Transition out of Marriage and its Effects on Health and Health–Related Quality of Life among Females and Males. COURAGE and COURAGE-POLFUS–Population Based Follow-Up Study in Poland

Grzegorz Wójcik (), Katarzyna Zawisza, Katarzyna Jabłońska, Tomasz Grodzicki and Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk
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Grzegorz Wójcik: Jagiellonian University Medical College
Katarzyna Zawisza: Jagiellonian University Medical College
Katarzyna Jabłońska: Jagiellonian University Medical College
Tomasz Grodzicki: Jagiellonian University Medical College
Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk: Jagiellonian University Medical College

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2021, vol. 16, issue 1, No 2, 13-49

Abstract: Abstract The study explores short-term effects of dissolution of union through divorce/separation and widowhood on physical and mental health as well as health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among females and males in Poland. Considering social selection and social causation theories, the study poses following research questions: are there differences in physical and mental health as well as health-related quality of life that are caused by a marital transition compared to remaining married/cohabiting? Do marital status transitions have different effects concerning physical and mental health and health-related quality of life among females and males? Data for the analysis were available for 1073 people (18+) who participate in the COURAGE-Poland population-based study from 2011 (baseline) and 2015–2016 COURAGE-POLFUS (follow-up). Health status was measured by the WHODAS II and the presence of depression based on the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Health-related quality of life was assessed by WHOQOL-AGE scale. The analysis has been conducted using the analysis of variance, multinomial logistic regression and generalized liner mixed model according to the dependent variable. Results do suggest that transition out of marriage weakens mental health although the differences in physical health seemed to not be significant compared to the continuously married/cohabiting. The marital dissolution especially causes a decline in the mental health as well as health-related quality of life of males who transitioned to a widowed life. There has not been observed statistically significant change in terms of healthrelated quality of life between first and second wave of the survey among both widowed and divorced males and females.

Keywords: Transition out of marriage; Physical health; Mental health; Health-related quality of life; Gender differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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