Marital Dissolution as a Stressor

Mastekaasa, Arne

doi:10.1300/j087v26n03_13

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“…Longitudinal data might help circumvent this problem, but cross-national longitudinal datasets containing information on marital status, mental health status, and mental health professional care seeking are currently nonexistent. In addition, we cannot rule out that possible selection effects may account for the association between marital status and professional care seeking, as previous research has indicated that at least a part of the relation between divorce and mental health is due to selection effects [9,14,77,78]. However, as our results on professional care use for mental health problems are in line with the only longitudinal study, to our knowledge, on this topic [9], we believe that a substantial part of the differences in mental health care use is a consequence of the divorce or separation.…”

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Divorce, divorce rates, and professional care seeking for mental health problems in Europe: a cross-sectional population-based study

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BackgroundLittle is known about differences in professional care seeking based on marital status. The few existing studies show more professional care seeking among the divorced or separated compared to the married or cohabiting. The aim of this study is to determine whether, in a sample of the European general population, the divorced or separated seek more professional mental health care than the married or cohabiting, regardless of self-reported mental health problems. Furthermore, we examine whether two country-level features--the supply of mental health professionals and the country-level divorce rates--contribute to marital status differences in professional care-seeking behavior.MethodsWe use data from the Eurobarometer 248 on mental well-being that was collected via telephone interviews. The unweighted sample includes 27,146 respondents (11,728 men and 15,418 women). Poisson hierarchical regression models were estimated to examine whether the divorced or separated have higher professional health care use for emotional or psychological problems, after controlling for mental and somatic health, sociodemographic characteristics, support from family and friends, and degree of urbanization. We also considered country-level divorce rates and indicators of the supply of mental health professionals, and applied design and population weights.ResultsWe find that professional care seeking is strongly need based. Moreover, the divorced or separated consult health professionals for mental health problems more often than people who are married or who cohabit do. In addition, we find that the gap between the divorced or separated and the married or cohabiting is highest in countries with low divorce rates.ConclusionsThe higher rates of professional care seeking for mental health problems among the divorced or separated only partially correlates with their more severe mental health problems. In countries where marital dissolution is more common, the marital status gap in professional care seeking is narrower, partially because professional care seeking is more common among the married or cohabiting.

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Divorce, divorce rates, and professional care seeking for mental health problems in Europe: a cross-sectional population-based study

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“…It has also been found that, as the time of the formal marital dissolution approaches, there is a strong decline in subjective wellbeing. Those who are going through a marital dissolution reported increases in loneliness, distress, and use of alcohol (Mastekaasa, 1997).…”

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The mental health and parenting practices of recently separated parents

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2012

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Self‐esteem, personality and post traumatic stress symptoms following the dissolution of a dating relationship

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The present study aimed to ascertain the extent to which people, following the dissolution of a dating relationship, experienced post traumatic stress symptoms. It also aimed to investigate the relationship between post traumatic stress and self-esteem and personality. The hypotheses were that there would be a severe degree of post traumatic stress symptoms experienced by the present samples, and that the personality factor, in particular, neuroticism, and low self-esteem would be associated with the samples' post traumatic stress symptoms. Sixty heterosexual subjects who had experienced a romantic relationship dissolution over the past 24 months were recruited for the study. They were interviewed with The results showed that 72 per cent of the subjects scored at or above the high IES symptom cut-off. Forty-three per cent scored above the cut-off of the GHQ-28. Significant correlations were found between the impact of the dissolution and general health. The present subjects were significantly less extroverted and neurotic than the standardized samples. Stepwise regression analyses showed that negative self-esteem significantly predicted avoidance and the total general health, and that neuroticism significantly predicted the total impact of the dissolution.

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Marital Dissolution as a Stressor

Cited by 22 publications

References 28 publications

Divorce, divorce rates, and professional care seeking for mental health problems in Europe: a cross-sectional population-based study

Divorce, divorce rates, and professional care seeking for mental health problems in Europe: a cross-sectional population-based study

The mental health and parenting practices of recently separated parents

Self‐esteem, personality and post traumatic stress symptoms following the dissolution of a dating relationship

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