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Title: Socioeconomic Gradient in Mental Health: Exploring the Transition to Adulthood
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Mossakowski, Krysia N. |
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Socioeconomic Gradient in Mental Health: Exploring the Transition to Adulthood Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University, 2005. DAI-A 66/06, p. 2392, Dec 2005 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Depression (see also CESD); Health, Mental/Psychological; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Life Course; Mobility; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Transition, Adulthood Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Informed by a life course perspective, my dissertation focuses on the life stage of young adulthood to evaluate the influence of socioeconomic status on depressive symptoms and heavy drinking. I use the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth data to advance our understanding of the social origins of mental health disparities for young adults in the United States. I find that many dimensions of socioeconomic status have significant relationships with mental health in young adulthood, and I add to the literature that wealth has one of the most powerful effects. Furthermore, my longitudinal analyses demonstrate how the past can leave an imprint on mental health through family socioeconomic background and the dynamics of long-term socioeconomic disadvantage and intergenerational mobility. Finally, I investigate whether the timing of the transition to adulthood, life-course expectations, and the self-concept contribute to the mental health variation of young adults, and help to explain the enduring influence of family background. Overall, I conclude that a life course perspective of socioeconomic status is essential to understanding the human costs of inequality in society. |
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Mossakowski, Krysia N. Socioeconomic Gradient in Mental Health: Exploring the Transition to Adulthood. Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University, 2005. DAI-A 66/06, p. 2392, Dec 2005. |