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Self-rated mental health and socio-economic background : a study of adolescents in Sweden
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- Hutton, Katrin, 1968- (author)
- Högskolan i Halmstad,Hälsofrämjande processer,Affecta psychiatric out-patients clinic, Halmstad, Sweden
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- Nyholm, Maria, 1962- (author)
- Högskolan i Halmstad,Idrott, hälsa och fysisk aktivitet
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- Nygren, Jens, 1976- (author)
- Högskolan i Halmstad,Hälsofrämjande processer
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- Svedberg, Petra, 1973- (author)
- Högskolan i Halmstad,Hälsofrämjande processer
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- Einberg, Eva-Lena, 1965- (contributor)
- Högskolan i Halmstad,Hälsofrämjande processer
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- Kadrija, Ibadete, 1990- (contributor)
- Högskolan i Halmstad,Akademin för hälsa och välfärd
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- 2014-04-23
- 2014
- English.
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In: BMC Public Health. - London : BioMed Central. - 1471-2458. ; 14:1
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- Background: Adolescents' mental health is a major public health issue. Previous research has shown that socio-economic factors contribute to the health status of adolescents. The present study explores the association between socio-economic status and self-rated mental health among adolescents.Methods: Cross sectional data from the Halmstad Youth Quality of Life cohort was collected in a town in Sweden. In all, 948 adolescents (11-13 younger age group and 14-16 older age group) participated. Information on self-rated mental health was collected from the subscale Psychological functioning in the Minneapolis Manchester Quality of Life instrument. The items were summarized into a total score and dichotomized by the mean. Indicators measuring socio-economic status (SES) were collected in a questionnaire using the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) and additional factors regarding parents' marital status and migration were added. Logistic models were used to analyze the data.Results: Girls were more likely to rate their mental health below the mean compared to boys. With regard to FAS (high, medium, low), there was a significantly increased risk of self-rated mental health below the mean among younger boys in the medium FAS score OR; 2.68 (95% CI 1.35;5.33) and among older boys in the low FAS score OR; 2.37 (1.02;5.52) compared to boys in the high FAS score. No such trend was seen among girls. For younger girls there was a significant protective association between having parents born abroad and self-rated mental health below mean OR: 0.47 (0.24;0.91).Conclusions: A complex pattern of associations between SES and self-rated mental health, divergent between age and gender groups, was shown. The total FAS score was only associated with boys' self-rated mental health in both age groups, whereas parents' migratory status influenced only the girls' self-rated mental health. Because of the different association for girls' and boys' self-rated mental health and SES, other factors than SES should also be considered when investigating and exploring the mental health of adolescents in affluent communities. © 2014 Hutton et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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- 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)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
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- Adolescents
- Self-rated mental health
- Socio-economic status
- Family affluence scale
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