Social Inequalities in Mental Health and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children in Spain

Lapresa, L. Barriuso; Hernando-Arizaleta, Lauro; Rajmil, Luís

doi:10.1542/peds.2011-3594

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“…Financial pressure is one of the factors, which can cause conflict between couples and affect their sexual activity (32). Our findings highlighted a significant correlation between quality of life and income level; in other words, higher income was associated with increased quality of life, reduced stress, and improved sexual function; several other studies have also reported similar results (14,(33)(34)(35). It seems reasonable to assume that better economic status can have positive effects on nutrition, care, awareness, and quality of life (36).…”

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The Correlation of Sexual Dysfunction with Prenatal Stress and Quality of Life: A Path Analysis

Alidost

Dolatian

Shams

et al. 2017

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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The Correlation of Sexual Dysfunction with Prenatal Stress and Quality of Life: A Path Analysis

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Dolatian

Shams

et al. 2017

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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“…In Spain, Sonego et al [17] show a strong association between parental education and a child’s mental health, especially when maternal education is analysed. In line with Sonego’s results, children whose mothers have lower levels of education have been demonstrated as tending to have poorer mental health [28]. However, very little literature focuses how both maternal health and maternal socioeconomic status can affect specific mental health outcomes in children.…”

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“…The literature agrees that families from low socioeconomic communities in particular are considered a risk factor for the mental health of the child [26, 27], and studies using Spanish data also reach the same conclusion [28, 29]. Moreover, maternal SES is of particular interest as mothers tend to be more efficient at taking care of their children [30].…”

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“…In Spain, in particular, the SDQ was validated by Rodríguez-Hernández et al [36] and since 2006 it has been included in the Spanish National Health Survey (SNHS). Nevertheless, most of the research done to date has been focused on the Total Difficulties Score (TDS-SDQ) [28, 29, 37, 38] and few studies use the desegregated information from the five scales of mental health that the SDQ provides [39–41], which would provide more specific results to better address children’s mental health issues.…”

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Influence maternal background has on children’s mental health

Arroyo-Borrell

Renart

Saurina

et al. 2017

Int J Equity Health

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BackgroundIn this paper, we aim to discern how a mother’s health and her socioeconomic determinants may influence her children’s mental health. In addition to this, we also evaluate the influence of other household characteristics and whether or not the economic downturn has heightened the effect a parent’s social gradient has on their children’s mental health.MethodsWe use samples comprised of 4-14-year-old minors from the 2006 Spanish National Health Survey (SNHS), undertaken prior to the crisis, and the 2011 SNHS, carried out during the crisis. The participating children’s mental health is assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Mixed models are used to evaluate the influence a mother’s health and her socioeconomic status may have on her children’s mental health. We also add interactions to observe the effect specific socioeconomic determinants may have had during the economic downturn.ResultsThe risk of a child suffering from mental health disorders increases when their mother has mental health problems. Socioeconomic determinants also play a role, as a low socioeconomic status (SES) increases the risk of a child exhibiting behavioural problems, being hyperactive or antisocial, whereas when a mother has attained a high level of education, this significantly reduces the probability of a child having mental health problems. ‘Homemaker’ is the activity status most positively related to children’s mental health. The findings show that the Spanish economic downturn has not significantly changed children’s mental health problems and the negative effects of low maternal SES are no greater than they were before the crisis. The main difference in 2011, with respect to 2006, is that the risk of children suffering from mental health problems is higher when their parents are (long or short-term) unemployed.ConclusionsIn conclusion, both a mother’s health and her socioeconomic status, as well as other household characteristics, are found to be related to her children’s mental well-being. Although the crisis has not significantly changed mental health disorders in children or the social gradient of parents in general, at-risk children are the most negatively affected in the Spanish economic downturn.

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“…The results showed that problem solving skill had a significant negative relationship with anger and depression (as mental health variables). Barriuso-Lapresa et al (2012) performed a study entitled "the impact of education on mental health in 4-15 year-old Spanish children". According to the findings of the research, the children whose mothers had primary education and lower economic status had lower mental health status than those who had higher education in the family and higher economic status.…”

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The Moderating Effect of the Economic Situation on Relationship between Problem-Solving Skills and Mental Health in Working Women and Housewives

Garmsari¹,

Safara²

2017

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Women as an important stratum of society play a fundamental role in the creation, establishment and strengthening of families. So, paying attention to their mental health as the family guides has direct effects on the mental health of children, families and consequently the whole of society. Thus, the present study was performed to investigate the moderating effect of the economic situation on the relationship between problem solving skills and mental health in two groups of working women and housewives referring to Welfare Centers in the city of Karaj. Based on Morgan's sampling table, 199 working women and 192 housewives (totally 391) were selected by simple random sampling method. Then, Cassidy and Long (1996) Problem-Solving Style Questionnaire and Goldberg (1989) General Health Questionnaire were administered on the sample group, and data were analyzed using SPSS software (ver. 17). The results showed that the economy had an independent contribution in predicting the mental health of working women, but it was not capable to act as a moderating variable in relationship between problem-solving skill and mental health of working women. In addition, according to the results obtained from the housewife population, not only the economy does not have an independent contribution in the prediction of their mental health, but also it cannot act as a moderating variable in this relationship. But the problem-solving skill alone explains 23.8% of the variance of mental health in the sample population. In other words, problem-solving ability was effective in increasing the level of mental health. But the impact of economy as a moderating variable in the relationship between problem-solving skill and mental health of housewives and working women was not significant.

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Social Inequalities in Mental Health and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children in Spain

Cited by 31 publications

References 34 publications

The Correlation of Sexual Dysfunction with Prenatal Stress and Quality of Life: A Path Analysis

The Correlation of Sexual Dysfunction with Prenatal Stress and Quality of Life: A Path Analysis

Influence maternal background has on children’s mental health

The Moderating Effect of the Economic Situation on Relationship between Problem-Solving Skills and Mental Health in Working Women and Housewives

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