The long arm of childhood: The prolonged influence of adverse childhood experiences on depression during middle and old age in China

Title: The long arm of childhood: The prolonged influence of adverse childhood experiences on depression during middle and old age in China
Creator: Chen, Hao; Fan, Qiuyan; Nicholas, Stephen; Maitland, Elizabeth
Relation: Journal of Health Psychology Vol. 27, Issue 10, p. 2373-2389
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591053211037727
Publisher: Sage
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2022
Description: Utilizing data from the nationally representative China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, this study analyzed the effect of intensity and duration of adverse childhood experiences on depression in middle aged and older aged adults in China. The mediating effect of cumulative health risk and personal factors were validated through the Karlson–Holm–Breen method. The results showed a significant dose-response relationship between adverse childhood experiences and adult depression. The elevated health risks of chronic diseases, disabilities, and physical pain, as well as the disadvantages in education, employment, and economic status caused by the adverse childhood experiences indirectly worsen adult depression.
Subject: adverse childhood experiences; cumulative disadvantage; depression; life course theory; mediation effect
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1454009
Identifier: uon:44797
Identifier: ISSN:1359-1053
Language: eng
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