Titre : | Adolescent expectations of early death predict young adult socioeconomic status. (2012) |
Auteurs : | NGUYEN (Quynh-C) : USA. Institute on Urban Health Research. Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Department of Health Sciences. Northeastern University. ; Carolyn-T HALPERN ; Jon-M HUSSEY ; Stephen-W MARSHALL ; Charles POOLE ; SIDDIQI (Arjumand) : CAN. Dalla Lana School of Public Health. University of Toronto. ; Andrés VILLAVECES ; Department of Epidemiology. Unc Gillings School of Global Public Health. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. USA ; Department of Maternal and Child Health. Unc Gillings School of Global Public Health. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. USA ; Unc Injury Prevention Research Center. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 74, n° 9, 2012) |
Pagination : | 1452-1460 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Adolescent ; Psychologie ; Mort ; Jeune adulte ; Facteur socioéconomique ; Psychologie comportement ; Comportement ; Mortalité ; Epidémiologie ; Homme ; Amérique ; Amérique du Nord |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS nCBR0xsl. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Among adolescents, expectations of early death have been linked to future risk behaviors. These expectations may also reduce personal investment in education and training, thereby lowering adult socioeconomic status attainment. The importance of socioeconomic status is highlighted by pervasive health inequities and dramatic differences in life expectancy among education and income groups. The objectives of this study were to investigate patterns of change in perceived chances of living to age 35 (Perceived Survival Expectations ; PSE), predictors of PSE, and associations between PSE and future socioeconomic status attainment. We utilized the U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) initiated in 1994-1995 among 20,745 adolescents in grades 7-12 with follow-up inter-views in 1996 (Wave II), 2001-2002 (Wave III) and 2008 (Wave IV ; ages 24-32). At Wave I, 14% reported |