Frequency of stressful life events and associations with mental health and general subjective health in the general population

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim</jats:title><jats:p>We aim to determine the frequency of stressful life events (SLEs) and investigate the association of single and aggregated SLEs with mental health and general subjective health, which has not been reported for an aging representative sample to date.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Subjects and methods</jats:title><jats:p>A total of 12,947 participants (35–74 years old) of the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) in Germany were analyzed. SLEs were analyzed at the item and aggregated level with unweighted and weighted sum scores. Additionally, the survey included measures of mental health, general subjective health and demographics. Descriptive analyses were stratified by sex, age and socioeconomic status.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Multivariate analyses of variance with SLE at the item level revealed large main effects for sex (<jats:italic>η</jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>p</jats:italic></jats:sub><jats:sup><jats:italic>2</jats:italic></jats:sup> = 0.30) and age (<jats:italic>η</jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>p</jats:italic></jats:sub><jats:sup><jats:italic>2</jats:italic></jats:sup> = 0.30); a moderate effect was found for socioeconomic status (<jats:italic>η</jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>p</jats:italic></jats:sub><jats:sup><jats:italic>2</jats:italic></jats:sup> = 0.08). Interaction effects of sex with age and SES were also significant, but with negligible effect sizes. Regression analyses revealed similar results for unweighted and weighted SLE sum scores controlling for sociodemographic variables, supporting the detrimental relations among cumulated SLEs, depression (β = 0.18/0.19) and anxiety (β =0.17/0.17), but not general health. Mental health indicators showed the highest correlations with single SLEs such as change of sleep habits or personal finances. Severe SLEs according to proposed weight scores showed no or only weak associations with mental health.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>Representative data support a more distinct impact of SLEs on mental health than on general health. Single SLEs show strong associations with mental health outcome (e.g., change of sleep habits). The low associations between severe single SLEs and mental health merit further attention.</jats:p></jats:sec>
Autoren
  • Ana Nanette Tibubos
  • Juliane Burghardt
  • Eva M Klein
  • Elmar Brähler
  • Claus Jünger
  • Matthias Michal
  • Jörg Wiltink
  • Philipp S Wild
  • Thomas Münzel
  • Susanne Singer
  • Norbert Pfeiffer
  • Manfred E Beutel
DOI
10.1007/s10389-020-01204-3
eISSN
1613-2238
ISSN
2198-1833
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
5
Zeitschrift
Journal of Public Health
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2020
Paginierung
1071 - 1080
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2021
Status
Published
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10389-020-01204-3
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
Frequency of stressful life events and associations with mental health and general subjective health in the general population
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
29

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Autoren
  • Ana Nanette Tibubos
  • Juliane Burghardt
  • Eva M Klein
  • Elmar Brähler
  • Claus Jünger
  • Matthias Michal
  • Jörg Wiltink
  • Philipp S Wild
  • Thomas Münzel
  • Susanne Singer
  • Norbert Pfeiffer
  • Manfred E Beutel
Hosting institution
Universitätsbibliothek Mainz
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  • JGU-Publikationen
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Published version
DOI
10.1007/s10389-020-01204-3
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false
Open access
true
ISSN
1613-2238
Zeitschrift
Journal of public health
Schlüsselwörter
  • 610 Medizin
  • 610 Medical sciences
Sprache
eng
Open access status
Open Access
Paginierung
1071 - 1080
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2021
Public URL
https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/5926
Herausgeber
Springer
Herausgeber URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-020-01204-3
Datum der Datenerfassung
2021
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2021
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Frequency of stressful life events and associations with mental health and general subjective health in the general population
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
29

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