The Importance of Financial Recession for Mental Health among Students: Short- and Long-Term Analyses from An Ecosocial Perspective
Background and aim Referring to the ecosocial theory and utilising the ‘natural experiment’ setting provided by the global recession at the beginning of 1990s, the aim of our study was to analyse the short- and long-term associations between trade and mental health in young students followed until m...
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crsagepubl:10.4081/jphr.2019.1504 2024-09-15T18:26:12+00:00 The Importance of Financial Recession for Mental Health among Students: Short- and Long-Term Analyses from An Ecosocial Perspective Hammarström, Ann Virtanen, Pekka 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2019.1504 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.4081/jphr.2019.1504 https://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/download/1504/499 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.4081/jphr.2019.1504 en eng SAGE Publications https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Journal of Public Health Research volume 8, issue 2, page jphr.2019.1504 ISSN 2279-9036 2279-9036 journal-article 2019 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2019.1504 2024-07-22T04:31:41Z Background and aim Referring to the ecosocial theory and utilising the ‘natural experiment’ setting provided by the global recession at the beginning of 1990s, the aim of our study was to analyse the short- and long-term associations between trade and mental health in young students followed until mid-adulthood. Method The study was based on two prospective cohort studies, the older and the younger Northern Swedish Cohort which both consisted of all pupils in a middle-sized industrial town in Northern Sweden. At age 21, the younger cohort entered the labour market during the deep recession of the early 1990s, while the older cohort entered the labour market during the boom of the 1980s. Both cohorts were followed up with a high response rate in mid adulthood. For this study, all students were selected at age 21. Results At age 21, those who studied during recession had more depressive and functional somatic symptoms than those who studied during boom. The cohort differences did not remain over age: by the follow-up in early middle age the differences between the cohorts were non-significant, most notably due to decreased depressive symptoms in the younger cohort and increase of functional somatic symptoms in the older cohort. Conclusions The short-term mental health consequences of the business cycle seem to be more extensive than limited only to those who are unemployed, even though the possible long-term consequences seem to be more complex. Thus, the macrolevel had a great short-term impact on the individual level in relation to the microlevel setting of university/school. The chronosystem was also of major importance. Future research would benefit from taking the context into account. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden SAGE Publications Journal of Public Health Research 8 2 jphr.2019.1504 |
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Background and aim Referring to the ecosocial theory and utilising the ‘natural experiment’ setting provided by the global recession at the beginning of 1990s, the aim of our study was to analyse the short- and long-term associations between trade and mental health in young students followed until mid-adulthood. Method The study was based on two prospective cohort studies, the older and the younger Northern Swedish Cohort which both consisted of all pupils in a middle-sized industrial town in Northern Sweden. At age 21, the younger cohort entered the labour market during the deep recession of the early 1990s, while the older cohort entered the labour market during the boom of the 1980s. Both cohorts were followed up with a high response rate in mid adulthood. For this study, all students were selected at age 21. Results At age 21, those who studied during recession had more depressive and functional somatic symptoms than those who studied during boom. The cohort differences did not remain over age: by the follow-up in early middle age the differences between the cohorts were non-significant, most notably due to decreased depressive symptoms in the younger cohort and increase of functional somatic symptoms in the older cohort. Conclusions The short-term mental health consequences of the business cycle seem to be more extensive than limited only to those who are unemployed, even though the possible long-term consequences seem to be more complex. Thus, the macrolevel had a great short-term impact on the individual level in relation to the microlevel setting of university/school. The chronosystem was also of major importance. Future research would benefit from taking the context into account. |
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The Importance of Financial Recession for Mental Health among Students: Short- and Long-Term Analyses from An Ecosocial Perspective |
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The Importance of Financial Recession for Mental Health among Students: Short- and Long-Term Analyses from An Ecosocial Perspective |
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The Importance of Financial Recession for Mental Health among Students: Short- and Long-Term Analyses from An Ecosocial Perspective |
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