Open AccessGroup activity participation at age 21 and depressive symptoms during boom and recession in Sweden: a 20-year follow-up
Author(s) -
Christopher Bean,
Marianna Virtanen,
Hugo Westerlund,
Noora Berg,
Johan Hallqvist,
Anne Hammarström
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cky201
Subject(s) - recession , cohort , demography , boom , mental health , cohort study , medicine , baby boom , gerontology , cohort effect , depression (economics) , depressive symptoms , psychology , psychiatry , anxiety , environmental health , population , economics , keynesian economics , macroeconomics , environmental engineering , engineering , sociology
Organized group activities (e.g. sports or arts clubs) have long been noted as important developmental settings for youth, yet previous studies on the relationships between participation and mental health outcomes have focused on short-term effects among school-aged adolescents. The subsequent period of life, emerging adulthood, has been largely overlooked despite being another important life stage where individuals face new existential challenges and may benefit from group activity participation. The potential for macroeconomic conditions to modify these relationships has also not been considered.
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