The Effect of Social Isolation on Depressive Symptoms Varies by Neighborhood Characteristics: A Study of an Urban Sample of Women with Pre-School Aged Children

Autor/inn/en	Rajaratnam, Julie Knoll; O'Campo, Patricia; Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; Muntaner, Carles
Titel	The Effect of Social Isolation on Depressive Symptoms Varies by Neighborhood Characteristics: A Study of an Urban Sample of Women with Pre-School Aged Children
Quelle	In: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 6 (2008) 4, S.464-475 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-1874
DOI	10.1007/s11469-007-9115-3
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Individual Characteristics; Crime; Females; Social Isolation; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Urban Areas; Preschool Children; Interviews; Mothers; Measures (Individuals); Census Figures + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Weibliches Geschlecht; Soziale Isolation; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Urban area; Stadtregion; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Mother; Mutter; Messdaten; Volkszählung
Abstract	Objectives: To examine how individual characteristics, social isolation, and neighborhood context affect depressive symptoms in a socio-economically diverse population of women with young children. Methods: Interviews were conducted with 261 mothers from 68 neighborhoods in Baltimore between 1998 and 2000. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale (CES-D). Neighborhood context was characterized using police and Census data. Multilevel regression was performed. Results: Socially isolated women reported on average 73% (95% CI, 48 and 92%) more depressive symptoms than women who were not socially isolated; however, the association of social isolation and depressive symptoms varied by level of crime in the neighborhood. Social isolation was associated with an average increase in depressive symptoms of 128% (95% CI, 115 and 138%) for women in low-crime neighborhoods but with no change for those in high-crime neighborhoods. The interaction remained significant after controlling for individual- and neighborhood-level socio-demographic characteristics. (As Provided).
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