Pathways Linking Childhood SES and Adult Health Behaviors and Psychological Resources in Black and White Men

Boylan, Jennifer Morozink; Cundiff, Jenny M.; Jakubowski, Karen P; Pardini, Dustin A.; Matthews, Karen A.

doi:10.1093/abm/kay006

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“…Two participants were missing scores on some components and thus have prorated psychological resource scores based on the components with available data. The composite has good internal consistency reliability (full sample α=.87; α=.89 in Black men and α=.85 in White men); prior work in this sample has shown measurement invariance for a psychological resource composite including purpose in life, optimism, self-mastery, and self-esteem across race (37).…”

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Prospective Associations of Adolescent Conscientiousness With Psychological Resources and Metabolic Syndrome in Black and White Men

2019

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Objective: Conscientiousness predicts better psychological resources as well as lower cardiovascular mortality and lower metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk. However, the benefits of conscientiousness might be amplified, disabled, or reversed in disadvantaged groups. This study is the first to test these competing hypotheses for prospective associations between adolescent conscientiousness and adult psychological resources and MetS. Method: Participants were 220 men (54.6% Black) from the Pittsburgh Youth Study. Adolescent conscientiousness (Mean age=16, SD=1) was rated by participants and their parents. Adult (Mean age=32, SD=1) socioeconomic status (SES; occupation and education), psychological resources (composite of positive affect, purpose in life, optimism, self-mastery, and self-esteem), and MetS scores (glucose, lipids, waist circumference, and blood pressure) were measured. Hierarchical regressions were used to evaluate the association of conscientiousness with adult psychological resources and MetS scores, with testing of moderation by race and SES. Results: Self-and parent-reported conscientiousness were associated with better psychological resources (βs=0.23-0.29, ps≤.015), with no moderation by race or socioeconomic status. In the full sample, a three-way interaction of self-reported conscientiousness, race, and SES was obtained for MetS (β=0.12, p=.093). Subgroup analysis indicated that self-reported conscientiousness was related to higher MetS scores in low SES Black men (β int =−0.22, p=.022), but there was no comparable linear (βs≤0.08, ps≥.50) or interaction (βs≤−0.13 ps≥.25) pattern in White men.

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Prospective Associations of Adolescent Conscientiousness With Psychological Resources and Metabolic Syndrome in Black and White Men

2019

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“…The Hollingshead measure is one of the most frequently used measures of socioeconomic position and has demonstrated good interrater reliability in previous research (Cirino et al, 2002). The Hollingshead in its original scoring system continue to be used as an estimate of SES across health research (Arentoft et al, 2015;Bava et al, 2018;Boylan et al, 2018;Bublitz et al, 2016;Daepp and Arcaya, 2017;Harris et al, 2014;Heptulla et al, 2016;Hur et al, 2015;Matthews et al, 2014;Mogi et al, 2019;Seyrek et al, 2017;Turkheimer et al, 2015;Turkheimer et al, 2003;Valenzuela et al, 2019). However, given more recent studies that define SES as education, income, or occupation alone (Brito et al, 2016;Merz et al, 2017;Noble et al, 2015a;Noble et al, 2015b;Noble et al, 2012;Noble et al, 2007;Noble et al, 2005;Noble et al, 2006), and the suggestion that occupation is one of the best estimates of SES as it reflects power, income, and education (https://macses.ucsf.edu/research/ socialenviron/occupation.php), we also re-coded our occupation variable using an updated system (O*NET government codes [https://www.onetcenter.org/overview.html] based off the standard occupation classification [https://www.bls.gov/soc/]) (Choi et al, 2012).…”

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Prenatal socioeconomic status and social support are associated with neonatal brain morphology, toddler language and psychiatric symptoms

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Bansal

Hao

et al. 2019

Child Neuropsychology

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Few studies have assessed the association of parental SES with brain measures in neonates, at a time when exposure to the postnatal environment is minimal. Social support may buffer the adverse consequences of SES, and has been associated with better cognitive -emotional development in children. We studied the association of prenatal SES and social support with neonatal brain structure, and toddler cognition and psychiatric symptoms. In a sample of 37 healthy neonates, we correlated a measure of SES and marital/partner status (an index of social support) with morphological features of the cerebral surface measured on high-resolution MRI scans, scanned between the 1 st -6 th weeks of postnatal life. We then assessed how SES relates to cognitive and behavioral outcomes at age 24-months. We found that neonates born to mothers with lower SES had greater local volumes at the surface of the right occipital lobe, left temporal pole, and left inferior frontal and anterior cingulate regions. Partner status moderated the associations of SES on neonatal brain morphology. Lower SES was associated with poorer language scores and less severe ADHD and ODD symptoms. In summary, SES was associated with neonatal brain structure and language and behavioral outcomes at toddler age. Future studies with a greater sample size and longitudinal MRI scans will help to determine whether prenatal SES continues to relate to early brain development in the same or different brain regions.

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“…Life satisfaction can also represent a more stable and diversified measure of the lives of middle-aged and elderly people [ 55 ]. Higher adult SES, support for family members and other aspects of life may increase the life satisfaction of middle-aged and elderly people, moderate the adverse effects of childhood, and thus improve their physical and psychological status [ 57 , 58 ]. Studies have shown that life satisfaction is particularly strongly associated with health [ 59 ].…”

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The effect of childhood socioeconomic status on depressive symptoms in middle-old age: the mediating role of life satisfaction

Tang

Yin

et al. 2022

BMC Psychiatry

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Background Some studies have shown that childhood socioeconomic status (SES) can influence the development and progression of depression in adulthood. This study aimed to analyze the effects of childhood SES on depressive symptoms in individuals of middle-old age and examine the potential mediating role of life satisfaction based on national data in China. Methods Data were derived from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) data. A total of 17,129 individuals who were aged 45 years and older were included. The dependent variable was depressive symptoms in middle-old age. Childhood SES was the independent variable, and life satisfaction was the mediator. This study controlled four factors: general demographic characteristics, adult SES, childhood adversity and health and living status. Pearson correlations and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were performed, and the Baron and Kenny method was used to test the mediating role. Results The score of depressive symptoms among all participants was 7.88 ± 6.65. Gender, age, adult SES, childhood adversity and health and living status all affected the development of depression symptom in middle-aged and elderly individuals in China. After adjusting for all covariates, the higher the childhood SES, the lower the depressive symptom score (β = − 0.422, P < 0.001). Life satisfaction had a partial mediating effect between childhood SES and depressive symptoms. Low childhood SES may improve life satisfaction (β = 0.051, P < 0.001) and life satisfaction indirectly decreases depressive symptom scores (β = − 0.403, P < 0.001). Conclusions Life satisfaction was a partial mediator between childhood SES and depressive symptoms in middle and old age. Improving life satisfaction may serve as an intervention to reduce the incidence of depression symptoms in the future.

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Pathways Linking Childhood SES and Adult Health Behaviors and Psychological Resources in Black and White Men

Cited by 12 publications

References 92 publications

Prospective Associations of Adolescent Conscientiousness With Psychological Resources and Metabolic Syndrome in Black and White Men

Prospective Associations of Adolescent Conscientiousness With Psychological Resources and Metabolic Syndrome in Black and White Men

Prenatal socioeconomic status and social support are associated with neonatal brain morphology, toddler language and psychiatric symptoms

The effect of childhood socioeconomic status on depressive symptoms in middle-old age: the mediating role of life satisfaction

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