Assets, stressors, and symptoms of persistent depression over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been accompanied by an increase in depression in U.S. adults. Previous literature suggests that having assets may protect against depression. Using a nationally representative longitudinal panel survey of U.S. adults studied in March and April 2020 and in March and April 2021, we found that (i) 20.3% of U.S. adults reported symptoms of persistent depression in Spring 2020 and Spring 2021, (ii) having more assets was associated with lower symptoms of persistent depression, with financial assets-household income and savings-most strongly associated, and (iii) while having assets appeared to protect persons-in particular those without stressors-from symptoms of persistent depression over the COVID-19 pandemic, having assets did not appear t

SUBMITTER: Ettman CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8890702 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature