Why does youth unemployment lead to scarring of depressive symptoms in adulthood? The importance of early adulthood drinking.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of the paper is to analyse if alcohol consumption could explain the scarring effect of youth unemployment on later depressive symptoms.

Methods

The analyses are based on the 24-year follow-up of school leavers in a municipality in Northern Sweden (the Northern Swedish Cohort). Four-way decomposition analyses were performed to analyse if alcohol use at age 30 years could mediate and/or moderate the effect of youth unemployment (ages 18/21 years) on depressive symptoms in later adulthood (age 43 years).

Results

Excessive alcohol use at early adulthood (age 30 years) mediates 18% of the scarring effect of youth unemployment on depressive symptoms in later adulthood. The scarring effect was seen among both those with and without excessive alcohol use.

Concl

SUBMITTER: HammarstroM A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11626840 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature