Financial factors and depression and anxiety: A symptom-specific approach in the general population

2025/08/06 by Ludvig Daae Bjørndal, Espen Røysamb, Ragnhild Bang Nes +2 · 1 voice · 2 citations
Psychology · #Mental Health Research Topics #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Mental Health Treatment and Access

paper · doi:10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100508

Abstract

• A network approach can be applied to study relationships between financial factors and mental health. • We assessed associations in 49,940 randomly sampled Norwegian adults. • Several symptoms were linked to financial hardship or protective variables. • Depressive symptoms were more strongly linked to financial difficulties than anxiety symptoms. • Hopelessness was a key symptom tying financial factors to mental health adversities.

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• New paper! 📜 In nearly 50,000 individuals randomly sampled from the general population, we apply a symptom-specific perspective to examine which anxiety and depressive symptoms are most strongly asso [bsky, 18 points, 1 comments]

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