Psychological distress from early adulthood to early old age: evidence from the 1946, 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existing evidence on profiles of psychological distress across adulthood uses cross-sectional or longitudinal studies with short observation periods. The objective of this research was to study the profile of psychological distress within the same individuals from early adulthood to early old age across three British birth cohorts.

Methods

We used data from three British birth cohorts: born in 1946 (n = 3093), 1958 (n = 13 250) and 1970 (n = 12 019). The profile of psychological distress - expressed both as probability of being a clinical case or a count of symptoms based on comparable items within and across cohorts - was modelled using the multilevel regression framework.

Results

In both 1958 and 1970 cohorts, there was an initial dro

SUBMITTER: Gondek D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226427 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature