Search Results
Author: Park, Alison
Resulting in 1 citation.
| 1. |
Quesnel-Vallée, Amélie Taylor, Miles G. Park, Alison |
|
Pathways from Parental Education to Adult Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Presented: Dallas, TX, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2010 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Education; Fathers, Influence; Growth Curves; Health, Mental/Psychological; Income; Mothers, Education Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using latent growth curves, we decompose the effects of parental education on trajectories of depressive symptoms (DS) in adulthood into direct and indirect effects mediated by respondents' education and trajectories of income in adulthood. Data come from the NLSY79 (N=5,247). Mother's, but not father's, education had a direct effect on the intercept of DS, as each year of maternal education decreased the intercept of DS by 0.10 points (p<0.001). This direct effect declined in both significance (p<0.05) and by 50% in magnitude with the indirect effect through respondents' own education. Finally, the totality of the effect appeared to be indirect when trajectories of income were included. Thus, childhood appears to be a period sensitive to the effects of parents' education, but this effect wanes as individuals progress through the life course and more proximate effects of achieved status (education and income) take precedence. |
|
|
Bibliography Citation
Quesnel-Vallée, Amélie, Miles G. Taylor and Alison Park. "Pathways from Parental Education to Adult Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms." Presented: Dallas, TX, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2010. |