Do material, psychosocial and behavioural factors mediate the relationship between disability acquisition and mental health? A sequential causal mediation analysis | Zendy

Zoe Aitken | Zendy; J. A. Simpson | Zendy; Lyle C. Gurrin | Zendy; Rebecca Bentley | Zendy; Anne Kavanagh | Zendy

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Do material, psychosocial and behavioural factors mediate the relationship between disability acquisition and mental health? A sequential causal mediation analysis

Author(s) -

Zoe Aitken,

J. A. Simpson,

Lyle C. Gurrin,

Rebecca Bentley,

Anne Kavanagh

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyx277

Subject(s) - mediation , psychosocial , mental health , psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , law , political science

There is evidence of a causal relationship between disability acquisition and poor mental health; however, the mechanism by which disability affects mental health is poorly understood. This gap in understanding limits the development of effective interventions to improve the mental health of people with disabilities.

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