Open AccessEconomic difficulties and common mental disorders among Finnish and British white-collar employees: the contribution of social and behavioural factors
Author(s) -
Elina Laaksonen,
Pekka Martikainen,
Tea Lallukka,
Eero Lahelma,
Jane E. Ferrie,
Ossi Rahkonen,
Michael Marmot,
Jama Otolaryngology- Head
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology and community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1470-2738
pISSN - 0143-005X
DOI - 10.1136/jech.2008.077198
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , mental health , association (psychology) , medicine , inequality , social inequality , general health questionnaire , logistic regression , social class , demography , psychology , environmental health , population , psychiatry , sociology , political science , law , mathematical analysis , mathematics , psychotherapist
In addition to conventional indicators of socioeconomic position, material conditions such as economic difficulties are associated with mental health. However, there has been little investigation of these associations. This study aims to examine the association of current economic difficulties with common mental disorders (CMD) and the contribution of social and behavioural factors to this association in two cohorts of Finnish and British white-collar employees.