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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Relationship of social factors including trust, control over life decisions, problems with transport and safety, to psychological distress in the community |
Author: | Taylor, A. Chittleborough, C. Gill, T. Winefield, H. Baum, F. Hiller, J. Goldney, R. Tucker, G. Hugo, G. |
Citation: | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology: the international journal for research in social and genetic epidemiology and mental health services, 2012; 47(3):465-473 |
Publisher: | Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 1433-9285 1433-9285 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Anne W. Taylor, Catherine Chittleborough, Tiffany K. Gill, Helen Winefield, Fran Baum, Janet E. Hiller, Robert Goldney, Graeme Tucker, Graeme Hugo |
Abstract: | METHODS: Representative cross-sectional data was collected for respondents aged 16+ from July 2008 to June 2009, as a part of the South Australian Monitoring and Surveillance System (SAMSS) using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI). Univariate and multivariate analyses (n = 5,763) were conducted to investigate the variables that were associated with psychological distress. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of psychological distress was 8.9%. In the multivariate model, females, those aged 16–49, respondents single with children, unable to work or unemployed, with a poorer family financial situation, earning $20,000 or less, feeling safe in their home some or none of the time, feeling as though they have less then total control over life decisions and sometimes experiencing problems with transport, were significantly more likely to experience psychological distress. CONCLUSIONS: This paper has demonstrated the relationship between low-income, financial pressure, less than optimal safety and control, and high-psychological distress. It is important that the groups highlighted as vulnerable be targeted in policy, planning, and health promotion and prevention campaigns. |
Keywords: | Psychological distress Depression Population survey Lifestyle Public health epidemiology |
Rights: | © The Author(s) 2011. |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00127-011-0354-z |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-011-0354-z |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Australian Population and Migration Research Centre publications Medicine publications |
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