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Childhood socio-economic position and affective symptoms in adulthood: The role of neglect
- Source :
- Journal of Affective Disorders. 286:267-274
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background: Childhood neglect is more common within low-income families and can have long-term effects on mental health. Despite this, the extent to which it can mediate the well documented longitudinal inverse relationship between childhood socio-economic position (SEP) and adult affective symptoms is yet to be investigated. \ud \ud Method: Data (9595 males and 8959 females) from participants of the National Child Development Study (NCDS) were used to investigate the extent to which prospectively measured neglect mediates the relationship between SEP (age 11) and affective symptoms (ages 23 and 50). \ud \ud Results: Neglect partially mediated the relationship between childhood SEP and affective symptoms at ages 23 (b = -0.02, [-0.02, -0.02]) and 50 (b = -0.02, [-0.02, -0.01]), after controlling for other family-related adversities. In addition, gender moderated the direct effect of SEP on affective symptoms at both ages 23 (b = -0.06, t = -4.87, [-0.08, -0.03]) and 50 (b = -0.05, t = -3.86, [-0.07, -0.02]), with the relationship being stronger for females; but did not moderate the indirect effect of neglect at either age 23 (b = 0.01, t = 1.09 [-0.01, 0.02]) or 50 (b = 0.00, t = -0.60 [-0.02, 0.01]). \ud \ud Conclusions: Neglect in childhood should be viewed as having serious implications for the mental health of both men and women. Greater investments into social support interventions that reduce incidences of neglect are also warranted.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
National Child Development Study
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Psychological intervention
Neglect
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
Affective Symptoms
Child Abuse
Child
Poverty
Depression (differential diagnoses)
media_common
Socio economic position
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
Middle Aged
Mental health
030227 psychiatry
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Mental Health
Anxiety
Female
medicine.symptom
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01650327
- Volume :
- 286
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8adf59017782e5e8fbea1d084e5cfef9