Life satisfaction and mental health problems (18 to 35 years)
| Autor: | L. J. Horwood, Nicola Swain, Simon Chapple, David M. Fergusson, Richie Poulton, Geraldine F. H. McLeod |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Longitudinal study Adolescent Suicide Attempted Personal Satisfaction Suicidal Ideation Young Adult Risk Factors medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Psychiatry Suicidal ideation Applied Psychology Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Depressive Disorder Major Substance dependence Alcohol dependence Life satisfaction medicine.disease Mental health Anxiety Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Models Structural Psychiatry and Mental health Alcoholism Mental Health Anxiety Female medicine.symptom Psychology Anxiety disorder Clinical psychology New Zealand |
| Zdroj: | Psychological medicine. 45(11) |
| ISSN: | 1469-8978 0033-2917 |
| Popis: | BackgroundPrevious research has found that mental health is strongly associated with life satisfaction. In this study we examine associations between mental health problems and life satisfaction in a birth cohort studied from 18 to 35 years.MethodData were gathered during the Christchurch Health and Development Study, which is a longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1265 children, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1977. Assessments of psychiatric disorder (major depression, anxiety disorder, suicidality, alcohol dependence and illicit substance dependence) using DSM diagnostic criteria and life satisfaction were obtained at 18, 21, 25, 30 and 35 years.ResultsSignificant associations (p < 0.01) were found between repeated measures of life satisfaction and the psychiatric disorders major depression, anxiety disorder, suicidality, alcohol dependence and substance dependence. After adjustment for non-observed sources of confounding by fixed effects, statistically significant associations (p < 0.05) remained between life satisfaction and major depression, anxiety disorder, suicidality and substance dependence. Overall, those reporting three or more mental health disorders had mean life satisfaction scores that were nearly 0.60 standard deviations below those without mental health problems. A structural equation model examined the direction of causation between life satisfaction and mental health problems. Statistically significant (p < 0.05) reciprocal associations were found between life satisfaction and mental health problems.ConclusionsAfter adjustment for confounding, robust and reciprocal associations were found between mental health problems and life satisfaction. Overall, this study showed evidence that life satisfaction influences mental disorder, and that mental disorder influences life satisfaction. |
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