Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University.
Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Missouri.
J Fam Psychol. 2023 Dec;37(8):1137-1147. doi: 10.1037/fam0001155. Epub 2023 Oct 5.
The present study examined the intergenerational transmission of economic adversity, as well as physical and mental health across generations. Specifically, we examined the effects of parental economic adversity, body mass index (BMI), and emotional distress during the child's adolescence on their economic adversity, BMI, and emotional distress in middle adulthood. The study included 366 Generation 1 (G1) mothers and fathers and their adolescents (Generation 2; G2) in middle adulthood. G1 behavior was examined when G2 was 16 years old and G2 behavior was assessed at Age 42. In line with aspects of the family stress model, economic hardship was related to economic pressure, which in turn was related to emotional distress for both G1 and G2. For each generation, economic pressure was also associated with BMI. There was also evidence of the intergenerational transmission of economic hardship, BMI, and emotional distress from G1 to G2. Finally, the intergenerational transmission of economic adversity in the family of origin to adult health outcomes was explained by these same health behaviors of the first generation. Results suggest that economic adversity and parental health behaviors as experienced in adolescence have long-term economic and health consequences into middle adulthood. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究考察了代际间经济逆境的传递，以及跨代的身心健康。具体而言，我们考察了父母经济逆境、身体质量指数（BMI）和青少年时期的情绪困扰对他们中年时期经济逆境、BMI 和情绪困扰的影响。该研究包括 366 名第一代（G1）母亲和父亲及其青少年（第二代；G2）在中年时期。G1 的行为在 G2 为 16 岁时进行了检查，G2 的行为在 42 岁时进行了评估。根据家庭压力模型的各个方面，经济困难与经济压力有关，而经济压力又与 G1 和 G2 的情绪困扰有关。对于每一代来说，经济压力也与 BMI 有关。还有证据表明，G1 向 G2 传递了经济逆境、BMI 和情绪困扰。最后，第一代的这些相同健康行为解释了家庭出身的经济逆境向成年健康结果的代际传递。研究结果表明，青少年时期经历的经济逆境和父母的健康行为对中年以后的经济和健康都有长期影响。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2023 APA，保留所有权利）。
