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December 2007, Vol 97, No. 12 | American Journal of Public Health 2222-2229
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.081109

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Serious Psychological Distress Among Parenting and Nonparenting Adults

Mindy Herman-Stahl, PhD, Olivia Silber Ashley, DrPH, Michael A. Penne, MPH, Karl E. Bauman, PhD, David Weitzenkamp, PhD, Molly Aldridge, MPH and Joseph C. Gfroerer, BA

Mindy Herman-Stahl, Olivia Silber Ashley, Michael A. Penne, Karl E. Bauman, and David Weitzenkamp are with RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC. At the time of the study, Molly Aldridge was with RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC. Joseph C. Gfroerer is with the Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Md.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Mindy Herman-Stahl, PhD, RTI International, PO Box 12149, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2149 (e-mail: mindy{at}rti.org).

Objectives. We compared the prevalence of serious psychological distress among parenting adults with the prevalence among nonparenting adults and the sociodemographic correlates of serious psychological distress between these 2 populations.

Methods. We drew data from 14240 parenting adults and 19224 nonparenting adults who responded to the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. We used logistic regression procedures in our analysis.

Results. An estimated 8.9% of parenting adults had serious psychological distress in the prior year compared with 12.0% of nonparenting adults of similar age. In both groups, the adjusted odds of having serious psychological distress were higher among adults who were women, younger (between the ages of 18 and 44 years), low income, or receiving Medicaid. We found some differences in the correlates of serious psychological distress between parenting adults and nonparenting adults. The odds of having serious psychological distress were lower among parenting adults after we controlled for demographic characteristics.

Conclusions. Serious psychological distress is fairly prevalent among parenting adults, and high-risk sociodemographic groups of parenting adults should be targeted to ensure access to coordination of services.






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