Dynamics of Family Economic Hardship and the Progression of Health Problems of Husbands and Wives During the Middle Years: A Perspective From Rural Mid-West

Wickrama, K. A. S.; Kwag, Kyung Hwa; Lorenz, Federick O.; Conger, Rand D.; Surjadi, Florensia F.

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“…Scar Hypothesis & Reciprocities that health consequences of early and chronic stressful experiences may manifest during the subsequent middle years, which have been shown to be a more vulnerable developmental period (Lorenz et al, 2006;Wickrama et al, 2010). We capture economic hardship in early middle years as a latent construct defined by repeated reports of family economic hardship.…”

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“…A growing body of literature suggests that midlife is a sensitive developmental period during which mental and physical health problems proliferate with increasing health heterogeneity (Lachman & James, 1997;Wickrama, Kwag, Lorenz, Conger, & Surjadi, 2010). At least a portion of the increasing health heterogeneity in later life may be attributable to differential exposure to chronically stressful conditions over the life course (House et al, 1994;Lovallo, 2005;Lorenz, Wickrama, Conger, & Elder, 2006).…”

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Family Economic Hardship and Progression of Poor Mental Health in Middle‐Aged Husbands and Wives

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Using prospective data from 370 middle-aged husbands and wives during a 12-year period, we investigated the intra-individual and dyadic influence of family economic hardship on the levels of depressive symptoms of husbands and wives over their middle years. The results suggest that family economic hardship during the early middle years contributes to subsequent increase in depressive symptoms of husbands and wives after controlling for family economic hardship in late middle years. Consistent with stress-process theory, economic hardship influences depressive symptoms directly and indirectly through its influence on self-esteem. The results also provided evidence for the scar hypothesis which suggests that depression predicts subsequent level of self-esteem and form a reciprocal process between depressive symptoms and self-esteem over time. In sum, for both husbands and wives, our findings showed that depressive symptoms progress over the middle years through a self-perpetuating reciprocal process between self-esteem and depression initiated by early family economic hardship and through cross-spouse influences involving self-esteem and depressive symptoms.

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“…Perceived economic hardship reflects the individual’s appraisal of the family’s financial situation and is likely to increase family stress (Conger, Conger, & Martin, 2010). Greater perceptions of economic hardship, including the inability to make ends meet and the need to make financial cutbacks, are associated with worse physical and mental health (Wickrama, Hwa Kwag, Lorenz, Conger, & Surjadi, 2010). Toward reducing health disparities, explication of SES parameters associated with health is essential for effective prevention and intervention (Chen & Paterson, 2006).…”

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Socioeconomic Adversity and Women's Sleep: Stress and Chaos as Mediators

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We examined income-to-needs ratio, perceived economic well-being, and education and their relations with European and African American women’s sleep (n = 219). Sleep was examined through actigraphy and self-reports. Income-to-needs ratio was related to sleep minutes. Perceived economic well-being and education were associated with subjective sleep problems. Perceived stress mediated relations between both income-to-needs ratio and economic well-being and subjective sleep problems. Chaos emerged as a mediator linking income-to-needs ratio and subjective sleep problems. African American women had fewer sleep minutes and lower sleep efficiency than European Americans, and more robust relations between economic well-being and stress was observed for European Americans. Findings highlight the importance of economic adversity for women’s sleep and explicate some pathways of risk.

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“…The internal consistency for mothers was .56 in 1991 and was .71 in 2001. In previous applications, this measure has been shown to have good predictive validity (Wickrama, Hwa Kwag, Lorenz, Conger, & Surjadi, ; Wickrama, Kolpack, O'Neal, Beach, & Neppl, ).…”

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The influence of mastery on mother's health in middle years: Moderating role of stressful life context

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Using data from 416 middle-aged mothers gathered over the course of a decade, this study examined the influence of mastery trajectories (the initial level and change), on change in physical health. Mastery is defined as one's ability to control and influence his/her life and environment to reach a desired outcome or goal. Both the initial level and change in mastery from 1991 to 1994 were associated with decreased physical health problems over the middle years (1991-2001). Contextual moderation of this association by stressful life contexts including negative life events and work-family conflict was investigated. Moderation analysis showed that under conditions of low contextual life stressors, the level and increase in mastery significantly contributed to decreases in physical health problems in middle-aged mothers. Alternatively, conditions of high contextual life stressors inhibited the ability of mastery to influence physical health of mothers, suggesting that the positive health impact of mastery on physical health is mitigated by stressful life experiences. Implications for the need to maintain important personal resources, such as mastery, during times of stress are discussed.

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Dynamics of Family Economic Hardship and the Progression of Health Problems of Husbands and Wives During the Middle Years: A Perspective From Rural Mid-West

Cited by 28 publications

References 36 publications

Family Economic Hardship and Progression of Poor Mental Health in Middle‐Aged Husbands and Wives

Family Economic Hardship and Progression of Poor Mental Health in Middle‐Aged Husbands and Wives

Socioeconomic Adversity and Women's Sleep: Stress and Chaos as Mediators

The influence of mastery on mother's health in middle years: Moderating role of stressful life context

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