Socioeconomic inequalities and mental stress in individual and regional level: a twenty one cities study in China

Wang, Hongmei; Yang, Xiaozhao Yousef; Yang, Tingzhong; Cottrell, Randall R.; Yu, Lie; Feng, Xueying; Jiang, Shuhan

doi:10.1186/s12939-015-0152-4

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“…The association between socio-economic inequalities and stress realized in our study was different than those reported by others. For instance, Wang et al (2015) reported higher stress with lower income and lower regional per capita gross domestic product, while Barnay (2016) found a varying relationship depending on the employment arrangement and working conditions. Also, in our male sample, overweight was significantly associated with perceived stress.…”

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Gender-specific correlates of perceived life stress: a population-based study, Montreal, Canada, 2012

Meshefedjian

Fournier

Blanchard

et al. 2019

Can J Public Health

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Objectives To identify the gender-specific correlates of perceived life stress in a representative sample of the Montreal population. Method Data were extracted from the Local Health Survey Program (called BTOPO^) collected in 2012. TOPO-2012 provided information on chronic diseases, their determinants and risk factors, as well as lifestyle and health services utilization. Poisson regression was used to identify significant correlates of perceived life stress. Results Single-parent females were 21% more likely (RR = 1.21; 95% CI = 1.04-1.42) to report stressful life compared to females living alone. Females born in Canada or established female immigrants were significantly more likely to report stressful life (respectively RR = 1.34; 95% CI = 1.12-1.60 and RR = 1.31; 95% CI = 1.08-1.58) than recent female immigrants. Furthermore, females living in a privileged material neighbourhood reported significantly higher perceived life stress (14% higher) than females living in a deprived neighbourhood. On the other hand, males with higher annual household income were 9% more likely (OR = 1.09; 95% CI = 1.05-1.14) to perceive life stress than males reporting a lower income. Also, overweight males reported higher stress (RR = 1.13; 95% CI = 1.01-1.26) than their normal weighted counterparts. Additionally, males who were diagnosed with a physical health problem were more likely to report stressful life (RR = 1.44; 95% CI = 1.28-1.61) than males who did not report any physical health problem. Conclusion Identifying correlates of stress at the population level may help researchers characterize people vulnerable to daily stress, provide health agencies the advantage to forecast and prevent its occurrence and diseases associated with it, as well as offer policy advocates a pivotal edge to reduce disparities in population health.

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Gender-specific correlates of perceived life stress: a population-based study, Montreal, Canada, 2012

Meshefedjian

Fournier

Blanchard

et al. 2019

Can J Public Health

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“…It has shown great validity and reliability even though it is less frequently used for diagnostic purposes (e.g., Lu and Zhang ; Xu and Yu ; Wang et al. ). In addition, subjective self‐rated depression has shown good interitem correlation to other symptom‐based scales (Abdel‐Khalek ; Bazargan, Bazargan‐Hejazi, and Baker ; Cheng and Furnham ).…”

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Christian Identification and Self‐Reported Depression: Evidence from China

Yang

Luo

2017

Scientific Study of Religion

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The nexus between religion and mental health in the East has been understudied, where the coexistence of multiple religions calls for scholarly attention to religious identification. This article investigates the impact on self-reported depression of an individual's identification with Christianity in a non-Judeo-Christian and religion-regulating social setting. Taking advantage of the Chinese General Social Survey 2010, our empirical analyses suggest that people who explicitly identify with Christianity report a significantly higher level of depression compared with both religious nones and self-claimed Buddhists. In contrast, there is no significant difference in self-reported depression between religious nones and self-identified Buddhists. This study supplements current literature on the connection between religious affiliation and mental health with a particular interest in East Asia, suggesting that the consequence on mental health of religious identification is contingent on a religion's social status, and a religion's marginal position may turn religious identification into a detrimental psychological burden.

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“…All respondents provided the following sociodemographic information: age, sex, race/ethnicity, grade, major, parental occupation, annual household income, and family residence. Mental stress was measured using the Chinese version of the Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS) [25,26].This scale comprises 14 items that address perceptions of stress during the month prior to the survey. Items were rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale, and ranged from 0 (never) to 4 (very often).…”

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Contextual Influences on Deliberate Self-harm Among Chinese University Undergraduates: A Representative Nationwide Study

Peng¹,

Zhang

Yang

et al. 2020

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Background: Numerous studies have identified factors associated with deliberate self-harm (DSH), but environmental influences have been largely neglected. This study explored regional and university contextual factors impacting DSH among undergraduate students in China. Methods: In this observational cross-sectional study, subjects were 5,016 undergraduate students, who were identified through multistage survey sampling in 22 Chinese universities. Individual-level data were obtained through a self-administered questionnaire, and environmental variables were extracted from the National Bureau of Statistics database. Multilevel logistic regression models were used to examine regional correlates of DSH.Results: The overall prevalence of self-reported DSH in the study sample was 7.5% (95% CI: 4.1%, 10.9%). The full multilevel logistic model showed university rank and city size were inversely associated with DSH prevalence (OR: 0.24 and 0.55). Regional unemployment rates were positively associated with DSH prevalence (OR: 1.98).Conclusion: Results yield important insights on the role of context in DSH among Chinese undergraduates, and indicate the need to consider environmental factors in order to ameliorate the problem.

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Socioeconomic inequalities and mental stress in individual and regional level: a twenty one cities study in China

Cited by 31 publications

References 20 publications

Gender-specific correlates of perceived life stress: a population-based study, Montreal, Canada, 2012

Gender-specific correlates of perceived life stress: a population-based study, Montreal, Canada, 2012

Christian Identification and Self‐Reported Depression: Evidence from China

Contextual Influences on Deliberate Self-harm Among Chinese University Undergraduates: A Representative Nationwide Study

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