Coping and financial strain as predictors of mental illness in over- indebted individuals in Sweden
(2019) In Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 60(1). p.50-58- Abstract
This cross-sectional study examined psychological mechanisms in order to increase knowledge regarding mental illness amongst 561 over-indebted individuals in Sweden. Differences were explored between individuals with probable clinical depression and/or anxiety and individuals without probable clinical depression and/or anxiety, considering objective measures of the debt, financial strain, coping strategies as well as sociodemographic variables. Furthermore, binary logistic regression analyses were performed in order to construct a model of predictors of mental illness. In order to collect the data, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE_, as well as questions formulated by... (More)
This cross-sectional study examined psychological mechanisms in order to increase knowledge regarding mental illness amongst 561 over-indebted individuals in Sweden. Differences were explored between individuals with probable clinical depression and/or anxiety and individuals without probable clinical depression and/or anxiety, considering objective measures of the debt, financial strain, coping strategies as well as sociodemographic variables. Furthermore, binary logistic regression analyses were performed in order to construct a model of predictors of mental illness. In order to collect the data, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE_, as well as questions formulated by the research team, were used as measures. Prominent results showed that over-indebted individuals with probable clinical depression and/or anxiety were younger, showed greater levels of financial strain, used adaptive coping strategies to a lesser extent, and maladaptive coping strategies to a greater extent. Additionally, financial strain, use of maladaptive and emotion-focused coping, age and employment status were significant predictors of mental illness. These results put emphasis on the importance of adaptive coping as well as the psychological exposure of over-indebted individuals.
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- Holmgren, Rebecka ; Nilsson Sundström, Emma ; Levinsson, Henrik LU and Ahlström, Richard
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- publishing date
- 2019
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- anxiety, coping, depression, financial strain, Over-indebtedness
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- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
- volume
- 60
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- 1
- pages
- 50 - 58
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- scopus:85059052544
- pmid:30585328
- ISSN
- 0036-5564
- DOI
- 10.1111/sjop.12511
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- Economic vulnerability, over-indebtedness and mental illness
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- English
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- yes
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- 6c29355f-bbb3-4c58-afa4-14cb294d083d
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