Long-term economic outcomes for interventions in early childhood: protocol for a systematic review

Geelhoed, Elizabeth; Mandzufas, Joelie; George, Phoebe; Strahan, Kenneth; Duffield, Alison; Li, Ian; Cross, Donna

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036647

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“…It has been noted that intervening and investing in the health, education, and welfare sectors in early childhood brings positive benefits to children, families, and the broader community, and ultimately these benefits lead to increased national productivity and gross domestic product [ 46 ]. Our recent study reported that childhood victimization experiences exacerbate presenteeism in adulthood, with adverse effects on neuroticism and work stressors as mediating factors [ 14 ].…”

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Depressive rumination and trait anxiety mediate the effects of childhood victimization on adulthood depressive symptoms in adult volunteers

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Background Prior studies have reported that childhood victimization experiences substantially augment the risk of depression and suicide in adulthood. Several of our previous studies suggested that childhood experiences of victimization interact with the quality of parenting experienced in childhood, childhood experiences of abuse, neuroticism, and other factors to influence depressive symptoms in adulthood. In this study, it was hypothesized that “childhood victimization” worsens “trait anxiety” and “depressive rumination”, and that “trait anxiety” and “depressive rumination” are mediators that worsen “depressive symptoms in adulthood”. Subjects and methods The following self-administered questionnaires were completed by 576 adult volunteers: Patient Health Questionnaire-9, State–Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y, Ruminative Responses Scale, and Childhood Victimization Rating Scale. Statistical analyses were performed by Pearson correlation coefficient analysis, t-test, multiple regression analysis, path analysis, and covariance structure analysis. Results Path analysis demonstrated that the direct effect was statistically significant for the paths from childhood victimization to trait anxiety, depressive rumination, and depressive symptom severity. Moreover, the indirect effect of childhood victimization on depressive rumination mediated by trait anxiety was statistically significant. The indirect effects of childhood victimization on depressive symptom severity mediated by trait anxiety and depressive rumination were statistically significant. Furthermore, the indirect effect of childhood victimization on depressive symptom severity mediated by both trait anxiety and depressive rumination was statistically significant. Conclusions We found that childhood victimization directly and adversely influenced each of the above factors, and indirectly worsened adulthood depressive symptoms with trait anxiety and depressive ruminations as mediating factors. The present study is the first to clarify these mediation effects. Therefore, the results of this study suggest the importance of preventing childhood victimization and the importance of identifying and addressing childhood victimization in patients with clinical depression.

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Depressive rumination and trait anxiety mediate the effects of childhood victimization on adulthood depressive symptoms in adult volunteers

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“…In addition, positive administrative policies toward childhood peer victimization are expected to improve labor productivity at the national level. 37 …”

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Effects of Peer Victimization in Childhood and Trait Anxiety on Job Stress in Adulthood

Iwata,

Ono,

Ishii

et al. 2024

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Background The experience of peer victimization in childhood increases the risk of developing anxiety disorders and depression, risk of suicide, as well as sensitivity to stress, in adulthood. Various personality traits are known to be associated with these effects. However, the influence of trait anxiety on job stress has not yet been reported. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that the experience of peer victimization in childhood and trait anxiety influence job stress in adulthood. Methods A questionnaire survey, including State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Childhood Victimization Rating Scale, and Brief Job Stress Questionnaire, was administered to 566 adult workers. The interrelationship between multiple variables was analyzed by multiple regression analysis and path analysis. Results In the path model, childhood peer victimization had a positive direct effect on trait anxiety and the psychological and physical stress response (PPSR). Trait anxiety had a positive direct effect on job stressors and PPSR, and job stressors had a positive direct effect on PPSR. Regarding indirect effects, childhood peer victimization had a significant adverse effect on job stressors and PPSR via trait anxiety. Conclusion Our results showed that childhood peer victimization has a negative impact on job stress in adulthood, which is influenced by trait anxiety. Interventions to address peer victimization in childhood and trait anxiety may reduce job stress in adulthood, and thus contribute to improved occupational mental health and productivity in the workplace.

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“…By checking registered protocols, duplication of effort can be avoided. While the search protocol has been published elsewhere (Geelhoed et al 2020), briefly, the search strategy was developed to include all papers that addressed an economic evaluation of population-based investment in early childhood and assessed long-term outcomes. To account for indexing variation among electronic databases, it was necessary to tailor search specifications for each database, with some common terms including 'early childhood' and 'return on investment' or 'cost analysis' or 'economic evaluation'.…”

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Informing Resource Allocation for Investment in Early Childhood: A Review of the International Peer‐Reviewed Evidence

Geelhoed¹,

Bloom²,

Bock³

et al. 2022

Australian Economic Review

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Early childhood investment decisions represent critical policy frameworks that ideally reflect a strong evidence base. This review seeks to assess early childhood intervention priorities based on return on investment without limitation by health, education or social science sector. A systematic search of peer-reviewed literature identified 858 eligible papers relating to economic evaluations of intervention in early childhood (0-4 years). Data for this narrative review was provided by 34 papers. The capacity to rank interventions and to compare relevance across disciplines is limited by the degree of heterogeneity across studies and the potential to compare published studies based on journal indices.

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Long-term economic outcomes for interventions in early childhood: protocol for a systematic review

Cited by 4 publications

References 13 publications

Depressive rumination and trait anxiety mediate the effects of childhood victimization on adulthood depressive symptoms in adult volunteers

Depressive rumination and trait anxiety mediate the effects of childhood victimization on adulthood depressive symptoms in adult volunteers

Effects of Peer Victimization in Childhood and Trait Anxiety on Job Stress in Adulthood

Informing Resource Allocation for Investment in Early Childhood: A Review of the International Peer‐Reviewed Evidence

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