Wade, Terrance J and Pevalin, David J (2004) Marital Transitions and Mental Health. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 45 (2). pp. 155-170. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/002214650404500203
Wade, Terrance J and Pevalin, David J (2004) Marital Transitions and Mental Health. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 45 (2). pp. 155-170. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/002214650404500203
Wade, Terrance J and Pevalin, David J (2004) Marital Transitions and Mental Health. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 45 (2). pp. 155-170. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/002214650404500203
Abstract
<jats:p> Most research identifies marital disruption as a precursor for poor mental health but is generally unable to discount the potential selection effect of poor mental health leading to marital disruption. We use data from nine annual waves of the British Household Panel Survey to examine social selection and social causation as competing explanations. Mental health is measured using the general health questionnaire. We examine mental health at multiple time points prior to and after a marital transition through separation or divorce and compare this process to those who experience widowhood. All groups transitioning out of marriage have a higher prevalence of poor mental health afterwards but for those separated or divorced, poor mental health also precedes marital disruption, lending support to both social-causation and social-selection processes. The processes both preceding and after the transition to widowhood differ, with increased prevalence of disorder centering around the time surrounding the death itself. </jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Health Surveys; Family Characteristics; Marital Status; Divorce; Widowhood; Life Change Events; Mental Disorders; Selection Bias; Causality; Adult; United States; Female; Male; Surveys and Questionnaires; United Kingdom |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology and Criminology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2013 15:26 |
Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2024 05:16 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/7889 |