Stressful life events and depressive symptoms during COVID-19: A gender comparison (Record no. 134332)

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International Standard Serial Number 1468-4446
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Personal name Qian, Yue
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Title Stressful life events and depressive symptoms during COVID-19: A gender comparison
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. The British Journal of Sociology
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2024
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Extent 38-47
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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a wide range of public health, economic, social, and political shocks, setting in motion life events that reverberated to affect individuals' mental health. Moving beyond a checklist approach, this study drew on individuals' own words to identify both conventional and novel sources of stress during COVID-19 and examine the role of stressful life events in producing gender disparities in depressive symptoms. Drawing on a 2021 U.S. nationally representative survey, we coded text responses to an open-ended question on stressful life events and conducted descriptive and regression analyses (n = 1733). The analyses revealed three key findings. First, men were more likely to report having experienced no stressful life events or else mention politics as a source of stress. Women, by comparison, were more likely to report the following as stressful-inability to socialize, paid work, care work, health, or the death of loved ones. Second, for both women and men, respondents reporting no stressful life events had the lowest, and those reporting finances as the most stressful life event had the highest, depressive symptoms. Third, women had higher depressive symptoms than men, and mediation analysis showed that stressful life events explained approximately a third of the gender gap in depressive symptoms. The findings indicate that policies attending to people's financial stress are important for mitigating mental health risks in turbulent times. Interventions that reduce women's exposure to stressful life events are also crucial to bridging gender disparities in mental health.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Depressive Symptoms
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Mental Health
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Stressful Life Events
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Gender
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Personal name Fan, Wen
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-4446.13067">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-4446.13067</a>
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Koha biblionumber 134332
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