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High and low levels of positive mental health : are there socioeconomic differences among adolescents?
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Nielsen, Line, Macintyre, Anna, Stewart-Brown, Sarah L., Vinther-Larsen, Mathilde, Meilstrup, Charlotte, Holstein, Bjørn E. and Koushede, Vibeke (2016) High and low levels of positive mental health : are there socioeconomic differences among adolescents? Journal of Public Mental Health, 15 (1). pp. 37-49. doi:10.1108/JPMH-10-2014-0041 ISSN 1746-5729.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JPMH-10-2014-0041
Abstract
Purpose:
– It is important within public health goals to promote adolescents’ mental health and to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in mental health. Among adults there are indications that the socioeconomic pattern of low positive mental health (PMH) differs from the socioeconomic pattern of high PMH. Knowledge regarding the social epidemiology of PMH among young people is lacking. The purpose of this paper is to examine the socioeconomic patterning of aspects of low and high PMH among adolescents.
Design/methodology/approach:
– The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Methodology Development Study 2012 provided data on 3,670 adolescents aged 11-15 in two municipalities in Denmark. Socioeconomic differences in aspects of low and high PMH (self-esteem, social competence and self-efficacy) were investigated by calculating sex-specific prevalence of PMH in socioeconomic groups measured by parents’ occupational social class. Using multi-level logistic regression analyses, odds ratios for low and high PMH compared to moderate PMH were estimated.
Findings:
– In age-adjusted analyses there seemed to be a graded relationship with increasing odds for low PMH with decreasing socioeconomic position, but no indication of a socioeconomic patterning of high PMH. The prevalence of high self-esteem and high self-efficacy was higher among boys than girls. High social competence and high self-efficacy increased with age.
Research limitations/implications:
– Public health research has primarily focused on risk factors and mental health problems. Research highlighting more detailed aspects of PMH is needed.
Originality/value:
– The socioeconomic pattern of high PMH may be different from the socioeconomic pattern of low PMH.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Statistics and Epidemiology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Teenagers -- Mental health, Youth -- Mental health , Teenagers with mental disabilities -- Economic conditions, Teenagers with mental disabilities -- Social conditions, Youth with mental disabilities -- Economic conditions, Youth with mental disabilities -- Social conditions | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Public Mental Health | ||||||
Publisher: | Pier Professional Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 1746-5729 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 15 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 37-49 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1108/JPMH-10-2014-0041 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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