ArticleSSM - population health2024
When money and mental health problems pile up: The reciprocal relationship between income and psychological distress.
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- Living environments and mental symptoms and disorders.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Income, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms in Indonesia: a two-year cross-lagged panel analysis of socioeconomic gradients.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Food insecurity and its association with the quality of life of older individuals: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- The Role of Ethnic Origin on Psychosocial Health in Portugal: An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Higher income is associated with greater life satisfaction, and more stress.Communications psychology · 2025Article
- Economic hardships during COVID-19 and maternal mental health: Combining samples with low incomes across three cities.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- Income inequality and multimorbidity patterns in China: a micro-level analysis using CHARLS.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Understanding financial hardship and financial recovery among clients in supported accommodation services.PloS one · 2025Article
- Home, school, and the hidden cost of parental mental health.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Longitudinal studies suggest that socioeconomic status (SES) and mental health have a bidirectional relationship such that SES declines lead to a deterioration of mental health ( Methods: We use cross-lagged panel models with unit fixed effects (FE-CLPM) and data from a five-wave representative panel (n = 3103) of working-age (18-64) New York City adults. Yearly measures include individual earnings, family income (income-to-needs), and psychological distress. We also examine effects by age, gender, education, and racial/ethnic identification. Results: We find significant bidirectional effects between earnings and distress. Increases in past-year individual earnings decrease past-month psychological distress ( Conclusions: Individual earnings, which are labor market indicators, may be stronger social determinants of mental health than family income. However, important differences in social causation and social drift effects exist across groups by age, education, gender, and racial/ethnic identities. Future research should examine the types of policies that may buffer the mental health impact of negative income shocks and the declines in income associated with worsening mental health, especially among the most vulnerable.
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