Correlates of Incarceration of Fathers, Socioeconomic Influences, and Mental Illness

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21834975
AutoresA Banks (0000-0001-7674-4119, North Carolina Central University, autor de correspondencia), Lashawnda N Fields (0000-0002-9374-5372, Washington University in St. Louis)
Año2021
Volumen36
Número1
Páginas26-37
Fecha de publicación2021-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Work in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1937-190X • E-ISSN: 1937-1918
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19371918.2020.1851842
PMID33252019
OpenAlexW3108003351
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas32

The United States leads globally in incarceration. Incarceration can disrupt families in both immediate and long-term ways, including finances and mental illness. We examined the relationship between father incarceration during adolescence and the development of mental illness in adulthood as well as the relationship of household assets and debts in relation to the mental illness outcomes. Wave IV data of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health were used with a final analytic sample of 2129 participants. Data were analyzed using MANOVA in Stata 13.1. The findings indicated that biological father incarceration correlates with more adolescent mental illness. Enhanced model residuals were also significant for father incarceration, household assets, and household debts. Incarceration of biological fathers correlates with poorer mental health outcomes. Household assets and debts correlate with changes in adolescent outcomes as well, giving us more target areas for intervention development and testing. Clinically, assessing for adolescent experiences with father incarceration may be useful in supporting improved mental health over the life course. Policy work should give more attention to promotion of health and well-being of adolescents via reduction of the negative experience of fathers serving and/or having served time in prison. More discussion on family-level assets and debts is warranted to promote health and well-being for adolescents and adults

Debt · Environmental health · Longitudinal study · Mental health · Mental illness · Population · Prison · Psychiatry · Socioeconomic status · Clinical Psychology · Health disparities and outcomes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance · Finance