Uit elkaar gaan : Kenmerken van het echtscheidingsproces en het welzijn van ex‐partners na de scheiding

Hoewel de relatie tussen echtscheiding en mentale gezondheid reeds veel onderzocht werd, is nog weinig geweten over de rol van het echtscheidingsproces zelf. Deze studie beschouwt verschillende kenmerken van dit proces en hoe zij linken aan welzijn na echtscheiding: conflict, duur, initiatiefname, verhuizen, en gevoelens van (on)billijkheid betreffende de verdeling van de goederen. Data van het onderzoek “Scheiding in Vlaanderen” (SiV) werden gebruikt. Multi‐level regressies werden beperkt tot gescheiden mannen en vrouwen tussen 25 en 60 jaar oud, die maximaal 5 jaar geleden uit de echt scheidden (N=728). Resultaten tonen aan dat mannen en vrouwen die zelf het initiatief namen een beter welbevinden rapporteren, ook bij een gedeelde initiatiefname. Dit geldt ook voor wie de verdeling als billijk ervaart. Tegen de verwachting in, relateert conflict tijdens het proces, noch de duur van het proces aan welbevinden op lange termijn; maar voortdurend conflict met de ex‐partner wel. De resultaten beklemtonen de nood om de focus aangaande het echtscheidingsproces te verleggen van ‘snelheid’ naar ‘kwaliteit’. Abstract : Although the link between divorce and mental health has received a great deal of attention so far, still little is known about the process of divorce. This study considers different characteristics of it, and how they relate to post‐divorce wellbeing: conflict, duration, initiation, moving house, and feelings of (in)equity with regard to the division of goods. Data from the survey “Divorce in Flanders” (DIF) is used. Multi‐level regressions were limited to men and women aged 25 to 60 years who had divorced, but no more than 5 years ago (N=728). Results indicate that initiation relates to better mental health for both men and women, also in case of shared initiation. The same holds for when one perceives the division at divorce as fair. Contrary to expectations, duration, nor conflict in divorce is related to mental health in the long run; but continuing conflict is. Results stress a need to shift focus from ‘speed’ to ‘quality’ concerning the process of divorce.

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Divorce and the wellbeing of older Australians

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x10001017 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 475-498 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

MATTHEW GRAY ◽

DAVID DE VAUS ◽

LIXIA QU ◽

DAVID STANTON

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Later Life ◽

Older Men ◽

Extensive Literature ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Men And Women ◽

Long Run

ABSTRACTIn virtually all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries the number of older people who have experienced divorce at some point in their lives will increase in coming decades. While there is an extensive literature that analyses the effects of divorce on wellbeing, there is relatively little research on the long-run effects of divorce in later life. This paper uses Australian data to estimate the long-run impacts of divorce on the wellbeing of older Australians. Dimensions of wellbeing examined are social interaction and connectedness, perceived social support, life satisfaction, and physical and mental health. The paper shows that divorce has a long-lasting, negative impact on wellbeing that persists into later life for both men and women. However, the negative effects of divorce on wellbeing are largely confined to those who do not re-partner. An important difference between men and women is that for women who are divorced and remain single, the negative effects of divorce are found for general health, vitality and mental health. Furthermore, these effects are reasonably large. For older men, there appear to be no long-term effects of divorce on physical or mental health. While there appears to be some effect of divorce on perceived social support for both older men and women, the effects of divorce on social support are less pervasive in later life than the effects of divorce on satisfaction with life and, for women, health.

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Airplane Crash Survivors Found to be in Better Mental Health Than Non-Crash Air Travelers in the Long Run, Study Finds

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e367742004-001 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Airplane Crash ◽

Long Run

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Does peer support improve mental health outcomes? Results from an RCT among HIV-positive men and women

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e527872008-001 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Jane M. Simoni ◽

David Huh ◽

Samantha Yard ◽

Kimberly F. Balsam ◽

Keren Lehavot ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Peer Support ◽

Mental Health Outcomes ◽

Hiv Positive ◽

Men And Women ◽

Hiv Positive Men

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Gender role conflict among African American men who have sex with men and women: associations with mental health and sexual risk and disclosure behaviors.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.717965377.793466439 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Wizdom Powell

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

African American ◽

Gender Role ◽

Sexual Risk ◽

Role Conflict ◽

Gender Role Conflict ◽

African American Men ◽

Men And Women ◽

Sex With Men

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Men’s Psychotherapy Use, Male Role Norms, and Male-Typical Depression Symptoms: Examining 716 Men and Women Experiencing Psychological Distress

Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.3390/bs11060083 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 83

Author(s):

Lukas Eggenberger ◽

Callia Fordschmid ◽

Claudio Ludwig ◽

Seraina Weber ◽

Jessica Grub ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Role Identity ◽

Depression Symptoms ◽

Gender Role Identity ◽

Male Role ◽

Men And Women ◽

Masculine Role ◽

Male Role Norms ◽

Depression Symptomatology ◽

Role Norms

Men as compared to women are half as often affected by depressive and anxiety disorders and seek significantly less help for mental health issues than women. Adherence to traditional male role norms (AtTMRN) may hinder men from describing prototypical depression symptoms and from seeking psychotherapy. The current study compared whether AtTMRN, gender role identity, or the experience of prototypical or male-typical externalizing mental health symptoms were associated with psychotherapy use in men and women. In an anonymous online survey, 716 participants (37% men) reporting to currently experience psychological distress were examined. Information was obtained on psychotherapy use, depression and anxiety symptoms, gender role identity, and traditional male role norms. Although experiencing similar levels of depression, men compared to women showed a reduction in psychotherapy use by 29%. Masculine role identity was directly associated with reduced psychotherapy use in men (β = −0.41, p = 0.029), whereas AtTMRN was not (men: β = −0.04, p = 0.818; women: β = −0.25, p = 0.064). Higher externalizing depression symptomatology (β = −0.68, p = 0.005), but not prototypical depression symptomatology (β = −0.02, p = 0.499), was associated with reduced psychotherapy use in men but not women (p > 0.05). Interactions revealed that men, but not women, with high AtTMRN use psychotherapy only when exhibiting elevated symptom levels. The results corroborate previous reports showing reduced psychotherapy use in men as compared to women and identify elevated masculine role identity and male-typical externalizing depression symptomatology as direct factors associated with reduced psychotherapy use in psychologically distressed men. AtTMRN interacts with mental health symptoms to predict psychotherapy use, indicating that men with high AtTMRN only use psychotherapy when exhibiting high symptomatology.

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Prevalence and demographic, substance use, and mental health correlates of fasting among U.S. college students

Journal of Eating Disorders ◽

10.1186/s40337-021-00443-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kyle T. Ganson ◽

Rachel F. Rodgers ◽

Stuart B. Murray ◽

Jason M. Nagata

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

College Students ◽

Substance Use ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Suicidal Ideation ◽

Drug Use ◽

Illicit Drug ◽

Men And Women ◽

The Past ◽

Self Injury

Abstract Background Fasting is an unhealthy behavior that has been frequently used as part of weight loss attempts. To date, little research has been conducted to determine the prevalence and substance use and mental health correlates of fasting among college students. Therefore, the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and associations between any (≥ 1 time) and regular (≥ 13 times) occurrences of fasting in the past 4 weeks and substance use and mental health correlates among a large sample of college students from 2016 to 2020. Methods Data from four academic survey years (2016–2020; N = 8255) of the national (USA) Healthy Minds Study were analyzed. Unadjusted prevalence of any and regular fasting by survey year and gender was estimated. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to estimate the associations between any and regular fasting and the demographic (age, body mass index, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, highest parental education), substance use (cigarette use, marijuana use, other illicit drug use, alcohol use), and mental health (depression, anxiety, eating disorder symptoms, suicidal ideation, non-suicidal self-injury) correlates. Results Any fasting in the past 4 weeks was common among both men (14.77%) and women (18.12%) and significantly increased from 2016 (10.30%) to 2020 (19.81%) only among men. Regular fasting significantly increased among both men and women from 2016 (men: 1.46%; women: 1.79%) to 2020 (men: 3.53%; women: 6.19%). Among men and women, both any and regular fasting in the past 4 weeks were associated with higher odds of all mental health symptoms, including a positive depression, anxiety, and eating disorder screen, suicidal ideation, and non-suicidal self-injury. Among women, but not men, any and regular fasting in the past 4 weeks were associated with higher odds of marijuana use and other illicit drug use (e.g., cocaine, ecstasy). Conclusions The results from this study underscore both the high and increasing prevalence of fasting among a national sample of college students, as well as the substance use and mental health symptoms associated with this behavior. Healthcare professionals both on and off campus should consider screening for fasting behaviors among college students and provide appropriate intervention when needed.

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Public investment, taxation, and long-run output in economies with multi-level governments

Economic Modelling ◽

10.1016/j.econmod.2012.05.002 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 29 (5) ◽

pp. 1603-1611 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Philip Bodman ◽

Harry Campbell ◽

Thanh Le

Keyword(s):

Public Investment ◽

Long Run ◽

Multi Level

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Traumatic episodes and mental health effects in young men and women in Rwanda, 17 years after the genocide

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006778 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. e006778 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Lawrence Rugema ◽

Ingrid Mogren ◽

Joseph Ntaganira ◽

Gunilla Krantz

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Effects ◽

Young Men ◽

Men And Women ◽

Mental Health Effects

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Renaming schizophrenia: 5 × 5

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences ◽

10.1017/s2045796018000586 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (03) ◽

pp. 254-257 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sinan Guloksuz ◽

Jim van Os

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Well Being ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Long Run ◽

The Social ◽

Technical Features ◽

In The Beginning

AbstractThere had been a long way to go before we felt comfortable about even discussing the issues revolving around the concept of ‘schizophrenia’, let alone reckoning on mere semantic revision. In this editorial, we aim to extend our discussion on the reasons behind the slow death of the concept of ‘schizophrenia’ and the benefits of changing the name and embracing a spectrum approach with an umbrella psychosis spectrum disorder (PSD) category (similar to autism spectrum disorder) that goes further than a mere semantic revision. We attempted to cover the topic of the renaming by providing five most pertinent points categorised under five domains: reasons, signals, challenges, promises and steps for the change. Admittedly, even a modest revision, such as classifying all psychotic disorder categories under an umbrella category of PSD, and abolishing the term schizophrenia requires careful deliberation and some effort in the beginning, but the revision is well worth the effort considering the benefits in the long run. Renaming a particular form of mental suffering should be accompanied by a broader debate of the entire diagnosis-evidence-based-practice (EBP)-symptom-reduction model as the normative factor driving the content and organisation of mental health services that may be detached from patients’ needs and reality, overlooks the trans-syndromal structure of mental difficulties, appraises the significance of the technical features over the relational and ritual components of care, and underestimates the lack of EBP group-to-individual generalisability. Individuals may make great strides in attaining well-being by accommodating to living with mental vulnerabilities through building resilience in the social and existential domains. Changing the name and the concept of ‘schizophrenia’, which goes beyond a mere semantic revision, may become the first step that allows catalysation of the process of modernising psychiatric science and services worldwide.

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