Parental separation in childhood and self-reported psychological health : A population-based study
(2016) In Psychiatry Research 246. p.783-788- Abstract
The aim of the present study is to investigate associations between parental separation/divorce during childhood, and self-reported psychological health, adjusting for social capital, social support, civil status and economic stress in childhood. A cross-sectional public health survey was conducted in the autumn of 2012 in Scania, southern Sweden, with a postal questionnaire with 28,029 participants aged 18-80. Associations between parental separation/divorce during childhood and self-reported psychological health (GHQ12) were investigated using logistic regressions. A 16.1% proportion of all men 22.4% of all women reported poor psychological health. Among men, 20.4% had experienced parental separation during childhood until age 18... (More)
The aim of the present study is to investigate associations between parental separation/divorce during childhood, and self-reported psychological health, adjusting for social capital, social support, civil status and economic stress in childhood. A cross-sectional public health survey was conducted in the autumn of 2012 in Scania, southern Sweden, with a postal questionnaire with 28,029 participants aged 18-80. Associations between parental separation/divorce during childhood and self-reported psychological health (GHQ12) were investigated using logistic regressions. A 16.1% proportion of all men 22.4% of all women reported poor psychological health. Among men, 20.4% had experienced parental separation during childhood until age 18 years, the corresponding prevalence among women was 22.3%. Parental separation/divorce in childhood was significantly associated with poor self-rated psychological health among men who had experienced parental separation/divorce at ages 0-4, and among women with this experience at ages 0-4, 10-14 and 15-18. These significant associations remained throughout the multiple analyses. The results support the notion that the experience of parental separation/divorce in childhood may influence psychological health in adulthood, particularly if it is experienced in the age interval 0-4 years.
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- Lindström, Martin LU and Rosvall, Maria LU
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- 2016-02-18
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Divorce, Mental health, Parental separation, Psychological health, Social capital, Social support, Sweden
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- Psychiatry Research
- volume
- 246
- pages
- 783 - 788
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- pmid:28029439
- wos:000390968300124
- scopus:85028281545
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- 0165-1781
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.10.049
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- English
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- yes
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