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The interactive role of income (material position) and income rank (psychosocial position) in psychological distress: a 9-year longitudinal study of 30,000 UK parents

verfasst von: Elisabeth A. Garratt, Tarani Chandola, Kingsley Purdam, Alex M. Wood

Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 10/2016

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Abstract

Purpose

Parents face an increased risk of psychological distress compared with adults without children, and families with children also have lower average household incomes. Past research suggests that absolute income (material position) and income status (psychosocial position) influence psychological distress, but their combined effects on changes in psychological distress have not been examined. Whether absolute income interacts with income status to influence psychological distress are also key questions.

Methods

We used fixed-effects panel models to examine longitudinal associations between psychological distress (measured on the Kessler scale) and absolute income, distance from the regional mean income, and regional income rank (a proxy for status) using data from 29,107 parents included in the UK Millennium Cohort Study (2003–2012).

Results

Psychological distress was determined by an interaction between absolute income and income rank: higher absolute income was associated with lower psychological distress across the income spectrum, while the benefits of higher income rank were evident only in the highest income parents. Parents’ psychological distress was, therefore, determined by a combination of income-related material and psychosocial factors.

Conclusions

Both material and psychosocial factors contribute to well-being. Higher absolute incomes were associated with lower psychological distress across the income spectrum, demonstrating the importance of material factors. Conversely, income status was associated with psychological distress only at higher absolute incomes, suggesting that psychosocial factors are more relevant to distress in more advantaged, higher income parents. Clinical interventions could, therefore, consider both the material and psychosocial impacts of income on psychological distress.

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The modified Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development equivalence scales grant the first adult a value of 0.67, subsequent adults 0.33, children aged 14–18 a value of 0.33 and children aged under 14 years 0.20. These values are summed and equivalised income is derived by dividing total household income by the household equivalisation factor.

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Titel: The interactive role of income (material position) and income rank (psychosocial position) in psychological distress: a 9-year longitudinal study of 30,000 UK parents
verfasst von: Elisabeth A. Garratt
Tarani Chandola
Kingsley Purdam
Alex M. Wood
Publikationsdatum: 04.07.2016
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 10/2016
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-016-1255-y

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