Socioeconomic status and the development of depressive symptoms from childhood to adulthood: A longitudinal analysis across 27 years of follow-up in the Young Finns study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 923-929

  Elovainio, Marko ^a,b,d   Pulkki Råback, Laura ^b,c   Jokela, Markus ^b   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,d   Hintsanen, Mirka ^b   Hintsa, Taina ^b   Viikari, Jorma ^e   Raitakari, Olli T ^e,f   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Finland; Latent growth curve; Population based; Socioeconomic; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ADULT; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH IMPACT; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PARENT; PREDICTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

FINLAND;

EID: 84857446708     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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