Julie Erickson|Renée El?Gabalawy|Daniel Palitsky|Scott B. Patten|Corey S. Mackenzie|Murray B. Stein|Jitender Sareen
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AS A PROTECTIVE FACTOR FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS: FINDINGS FROM A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE LONGITUDINAL STUDY
University of Manitoba|University of Manitoba|University of Manitoba|University of Calgary|University of Manitoba|University of California, San Diego|University of Manitoba
objective study examined crosssectional longitudinal relationships educational attainment psychiatric disorders ie mood anxiety substance use personality disorders using nationally representative survey us adults method used data waves 1 2 national epidemiologic survey alcohol related conditions n 34653 bivariate multiple logistic regressions examined crosssectional longitudinal associations educational attainment variety pastyear incident anxiety mood substance use disorders controlling sociodemographics psychiatric disorder comorbidity results adjusted crosssectional data indicated educational attainment graduate professional degree wave 2 associated significantly higher odds substance use andor dependence disorders adjusted odds ratio range aorr 155255 p 0001 longitudinal adjusted regression analyses indicated individuals reporting less college education wave 1 significantly higher odds experiencing incident mood aorr 149164 p 001 anxiety aorr 135169 p 001 substance use disorder aorr 150202 p 001 wave 2 even controlling sociodemographic variables psychiatric comorbidity conclusion findings lend support published research demonstrating educational attainment protective developing spectrum psychiatric disorders mechanisms underlying relationship speculative need additional research