Jeong B G, Veenstra G
Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine & Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University, 15, 816 Beon-Gil, Jinjudae-Ro, Jinju-si, Gyeongsangnam-Do, 660-751, South Korea.
Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia, 6303 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada.
Int J Equity Health. 2017 Jan 13;16(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0513-7.
Although a number of studies have uncovered relationships between parental capital and the manifestation of depression in their children, little is known about the mechanisms that undergird the relationships. This study investigates the intergenerational effects of the cultural and economic capitals of South Korean parents on depressive symptoms in their adult children and the degree to which the capitals of the adult children explain them.
We employed nationally representative cross-sectional survey data from the 2006 Korea Welfare Panel Study. A sample of 11,576 adults over thirty years of age was used to investigate the intergenerational production of depression in South Korea. We applied binary logistic regression modelling to the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D).
Parental education (institutionalized cultural capital) manifested an independent and statistically significant inverse association with depressive symptoms [OR = 1.680 (95% CI: 1.118-2.523) for men; OR = 2.146 (95% CI: 1484-3.102) for women]. Childhood economic circumstances (economic capital) had an independent and statistically significant inverse association with depressive symptoms among adult women only [OR = 2.009 (95% CI: 1.531-2.635)]. The education of the adult children themselves was strongly associated with depressive symptoms in the expected direction [OR = 4.202 (95% CI: 2.856-6.181) for men; OR = 4.058 (95% CI: 2.824-5.830)] and the most of the association between parental capitals and depressive symptoms was explained by the educational attainment of the children. Receipt of monetary inheritance from parents had a weak but statistically significant association with depression among men [OR = 1.248 (95% CI: 1.041-1.496)] but was unrelated to depression among women. A large portion of the association between respondent education and depressive symptoms was explained by household income. Finally, childhood economic circumstances were associated with depressive symptoms among women over and above the cultural and economic capitals held by the women themselves [OR = 1.608 (95% CI: 2.08-2.139)].
Our study illuminates the importance of the intergenerational transmission of capitals for the development of depressive symptoms among adults in South Korea.
尽管多项研究揭示了父母资本与子女抑郁表现之间的关系，但对于支撑这些关系的机制却知之甚少。本研究调查了韩国父母的文化资本和经济资本对其成年子女抑郁症状的代际影响，以及成年子女的资本对这些症状的解释程度。
我们采用了2006年韩国福利面板研究具有全国代表性的横断面调查数据。以11576名30岁以上的成年人作为样本，研究韩国抑郁症状的代际产生情况。我们将二元逻辑回归模型应用于流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D）。
父母教育程度（制度化文化资本）与抑郁症状呈现出独立且具有统计学意义的负相关[男性的比值比（OR）=1.680（95%置信区间：1.118 - 2.523）；女性的OR = 2.146（95%置信区间：1484 - 3.102）]。童年经济状况（经济资本）仅与成年女性的抑郁症状存在独立且具有统计学意义的负相关[OR = 2.009（95%置信区间：1.531 - 2.635）]。成年子女自身的教育程度与抑郁症状在预期方向上存在强烈关联[男性的OR = 4.202（95%置信区间：2.856 - 6.181）；女性的OR = 4.058（95%置信区间：2.824 - 5.830）]，并且父母资本与抑郁症状之间的大部分关联可由子女的教育程度来解释。从父母那里获得货币遗产与男性的抑郁存在微弱但具有统计学意义的关联[OR = 1.248（95%置信区间：1.041 - 1.496）]，但与女性的抑郁无关。受访者教育程度与抑郁症状之间的很大一部分关联可由家庭收入来解释。最后，童年经济状况与女性的抑郁症状相关，且超出了女性自身所拥有的文化和经济资本的影响[OR = 1.608（95%置信区间：2.08 - 2.139）]。
我们的研究阐明了资本代际传递对于韩国成年人抑郁症状发展的重要性。
