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Author: Lee, Hyunjoo
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1. Kwon, Eunsun
Park, Sojung
Lee, Hyunjoo
Lee, Na Youn
Multiple Pathways Linking Early Socioeconomic Circumstances and Depressive Symptoms in Late Middle Age in the U.S.
Aging and Mental Health published online (21 July 2021): DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1951659.
Also: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13607863.2021.1951659
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Depression (see also CESD); Health, Chronic Conditions; Life Course; Marital Instability; Modeling, Structural Equation; Physical Activity (see also Exercise); Socioeconomic Background; Unemployment; Volunteer Work

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Method: Drawing from the social pathway model, this study expands the life course literature by utilizing data collected over 35 years from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 Cohort, spanning four life course phases (childhood, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and late-middle adulthood). Through structural equation analyses with a phantom model, we estimated depressive symptoms in late middle age as a result of pathway effects starting with childhood socio-economic status (SES) which effect young adulthood and middle adulthood. The multi-pathway life course model includes three potential mediators of middle adulthood: health risk behaviors, social activity, and negative life events.

Results: We found limited support for a direct effect of childhood SES disadvantage on depressive symptoms in middle age. Instead, much of the effects of childhood SES on later-year depressive symptoms appear to be mediated by SES in young adulthood. Further, the long-term pathway is mediated through the influence of health risk behaviors and negative life events in middle adulthood.

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Kwon, Eunsun, Sojung Park, Hyunjoo Lee and Na Youn Lee. "Multiple Pathways Linking Early Socioeconomic Circumstances and Depressive Symptoms in Late Middle Age in the U.S." Aging and Mental Health published online (21 July 2021): DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1951659.