Objective Job Demands of Oneself and One's Partner, and Depressive Symptoms. Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study
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Objective Job Demands of Oneself and One's Partner, and Depressive Symptoms. Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study. / Kretzler, Benedikt; König, Hans-Helmut; Hajek, André.
in: INT J ENV RES PUB HE, Jahrgang 18, Nr. 23, 01.12.2021, S. 12688.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Objective Job Demands of Oneself and One's Partner, and Depressive Symptoms. Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study
AU - Kretzler, Benedikt
AU - König, Hans-Helmut
AU - Hajek, André
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Job characteristics are an important predictor of depressive symptoms. Recent research detected unemployment's spillover effects on spouses' depressive symptoms, but there is still a lack of studies that examine the association between objective job demands of oneself and one's partner and depressive symptoms.METHODS: Data were derived from the German Ageing Survey (DEAS), which is a representative sample that includes individuals aged 40 years and older. Psycho-social, physical, and overall job characteristics were assessed objectively, using a validated index developed by Kroll. Depressive symptoms were quantified by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D).RESULTS: Regarding fixed-effects regression, we found no significant association between the own or the partner's job demands and depression among the total sample and among men. However, among women, both increasing psychosocial demands of one's own occupation and physical job demands of one's partner's occupation were related to higher levels of depression, as well as the partner's overall job demands.CONCLUSIONS: The findings of the present longitudinal study highlight the association between job demands and depressive symptoms in women, but not in men, especially regarding the partner's employment characteristics. Efforts to reduce the burden of high job demands may be helpful. This could help alleviate depressive symptoms. In turn, geriatric giants caused by increased depressive symptoms, such as frailty, could be postponed.
AB - BACKGROUND: Job characteristics are an important predictor of depressive symptoms. Recent research detected unemployment's spillover effects on spouses' depressive symptoms, but there is still a lack of studies that examine the association between objective job demands of oneself and one's partner and depressive symptoms.METHODS: Data were derived from the German Ageing Survey (DEAS), which is a representative sample that includes individuals aged 40 years and older. Psycho-social, physical, and overall job characteristics were assessed objectively, using a validated index developed by Kroll. Depressive symptoms were quantified by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D).RESULTS: Regarding fixed-effects regression, we found no significant association between the own or the partner's job demands and depression among the total sample and among men. However, among women, both increasing psychosocial demands of one's own occupation and physical job demands of one's partner's occupation were related to higher levels of depression, as well as the partner's overall job demands.CONCLUSIONS: The findings of the present longitudinal study highlight the association between job demands and depressive symptoms in women, but not in men, especially regarding the partner's employment characteristics. Efforts to reduce the burden of high job demands may be helpful. This could help alleviate depressive symptoms. In turn, geriatric giants caused by increased depressive symptoms, such as frailty, could be postponed.
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Depression/epidemiology
KW - Employment
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Longitudinal Studies
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Occupations
KW - Spouses
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph182312688
DO - 10.3390/ijerph182312688
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 34886414
VL - 18
SP - 12688
JO - INT J ENV RES PUB HE
JF - INT J ENV RES PUB HE
SN - 1660-4601
IS - 23
ER -