Kravdal Øystein, Grundy Emily
a University of Oslo.
b Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Popul Stud (Camb). 2019 Mar;73(1):37-56. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2018.1549747. Epub 2019 Jan 11.
This study aimed to assess whether children's age at their parents' divorce is associated with depression in early and mid-adulthood, as indicated by medication purchase. A sibling comparison method was used to control for unobserved factors shared between siblings. The data were extracted from the Norwegian Population Register and Norwegian Prescription Database and included about 181,000 individuals aged 20-44 who had experienced parental divorce and 636,000 who had not. Controlling for age in 2004, sex, and birth order, children who were aged 15-19 when their parents divorced were 12 per cent less likely to purchase antidepressants as adults in 2004-08 than those experiencing the divorce aged 0-4. The corresponding reduction for those aged 20+ at the time of divorce was 19 per cent. However, the association between age at parental divorce and antidepressant purchases was only evident among women and those whose mothers had low education.
本研究旨在评估父母离婚时孩子的年龄是否与成年早期和中期的抑郁症有关，以药物购买情况作为衡量指标。采用兄弟姐妹比较法来控制兄弟姐妹之间共有的未观察到的因素。数据从挪威人口登记册和挪威处方数据库中提取，包括约18.1万名经历过父母离婚的20至44岁个体以及63.6万名未经历过父母离婚的个体。在控制2004年的年龄、性别和出生顺序后，父母离婚时年龄在15至19岁的孩子在2004年至2008年成年后购买抗抑郁药的可能性比父母离婚时年龄在0至4岁的孩子低12%。离婚时年龄在20岁及以上的孩子相应的降低比例为19%。然而，父母离婚时的年龄与抗抑郁药购买之间的关联仅在女性以及母亲受教育程度低的人群中明显。
