Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7489, Trondheim, Norway.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2010 Jul;45(7):713-21. doi: 10.1007/s00127-009-0110-9. Epub 2009 Aug 11.
The study compared anxiety and depression prevalence between parents and non-parents in a society with family- and parenthood-friendly social politics, controlling for family status and family history, age, gender, education and social class.
All participants aged 30-49 (N = 24,040) in the large, non-sampled Norwegian HUNT2 community health study completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scales.
The slightly elevated anxiety and depression among non-parents compared to parents in the complete sample was not confirmed as statistically significant within any subgroups. Married parents and (previously unmarried) cohabiting parents did not differ in portraying low anxiety and depression prevalence. Anxiety was associated with single parenthood, living alone or being divorced, while elevated depression was found only among those living alone.
Burdening selection and cultural/political context are suggested as interpretative perspectives on the contextual and personal influences on the complex relationship between parenthood and mental health.
本研究在一个具有家庭友好和育儿友好型社会政策的社会中,比较了有子女和无子女的父母在焦虑和抑郁患病率方面的差异,同时控制了家庭状况和家族史、年龄、性别、教育程度和社会阶层等因素。
在大型、非抽样的挪威 HUNT2 社区健康研究中,所有年龄在 30-49 岁的参与者(N=24040)完成了医院焦虑和抑郁量表。
在完整样本中,与有子女的父母相比,无子女的父母的焦虑和抑郁水平略高,但在任何亚组中均未得到统计学上的显著证实。已婚父母和(以前未婚)同居父母在表现出低焦虑和低抑郁患病率方面没有差异。焦虑与单亲、独居或离婚有关,而抑郁仅在独居者中发现。
负担选择和文化/政治背景被认为是解释父母身份和心理健康之间复杂关系的情境和个人影响的解释性观点。