Mental health problems, negative life events, perceived pressure and the frequency of acute infections among adolescents Results from a cross-sectional, multicultural, population-based study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-306

  Lien, Lars ^a   Rikard Haavet, Ole ^a   Thoresen, Magne ^a   Heyerdahl, Sonja ^b   Bjertness, Espen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Immigration; Infections; Mental health; Negative life events; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33847226315     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00084.x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Fahrer R. Historical and conceptual issues in psychiatry and medicine. In: Gelder M, Lopez-Ibor J, Andreasen N, editors. New Oxford textbook of psychiatry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 1069-1071.
2. Biondi M, Zannino LG. Psychological stress, neuroimmunomodulation, and susceptibility to infectious diseases in animals and man: a review. [Review] [271 refs]. Psychother Psychosom 1997; 66: 3-26.
3. Meyer RJ, Haggerty RJ. Streptococcal infections in families. Factors altering individual susceptibility. Pediatrics 1962; 29: 539-49.
4. Cohen S, Tyrrell DA, Smith AP. Psychological stress and susceptibility to the common cold. N Engl J Med 1991; 3259: 606-12.
5. Cohen S. Psychological stress and susceptibility to upper respiratory infections. [Review] [43 refs]. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 152: 53-8.
6. Sandanger I, Nygard JF, Sorensen T, Moum T. Is women's mental health more susceptible than men's to the influence of surrounding stress? Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2004; 39: 177-84.
7. Drummond PD, Hewson-Bower B. Increased psychosocial stress and decreased mucosal immunity in children with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. J Psychosom Res 1997; 43: 271-8.
8. Haavet OR, Straand J, Saugstad OD, Grunfeld B. Illness and exposure to negative life experiences in adolescence: two sides of the same coin? A study of 15-year-olds in Oslo, Norway. Acta Paediatr 2004; 93: 405-11.
9. Rutter M, Caspi A, Moffitt TE. Using sex differences in psychopathology to study causal mechanisms: unifying issues and research strategies. [Review] [219 refs]. J Child Psych Psychiatry 2003; 44: 1092-115.
10. Tyson EH. Ethnic differences using behavior rating scales to assess the mental health of children: a conceptual and psychometric critique. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2004; 34: 167-201.
11. Haavet OR, Grunfeld B. [Are life experiences of children significant for the development of somatic disease? A literature review]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 1997; 117: 3644-7.
12. Lipman RS, Covi L, Shapiro AK. The Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL)-factors derived from the HSCL-90. J Affect Disord 1979; 1: 9-24.
13. Sandanger I, Moum T, Ingebrigtsen G, Sorensen T, Dalgard OS, Bruusgaard D. The meaning and significance of caseness: the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. II. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 1999; 34: 53-9.
14. Strand BH, Dalgard OS, Tambs K, Rognerud M. Measuring the mental health status of the Norwegian population: a comparison of the instruments SCL-25, SCL-10, SCL-5 and MHI-5 (SF-36). Nord J Psychiatry 2003; 57: 113-8.
15. Tambs K. Moderate effects of hearing loss on mental health and subjective well-being: results from the Nord-Trondelag hearing loss study. Psychosom Med 2004; 66: 776-82.
16. Goodman R. Psychometric properties of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2001; 40: 1337-45.
17. Goodman R, Meltzer H, Bailey V. The strengths and difficulties questionnaire: a pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. Int Rev Psychiatry 2003; 15: 173-7.
18. Goodman R, Gledhill J, Ford T. Child psychiatric disorder and relative age within school year: cross sectional survey of large population sample. BMJ 2003; 327: 472-5.
19. Goodman R, Ford T, Simmons H, Gatward R, Meltzer H. Using the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) to screen for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample. Br J Psychiatry 2000; 177: 534-9.
20. Ronning J, Handegaard B, Sourander A, Morch W-T. The strengths and difficulties self-reported questionnaire as a screening instrument in Norwegian community samples. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2004; 13: 73-82.
21. Statistics Norway. Den individbaserte utdanningsstatistikken (The individual based educational statistics). 2001. Report No.: NOS C645.
22. Graham NM, Douglas RM, Ryan P. Stress and acute respiratory infection. Am J Epidemiol 1986; 124: 389-401.
23. Danchin MH, Rogers S, Selvaraj G, Kelpie L, Rankin P, Vorich R, et al. The burden of group A streptococcal pharyngitis in Melbourne families. Indian J Med Res 2004; 119 Suppl: 144-7.
24. Kristensen P. [Bias from dependent errors in observational studies]. [Norwegian]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2005; 125: 173-5.
25. Podsakoff PM, MacKenzie SB, Lee JY, Podsakoff NP. Common method biases in behavioral research: a critical review of the literature and recommended remedies. [Review] [140 refs]. J Appl Psychol 2003; 88: 879-903.
26. Neugebauer R, Ng S. Differential recall as a source of bias in epidemiologic research. J Clin Epidemiol 1990; 43: 1337-41.
27. Coddington RD. The significance of life events as etiologic factors in the diseases of children. II. A study of a normal population. J Psychosom Res 1972; 16: 205-13.
28. Pless IB, Nolan T. Revision, replication and neglect-research on maladjustment in chronic illness. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 1991; 32: 347-65.
29. Wilhelmsen I, Berstad A. Reduced relapse rate in duodenal ulcer disease leads to normalization of psychological distress: twelve-year follow-up. Scand J Gastroenterol 2004; 39: 717-21.
30. Felitti VJ, Anda RF, Nordenberg D, Williamson DF, Spitz AM, Edwards V, et al. Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study. Am J Prev Med 1998; 14: 245-58.