somatic complaints and negative health-behaviors among adolescent boys and girls adversely impact their educational outcomes later in life, and may have widespread consequences for their future prospects.
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- Erla Svansdottir
- School of Education, University of Iceland, Stakkahlíð, 105, Reykjavík, Iceland. .,Landspitali-University Hospital, Eiríksgötu 5, 101, Reykjavík, Iceland.
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- School of Education, University of Iceland, Stakkahlíð, 105, Reykjavík, Iceland. .,Center for Sport and Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Lindarbraut 4, 840, Laugarvatn, Iceland.
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- Research Centre of Movement Science, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Stapi v/Hringbraut, 101, Reykjavík, Iceland.
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- School of Education, University of Iceland, Stakkahlíð, 105, Reykjavík, Iceland. .,Center for Sport and Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Lindarbraut 4, 840, Laugarvatn, Iceland.
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