Psychosocial correlates of hopelessness among men.

• Psychosocial correlates of hopelessness among men.Soares JJ, Macassa G, Grossi G, Viitasara E.Stockholm Centre for Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden. joaquim.soares@sll.seThis study examined overall hopelessness, explored differences in various variables (e.g. burnout) between men reporting no/mild hopelessness and moderate/severe hopelessness, and scrutinized factors associated with hopelessness. The study design was cross-sectional, and the participants were 517 men randomly selected from the general population. About 12% of men reported moderate/severe hopelessness, and men with moderate/severe hopelessness were more often older, divorced/widowed, low educated, employed in blue-collar positions, on sick leave/other/unemployment/retirement, and financially strained. They also reported more depression, posttraumatic symptoms, and burnout. Only unemployment/retirement, depression, and posttraumatic symptoms were independently associated with an increased risk for moderate/severe hopelessness in the regression analysis, with unemployment and retirement as the most important factors. In conclusion, this study seems to corroborate previous findings and may provide new insights into men's experiences and predictors of hopelessness. More research into the predictors of hopelessness in men is warranted.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Adolescent

Adult

Affective Symptoms/epidemiology/*etiology

Analysis of Variance

Cross-Sectional Studies

Depressive Disorder/psychology

Health Status

Humans

Logistic Models

Male

Middle Aged

Risk Factors

Socioeconomic Factors

Stress Disorders; Post-Traumatic/psychology

Stress; Psychological/psychology

Sweden/epidemiology

Public health medicine research areas

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