Poor school connectedness in adolescence and adulthood depressiveness: a longitudinal theory-driven study from the Northern Sweden Cohort
Abstract Background Foundations for mental health are laid early in family and school life. Family climate embraces the emotional connections within a family, and school connectedness embraces both functional and affective dimensions of relationship with school. Based on the lack of theory-driven an...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/eurpub/ckab027 2024-06-23T07:55:38+00:00 Poor school connectedness in adolescence and adulthood depressiveness: a longitudinal theory-driven study from the Northern Sweden Cohort Gunnarsdóttir, Hrafnhildur Hensing, Gunnel Hammarström, Anne Swedish Research Council 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab027 http://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckab027/37038328/ckab027.pdf http://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article-pdf/31/4/797/40631941/ckab027.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ European Journal of Public Health volume 31, issue 4, page 797-802 ISSN 1101-1262 1464-360X journal-article 2021 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab027 2024-06-11T04:20:41Z Abstract Background Foundations for mental health are laid early in family and school life. Family climate embraces the emotional connections within a family, and school connectedness embraces both functional and affective dimensions of relationship with school. Based on the lack of theory-driven and longitudinal epidemiological studies addressing public mental health, the aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate the associations between adolescents’ school connectedness, family climate and depressiveness in adulthood, by relying on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory. Methods The data are from the Northern Swedish Cohort, and the sample consists of 481 women and 526 men born in 1965 who participated in data collection at age 16, 21, 30 and 43. The generalized linear model method with random intercepts was used to examine the associations between family climate and school connectedness and depressiveness in adulthood. Results Poor school connectedness was associated with depressiveness in adulthood [β = 0.038 (95% CI 0.018–0.058) P ≤ 0.001], but poor family climate was not [β = 0.014 (95% CI −0.004–0.032)]. No difference in associations was observed between those experiencing social/material adversities in adolescence. Conclusions This study shows that poor school connectedness in adolescence can affect depressiveness in adulthood. The study confirms the complex processes that determine mental health and proposes a theoretical approach appealing to public mental health research. In addition, this study concludes that more life-course studies are needed to advance the knowledge of the mechanisms behind the associations between family climate and school connectedness and depressiveness in adulthood. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Oxford University Press European Journal of Public Health |
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Abstract Background Foundations for mental health are laid early in family and school life. Family climate embraces the emotional connections within a family, and school connectedness embraces both functional and affective dimensions of relationship with school. Based on the lack of theory-driven and longitudinal epidemiological studies addressing public mental health, the aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate the associations between adolescents’ school connectedness, family climate and depressiveness in adulthood, by relying on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory. Methods The data are from the Northern Swedish Cohort, and the sample consists of 481 women and 526 men born in 1965 who participated in data collection at age 16, 21, 30 and 43. The generalized linear model method with random intercepts was used to examine the associations between family climate and school connectedness and depressiveness in adulthood. Results Poor school connectedness was associated with depressiveness in adulthood [β = 0.038 (95% CI 0.018–0.058) P ≤ 0.001], but poor family climate was not [β = 0.014 (95% CI −0.004–0.032)]. No difference in associations was observed between those experiencing social/material adversities in adolescence. Conclusions This study shows that poor school connectedness in adolescence can affect depressiveness in adulthood. The study confirms the complex processes that determine mental health and proposes a theoretical approach appealing to public mental health research. In addition, this study concludes that more life-course studies are needed to advance the knowledge of the mechanisms behind the associations between family climate and school connectedness and depressiveness in adulthood. |
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Gunnarsdóttir, Hrafnhildur Hensing, Gunnel Hammarström, Anne Poor school connectedness in adolescence and adulthood depressiveness: a longitudinal theory-driven study from the Northern Sweden Cohort |
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Gunnarsdóttir, Hrafnhildur Hensing, Gunnel Hammarström, Anne |
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Poor school connectedness in adolescence and adulthood depressiveness: a longitudinal theory-driven study from the Northern Sweden Cohort |
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Poor school connectedness in adolescence and adulthood depressiveness: a longitudinal theory-driven study from the Northern Sweden Cohort |
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Poor school connectedness in adolescence and adulthood depressiveness: a longitudinal theory-driven study from the Northern Sweden Cohort |
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Poor school connectedness in adolescence and adulthood depressiveness: a longitudinal theory-driven study from the Northern Sweden Cohort |
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Poor school connectedness in adolescence and adulthood depressiveness: a longitudinal theory-driven study from the Northern Sweden Cohort |
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poor school connectedness in adolescence and adulthood depressiveness: a longitudinal theory-driven study from the northern sweden cohort |
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Oxford University Press (OUP) |
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European Journal of Public Health volume 31, issue 4, page 797-802 ISSN 1101-1262 1464-360X |
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