Hardship and empathy
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Poverty, Hardship and Depression
Objective: Mental health disorders are of great social, economic, and policy concern. A higher incidence of major depressive disorder has been reported among those living in or near poverty. Our study examines the extent to which the relationship between income and depression is mediated by measures of material hardship. Methods: We use measures of depression at two points in time from the long...
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عنوان ژورنال: JRSM
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0141-0768
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.97.1.42