Socioeconomic position and mental health problems in pre- and early-adolescents

Amone-P’Olak, Kennedy; Burger, Huibert; Ormel, Johan; Huisman, Martijn; Verhulst, Frank C.; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.

doi:10.1007/s00127-008-0424-z

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“…[27] Symptom scores obtained from parents and youths were summed and dichotomized at the 85th percentile score to determine the presence of clinically significant internalizing symptoms. [8] Consistent with other research, in our study the correlation between parents' and youths' ratings of youths' internalizing symptoms was .5. [32] By combining information collected from parents and youths we were able to identify participants with the highest overall internalizing scores.…”

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“…[2,4,5] Low socioeconomic position predicts the risk of depression and anxiety in adults; [2,6,7] however, studies conducted in youths have yielded inconsistent findings. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] It is important to note that, with notable exceptions, [8,12,14] past studies on socioeconomic factors and youths' symptoms of depression and anxiety were based on low-income samples, and it is not clear whether low socioeconomic position is related to internalizing symptoms in more varied populations. Moreover, the use of different measures of socioeconomic position (family income, [9,12] compound indices of family socioeconomic position [8,10,13] or neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics [14] ) raises the possibility that past study results varied with the socioeconomic indicator used.…”

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Family income and youths' symptoms of depression and anxiety: a longitudinal study of the French GAZEL Youth cohort

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Family income and youths' symptoms of depression and anxiety: a longitudinal study of the French GAZEL Youth cohort

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“…Lower socioeconomic status has been linked to increased occurrence of mental health issues (Spady et al, 2001;Amone-P'Olak et al, 2009;Reiss, 2013). In a systematic review of studies examining socioeconomic status, Reiss determined that youth with low socioeconomic status were between two and three times more likely to develop a mental health issue (2013).…”

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“…Socioeconomic variables included mean household income, poverty, unemployment, and low educational attainment (Spady et al, 2001;Amone-P'Olak et al, 2009;Reiss, 2013;Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2016). Demographic variables included race, ethnicity, divorce, single parent homes, population density, and Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCC) (Sen, 2004;Hempstead, 2006;Akhtar-Danesh and Landeen, 2007;Alegria et al, 2015;Fontanella et al, 2015;VanderWielen, et al 2015;Nestor et al, 2016).…”

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Adolescents in crisis: A geographic exploration of help-seeking behavior using data from Crisis Text Line

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2018

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Prior research has demonstrated that a variety of demographic, socioeconomic, and environmental factors can influence the prevalence and severity of mental distress and whether an individual is likely to receive treatment. Behavioral health research has been limited to self-reported survey data, but advances in technology have provided increased opportunities to continuously capture and store data, and to learn about the help-seeking habits of its contributors. In response to the growing prevalence of technologically mediated crisis counseling services, this county-level ecological study evaluated whether these same disparities exist for help-seeking via Crisis Text Line, a free, ubiquitous, technology-based crisis counseling service. Because most suicide attempts are impulsive acts, crisis hotlines are often the only resource available to suicidal or at-risk individuals. It is critical that researchers and practitioners are aware of any population-level disparities limiting the use of these invaluable resources. To date, this is the first study to examine text-based help-seeking behavior among adolescents at a national scale. Results identify several factors associated with increased or reduced help-seeking behavior among adolescents in the U.S. Increased v rates of CTL usage occur in counties with higher mean household incomes, higher divorce rates, and lower residential stability. Rurality was the strongest predictor for low rates of help-seeking, and this finding is particularly concerning in light of elevated rates of suicide among rural counties. Low rates of help-seeking compound ongoing rural-urban disparities in traditional mental health services, and this finding suggests that increased suicide risk in rural areas cannot be explained by mental health professional shortages alone. Rural communities, particularly those with low support-seeking behavior and comparatively high suicide rates, should be the target of future research and outreach.vi

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“…General risk factors for psychiatric difficulties in children include: genetic risk factors [5,6], parental and maternal poor physical and mental health [7][8][9][10][11][12][13], as well as prenatal [14,15], obstetrical complications [16], low socio-economic status (single-parent family, low educational or income level, food insecurity) [17][18][19][20][21][22][23], negative life events [11,22], low social networks and support [23], as well as domestic violence [24][25][26] and child maltreatment [26][27][28][29][30]. Children growing up in homeless families are disproportionately exposed to many of these exposures and experiences.…”

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Emotional and behavioral difficulties in children growing up homeless in Paris. Results of the ENFAMS survey

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Purpose: Children growing up in homeless families are disproportionately more likely to experience health and psychological problems. Our objective was to describe social, environmental, individual and family characteristics associated with emotional and behavioral difficulties among homeless children living in the Paris region.Methods: Face-to-face interviews with a representative sample of homeless families were conducted by bilingual psychologists and interviewers between January and May 2013 (n=343 children ages 4- years). Mothers reported children's emotional and behavioral difficulties (Strength and DifficultiesQuestionnaire -SDQ), family socio-demographic characteristics, residential mobility, and parents' and children's physical and mental health. Children were interviewed regarding their perception of their living arrangements, friendships and school experiences. We studied children's SDQ total score in a linear regression framework.Results: Homeless children had higher SDQ total scores than children in the general population of France, (mean total score =11.3 vs 8.9, p<0,001). In multivariate analyses, children's difficulties were associated with parents' region of birth (beta=1.74 for Sub-Saharan Africa, beta=0.60 for Eastern Europe, beta=3.22 for other countries, p=0.020), residential mobility (beta=0.22, p=0.012), children's health (beta=3.49, p<0.001) and overweight (beta=2.14, p=0.007), the child's sleeping habits (beta=2.82, p=0.002), the mother's suicide risk (beta=4.13, p<0.001), the child's dislike of the family's accommodation (beta=3.59, p<0.001) and the child's experience of bullying (beta=3.21, p=0.002). Conclusions:Children growing up homeless experience high levels of psychological difficulties which can put them at risk for poor mental health and educational outcomes long-term. Access to appropriate screening and medical care for this vulnerable yet underserved group are greatly needed.

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Socioeconomic position and mental health problems in pre- and early-adolescents

Abstract: In early adolescence, the risk of mental health problems increases with decreasing SEP, particularly for externalizing problems. Further, the SEP-internalizing problems relationship is partly explained by shared aspects with externalizing problems.

Cited by 132 publications

References 42 publications

Family income and youths' symptoms of depression and anxiety: a longitudinal study of the French GAZEL Youth cohort

Family income and youths' symptoms of depression and anxiety: a longitudinal study of the French GAZEL Youth cohort

Adolescents in crisis: A geographic exploration of help-seeking behavior using data from Crisis Text Line

Emotional and behavioral difficulties in children growing up homeless in Paris. Results of the ENFAMS survey

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