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Family social environment in childhood and self-rated health in young adulthood

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  • Christelle Roustit

    (DS3 - ESIM - Déterminants Sociaux de la Santé et du Recours aux Soins - UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale)

  • Eric Campoy

    (DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Management & Organisation - DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Emilie Renahy

    (Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health [Montréal] - McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada])

  • Gary King

    (Department of Biobehavioral Health - Penn State - Pennsylvania State University - Penn State System)

  • Isabelle Parizot

    (CMH - Centre Maurice Halbwachs - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Département de Sciences sociales ENS-PSL - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres)

  • Pierre Chauvin

    (DS3 - ESIM - Déterminants Sociaux de la Santé et du Recours aux Soins - UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP] - AP-HP - Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) - SU - Sorbonne Université)

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Family social support, as a form of social capital, contributes to social health disparities at different age of life. In a life-course epidemiological perspective, the aims of our study were to examine the association between self-reported family social environment during childhood and self-reported health in young adulthood and to assess the role of family functioning during childhood as a potential mediating factor in explaining the association between family breakup in childhood and self-reported health in young adulthood. METHODS: We analyzed data from the first wave of the Health, Inequalities and Social Ruptures Survey (SIRS), a longitudinal health and socio-epidemiological survey of a random sample of 3000 households initiated in the Paris metropolitan area in 2005. Sample-weighted logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the association between the quality of family social environment in childhood and self-rated health (overall health, physical health and psychological well-being) in young adults (n = 1006). We used structural equation model to explore the mediating role of the quality of family functioning in childhood in the association between family breakup in childhood and self-rated health in young adulthood. RESULTS: The multivariate results support an association between a negative family social environment in childhood and poor self-perceived health in adulthood. The association found between parental separation or divorce in childhood and poor self-perceived health in adulthood was mediated by parent-child relationships and by having witnessed interparental violence during childhood. CONCLUSION: These results argue for interventions that enhance family cohesion, particularly after family disruptions during childhood, to promote health in young adulthood.

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  • Christelle Roustit & Eric Campoy & Emilie Renahy & Gary King & Isabelle Parizot & Pierre Chauvin, 2011. "Family social environment in childhood and self-rated health in young adulthood," Post-Print inserm-00664157, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:inserm-00664157
    DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-949
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