Spousal concordance in adverse childhood experiences and the association with depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults: findings across China, the US, and Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with higher depressive risks in adulthood. Whether respondents' ACEs are associated with their own depressive symptoms in adulthood and whether this association extends to their spouses' depressive symptoms remain unexplored.

Methods

Data were from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), and the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). ACEs were categorized into overall, intra-familial, and extra-familial ACEs. Correlations of couples' ACEs were calculated using Cramer's V and partial Spearman's correlation. Associations of respondents' ACEs with spousal depressive symptoms were assessed using logistic regression, and mediation analyses wer

SUBMITTER: Sun W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10297162 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature