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Title: Why is There a Long-term Relationship between Disadvantaged Family Background and Symptoms of Depression?
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Mossakowski, Krysia N. |
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Why is There a Long-term Relationship between Disadvantaged Family Background and Symptoms of Depression? Presented: Atlanta GA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2010 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Parental Influences; Poverty; Self-Esteem; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Transition, Adulthood Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. An extensive literature has documented that disadvantaged parental socioeconomic status earlier in life has harmful mental health consequences. What warrants further inquiry is why. Using social stress theory and data from the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study highlights mediating mechanisms from the transition to adulthood that help to explain why there is a long-term relationship between disadvantaged family background and symptoms of depression at ages 29 to 37. Results indicate that levels of self-esteem at ages 15 to 23 substantially explain the inverse relationship between parental education and subsequent levels of depressive symptoms. The depressive effect of low parental occupational prestige is largely explained by cumulative exposure to poverty status across 16 years. Overall, the implications of these findings are that policymakers and social welfare interventions should target self-esteem enhancement and the prevention of poverty spells during the journey to adulthood. |
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Mossakowski, Krysia N. "Why is There a Long-term Relationship between Disadvantaged Family Background and Symptoms of Depression?" Presented: Atlanta GA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2010. |