Citation

Frankham C, Richardson T, Maguire N. Community Ment. Health J. 2020; 56(3): 404-415.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-019-00467-9

PMID

31552540

PMCID

PMC7056732

Abstract

In a longitudinal study of 104 participants, the psychological factors of economic locus of control, self-esteem, hope and shame were explored for their impact on the relationship between financial hardship and mental health. Participants completed measures of financial hardship, the psychological factors and measures of mental health three times at three-monthly intervals. A hierarchical regression analyses indicated that subjective financial hardship, hope and shame significantly predicted mental health outcomes. Mediation analyses demonstrated that hope mediated the relationship between subjective financial hardship and depression, stress and wellbeing; that shame mediated the relationship between subjective financial hardship and anxiety; and that neither shame nor hope mediated the relationship between subjective financial hardship and suicide ideation.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Anxiety; Depression; Mental Health; Longitudinal Studies; Mental health; Shame; Internal-External Control; Hope; Financial hardship; Financial Stress