Major Depressive Disorder and Marital Transition among Mothers:Results from a National Panel Study
作者:
TERRANCE WADE,
JOHN CAIRNEY,
期刊:
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
(OVID Available online 2000)
卷期:
Volume 188,
issue 11
页码: 741-750
ISSN:0022-3018
年代: 2000
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
This analysis employs a national panel study to examine the relationship between marital transition and depression among mothers within the framework of selection and causation processes. The data come from the two-wave, longitudinal National Population Health Survey (NPHS) by Statistics Canada collected in 1994 and again in 1996 focusing on women between 20 and 65 years of age with children living at home (N= 2169). Compared with mothers who remain married, mothers making the transition into single-parenthood had a significantly higher rate of major depression at Time 1, which increased, but not significantly, at Time 2. This suggests that a selection effect may explain the elevated levels of depression among mothers experiencing a marital disruption. Rates of depression among single-parent mothers making the transition into a marital relationship did not decrease significantly between waves nor did the rate differ significantly from stable single-parent mothers at Time 1 or Time 2, suggesting that movement into marriage is not a protective factor.
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