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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
A multinational study of mental disorders, marriage, and divorce
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Volume 124, No. 6, Year 2011
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Description
Objective: Estimate predictive associations of mental disorders with marriage and divorce in a cross-national sample. Method: Population surveys of mental disorders included assessment of age at first marriage in 19 countries (n=46128) and age at first divorce in a subset of 12 countries (n=30729). Associations between mental disorders and subsequent marriage and divorce were estimated in discrete time survival models. Results: Fourteen of 18 premarital mental disorders are associated with lower likelihood of ever marrying (odds ratios ranging from 0.6 to 0.9), but these associations vary across ages of marriage. Associations between premarital mental disorders and marriage are generally null for early marriage (age 17 or younger), but negative associations come to predominate at later ages. All 18 mental disorders are positively associated with divorce (odds ratios ranging from 1.2 to 1.8). Three disorders, specific phobia, major depression, and alcohol abuse, are associated with the largest population attributable risk proportions for both marriage and divorce. Conclusion: This evidence adds to research demonstrating adverse effects of mental disorders on life course altering events across a diverse range of socioeconomic and cultural settings. These effects should be included in considerations of public health investments in preventing and treating mental disorders. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.
Authors & Co-Authors
Breslau, Joshua A.
United States, Amherst
University of California
Miller, Elizabeth P.
United States, Sacramento
Uc Davis School of Medicine
Jin, Robert
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Sampson, Nancy A.
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Alonso Caballero, J. L.
Spain, Barcelona
Institut Municipal D'investigacio Medica
Andrade, Laura Helena Silveira Guerra
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Bromet, Evelyn J.
United States, Stony Brook
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
de Girolamo, Giovanni
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna
Demyttenaere, Koen
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
Fayyad, John A.
Lebanon, Beirut
Saint George Hospital University Medical Center
Fukao, Akira
Japan, Yamagata
Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science
Gǎlǎon, M.
Romania, Bucharest
Scoala Nationala de Sanatate Publica
Gureje, Oye
Nigeria, Ibadan
University College Hospital, Ibadan
He, Yanling
China, Shanghai
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Hinkov, Hristo Ruskov
Bulgaria, Sofia
National Center of Public Health Protection Bulgaria
Hu, Chiyi
China, Guangdong
Shenzhen Institute of Mental Health
Kovess - Masfety, Viviane
France, Paris
Université Paris Cité
Matschinger, Herbert
Germany, Leipzig
Universität Leipzig
Medina-Mora, M. E.
Mexico, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente
Ormel, Johan Hans
Netherlands, Groningen
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Posada-Villa, J. A.
Colombia, Bogota
Instituto Colombiano Del Sistema Nervioso
Sagar, Rajesh Pragna
India, New Delhi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, new Delhi
Scott, Kate Margaret
New Zealand, Dunedin
Otago Medical School
Kessler, Ronald C.
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Statistics
Citations: 172
Authors: 24
Affiliations: 22
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01712.x
ISSN:
0001690X
e-ISSN:
16000447
Research Areas
Mental Health
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study