Stress About Eviction or Loss of Housing and Child Mental Health.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Eviction and housing loss are pressing public health concerns. Understanding how caregivers' stress about eviction or loss of housing is associated with specific childhood psychiatric issues across development is important.

Objective

To examine associations between stress about eviction or loss of housing and caregiver-reported child depression, anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and behavioral problems, while adjusting for sociodemographic factors.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study analyzed data from the 2022 National Survey of Children's Health, a nationally representative survey of caregivers and children in the US. Data were collected between July 2022 and January 2023.

Exposure

Eviction or loss o

SUBMITTER: Hanson JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11822551 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature