The Long-Term Impact of Childhood Disability on Mental Health Trajectories in Mid- to Late-Life.
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2022-10
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We draw from the life course and stress process frameworks to examine how experiencing disability in early life influences mental health in adulthood.Methods
Data come from the Health and Retirement Study Cross-Wave Childhood Health and Family Aggregated Data file (2008-2018, n = 15,289). Childhood disability status is a retrospective self-report of whether respondents were disabled for six months or more because of a health problem before the age of 16 (n = 581). We used age-based growth curve models to construct trajectories of depressive symptoms by childhood disability status.Results
Respondents who experienced childhood disability exhibit more depressive symptoms at age 50 compared to those who did not experience this stressor. However, there is no difference in the growth of depressive symptoms with age between these groups, suggesting maintained inequality over the late adulthood life course.Discussion
Findings suggest that childhood disability has long-term implications for life course mental health.Type
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West, Jessica S, and Christina Kamis (2022). The Long-Term Impact of Childhood Disability on Mental Health Trajectories in Mid- to Late-Life. Journal of aging and health, 34(6-8). pp. 818–830. 10.1177/08982643211066184 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/28649.
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