Impacts of adolescent mental health, social identity, and university attendance on mental health during emerging adulthood: Intersectional multilevel analyses of a national cohort study
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Balloo, Kieren, Hosein, Anesa, Byrom, Nicola and Essau, Cecilia. 2021. "Impacts of adolescent mental health, social identity, and university attendance on mental health during emerging adulthood: Intersectional multilevel analyses of a national cohort study." Institute of Mental Health Sciences Conference: Mental Health across the Life-course. 02 - 02 Jun 2021 United Kingdom.
| Paper/Presentation Title | Impacts of adolescent mental health, social identity, and university attendance on mental health during emerging adulthood: Intersectional multilevel analyses of a national cohort study |
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| Presentation Type | Presentation |
| Authors | Balloo, Kieren, Hosein, Anesa, Byrom, Nicola and Essau, Cecilia |
| Number of Pages | 15 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings | https://www.ulster.ac.uk/events/research/mental-health-across-the-life-course |
| Conference/Event | Institute of Mental Health Sciences Conference: Mental Health across the Life-course |
| Event Details | Institute of Mental Health Sciences Conference: Mental Health across the Life-course Delivery Online Event Date 02 to end of 02 Jun 2021 Event Description In anticipation of the pending Mental Healthy Strategy for Northern Ireland, this year’s theme is Mental Health Across the Life-course. This past year has seen extraordinary efforts from practitioners, policymakers and researchers alike in response to the current Covid-19 pandemic. Despite promising news of vaccine success, there remains concerns of the mental health and wellbeing implications of the pandemic and the need to consider future response planning. One of the Institute aims is to maximise collaborative efforts across civic society to promote and impact mental health and wellbeing through innovation in research and education and implementing evidence into practice and policy. Event Web Address (URL) |
| Abstract | It is unclear whether recent increases in mental health issues reported by students are comparable between young people in and out of higher education. Furthermore, university (non)attendance may combine with individuals’ other social identities to lead to mental health inequalities. Using quantitative longitudinal data from the national cohort study, Next Steps, we conducted multilevel analyses within an intersectional framework. We examined predictors of mental health during emerging adulthood with combinations of the following characteristics: adolescent mental health (measured at age 16), university attendance, sex, socioeconomic class, sexuality, and ethnicity. The findings indicated that respondents who had symptoms of mental ill health during adolescence were more likely to attend university. At age 19, respondents who had symptoms of adolescent mental ill health were more likely to report having no close friends and lower life satisfaction. Individuals attending university were more likely to report having one or more close friends, and greater life satisfaction, independently of their mental health during adolescence. Those who had symptoms of mental ill health during adolescence were more likely to have poorer mental health outcomes at age 25. The opposite pattern was found for those who had been to university, independently of their adolescent mental health. Mixed patterns of predictions were found for respondents’ other social identities. We found that intersectional effects were additive, suggesting that characteristics are layered and independent in predicting mental health outcomes (i.e. they do not amplify each other). This has potential implications for how interventions should be targeted towards particular intersectional subgroups. |
| Keywords | mental health; adolescent; university attendance |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420602. Health equity |
| 420606. Social determinants of health | |
| 390303. Higher education | |
| 380204. Panel data analysis | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | University of Surrey, United Kingdom |
| King's College London, United Kingdom | |
| University of Roehampton, United Kingdom |
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