scholarly journals Self-rated health and limiting longstanding illness: inter-relationships with morbidity in early adulthood

2001 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 600-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orly Manor ◽  
Sharon Matthews ◽  
Chris Power
Keyword(s):  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Limiting Longstanding Illness ◽  
Longstanding Illness

scholarly journals Racial discrimination and health: a prospective study of ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth A. Hackett ◽  
Amy Ronaldson ◽  
Kamaldeep Bhui ◽  
Andrew Steptoe ◽  
Sarah E. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Mental Functioning ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Limiting Longstanding Illness ◽  
Fair Poor ◽  
Longstanding Illness

Abstract Background Racism has been linked with poor health in studies in the United States. Little is known about prospective associations between racial discrimination and health outcomes in the United Kingdom (UK). Methods Data were from 4883 ethnic minority (i.e. non-white) participants in the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Perceived discrimination in the last 12 months on the basis of ethnicity or nationality was reported in 2009/10. Psychological distress, mental functioning, life satisfaction, self-rated health, physical functioning and reports of limiting longstanding illness were assessed in 2009/10 and 2011/12. Linear and logistic regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, income, education and ethnicity. Prospective analyses also adjusted for baseline status on the outcome being evaluated. Results Racial discrimination was reported by 998 (20.4%) of the sample. Cross-sectionally, those who reported racial discrimination had a greater likelihood on average of limiting longstanding illness (odds ratio (OR) = 1.78, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.49; 2.13) and fair/poor self-rated health (OR = 1.50; 95% CI 1.24; 1.82) than those who did not report racial discrimination. Racial discrimination was associated with greater psychological distress (B = 1.11, 95% CI 0.88; 1.34), poorer mental functioning (B = − 3.61; 95% CI -4.29; − 2.93), poorer physical functioning (B = − 0.86; 95% CI -1.50; − 0.27), and lower life satisfaction (B = − 0.40, 95% CI -0.52; − 0.27). Prospectively, those who reported racial discrimination had a greater likelihood on average of limiting longstanding illness (OR = 1.31, 95% CI 1.01; 1.69) and fair/poor self-rated health (OR = 1.30; 95% CI 1.00; 1.69), than those who did not report racial discrimination. Racial discrimination was associated increased psychological distress (B = 0.52, 95% CI 0.20; 0.85) and poorer mental functioning (B = − 1.77; 95% CI -2.70; − 0.83) over two-year follow-up, adjusting for baseline scores. Conclusions UK adults belonging to ethnic minority groups who perceive racial discrimination experience poorer mental and physical health than those who do not. These results highlight the need for effective interventions to combat racial discrimination in order to reduce inequalities in health.

Using an interactive framework of society and lifecourse to explain self-rated health in early adulthood

2001 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 1575-1585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clyde Hertzman ◽  
Chris Power ◽  
Sharon Matthews ◽  
Orly Manor
Keyword(s):  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Self Rated Health

Stability and Change in Positive Self-Appraisal from Midlife to Later Aging

2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole K. Holahan
Keyword(s):  
Early Adulthood ◽  
The Self ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Life Span Development ◽  
Stability And Change ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Early Aging ◽  
Terman Study

This research investigated stability and change in the self-appraisal of having lived up to one's abilities from midlife to later aging. The subjects were 185 participants in the Terman Study of the Gifted, who had been asked to rate themselves with respect to living up to their abilities in 1960 (at an average age of 48) and in 1996 (at an average age of nearly 85). While there was a positive relation between self-appraisal at the 2 times, net change favored a more positive appraisal in aging. Those who rated themselves positively at both times had more positive personality characteristics in early to mid-adulthood, more education, better self-rated health in midlife, somewhat higher ambition in early adulthood and midlife, and greater satisfaction with their achievement in early aging. Those who changed positively in their self-appraisal, as compared with those with a negative later self-appraisal, had somewhat better education, better self-rated health in midlife, higher level occupations, and greater satisfaction with their achievement in early aging. Self-appraisals in later aging were related to current life satisfaction. The results are discussed in terms of the role of the self-concept and the self-narrative in life-span development.

Is self-rated health a stable and predictive factor for allostatic load in early adulthood? Findings from the Nord Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT)

2014 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Løkke Vie ◽  
Karl Ove Hufthammer ◽  
Turid Lingaas Holmen ◽  
Eivind Meland ◽  
Hans Johan Breidablik
Keyword(s):  
Predictive Factor ◽  
Allostatic Load ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Self Rated Health

The Influence of Parental Religiosity on the Health of Children during Late Adolescence/Early Adulthood: A Test of Mediation

2021 ◽  
pp. 073112142199006
Author(s):  
Jason Alan Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Model Potential ◽  
Marital Stability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Adolescent Religiosity ◽  
Health Related Behaviors ◽  
Health Related

The present study explores whether adolescent religiosity, health-related behaviors, and marital stability mediate the association between parental religiosity and health. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult (Add) Health, I model potential direct and indirect effects between three measures of parental religiosity (i.e., parental institutional religiosity, parental personal religiosity, and parental religious affiliation); three sets of mediators indicating adolescent religiosity, health-related behaviors, and marital stability; and self-rated health during late adolescence/early adulthood. Overall, I found that parental institutional religiosity has a direct effect on the self-rated health of children during late adolescence/early adulthood, and that it influences self-rated health by reducing adolescent and parental smoking. I also found evidence for deleterious effects of parental institutional religiosity on health as well. Future research should explore variation in the influence of parental religiosity on self-rated health between various sociodemographic groups and between different stages of the life course.

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