Paternal Work Stress and the Mental Health of Fathers and Children: A Role for Urban and Rural Migration Patterns
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
26 March 2013
Abstract
How paternal influences interact with community factors to determine adolescent mental health is currently not well understood. In the current study we present a unique analysis of how paternal work stress, mental health, ethnicity, work history, and migration patterns between rural and urban communities (or vice versa) are associated with mental health outcomes among 2,342 adolescents. Path analyses revealed that fathers’ relocation was associated with less paternal work stress, and fewer mental health problems both in adolescents and their fathers. These findings contribute to our understanding of how family-level variables interplay with community characteristics to promote or hinder mental health among youth.
Résumé
Nous ne comprenons pas encore très bien comment la santé mentale des adolescents et adolescentes est influencée par certains facteurs—liés à la vie de leur père et à la communauté dans laquelle ils vivent—et par les interactions entre ces facteurs. Dans cet article, nous présentons le compte rendu d'une étude que nous avons réalisée grâce à un échantillon de 2 342 adolescents et adolescentes. Nous avons analysé les façons dont les facteurs liés au père (le stress dû au travail, l’état de santé mentale, l'origine ethnique et l'expérience de travail) et le fait de déménager d'une communauté rurale à une communauté urbaine (ou l'inverse) ont une influence sur la santé mentale de ces jeunes. Nos analyses causales montrent que, quand un père fait ce genre de déménagement, il vit un degré moindre de stress dû au travail et souffre alors moins de problèmes de santé mentale, tout comme son ou ses enfants adolescents. Ces résultats nous aident à mieux comprendre comment des facteurs liés à la famille et à la communauté interagissent et influencent la santé mentale des jeunes.
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Volume 32 • Number 1 • March 2013
Pages: 59 - 78
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MaggiStefania, OstryAleck, RobertsWilliam, D'AngiulliAmedeo, and HertzmanClyde. 2013. Paternal Work Stress and the Mental Health of Fathers and Children: A Role for Urban and Rural Migration Patterns. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
32(1): 59-78. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2013-006
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