 Long-term effects of parental divorce timing on depression: A population-based longitudinal studySung-Youn Chun, Suk-Yong Jang, Jae-Woo Choi, Jaeyong Shin and Eun-Cheol Park International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2016, vol. 62, issue 7, 645-650 Abstract: Background: We examined the long-term effects of parental divorce timing on depression using longitudinal data from the Korean Welfare Panel Study. Methods: Depression symptoms were measured using the 11 items of Center for Epidemiologic Scale for Depression (CES-D-11), and we categorized parental divorce timing into ‘early childhood’, ‘adolescent’ and ‘none’. Results: Although participants who experienced parental divorce during adolescence exhibited a significantly higher CES-D-11 score ( p  = .0468), ‘early childhood’ participants displayed the most increased CES-D-11 score compared to the control group ( p  = .0007). Conversely, among participants who were unsatisfied with their marriage, those who experienced parental divorce in early childhood showed lower CES-D-11 scores, while ‘adolescent period’ participants exhibited significantly higher CES-D-11 scores ( p  = .0131). Conclusion: We concluded that timing of parental divorce exerts substantial yet varied effects on long-term depression symptoms and future marriage satisfaction. Keywords: Parental divorce; childhood; adolescent; depression; CES-D (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:62:y:2016:i:7:p:645-650 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Social Psychiatry |
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