چکیده
مقدمه
پیش زمینه سازمانی و داده ها
استراتژی تجربی و بررسی های معقول
جنسیت همسالان و سلامت روان اثرات مداوم بر سلامت روان
مکانیزم ها
نتیجه گیری
منابع
Abstract
Introduction
Institutional background and data
Empirical strategy and plausibility checks
Peer gender and mental health Persistent effects on mental health
Mechanisms
Conclusion
References
چکیده
سلامت روان نوجوانان کلیدی برای بهزیستی بعدی است. با این حال، شواهد علّی در مورد عوامل محیطی سلامت روان نوجوانان اندک است. ما مطالعه می کنیم که چگونه یک ویژگی مهم کلاس درس - ترکیب جنسیتی در مدرسه اجباری - بر سلامت روان تأثیر می گذارد. ما از دادههای اداری سوئدی (N = 576285) برای پیوند دادن تنوع در ترکیب جنسیتی در کلاسهای درس در گروهها به سلامت روان استفاده میکنیم. ما متوجه شدیم که سهم بالاتری از همسالان زن در یک کلاس درس، بروز تشخیص های سلامت روان را به ویژه در میان پسران افزایش می دهد. این اثر تا بزرگسالی ادامه دارد. بنابراین ترکیب همتایان یک محرک مهم و پایدار برای سلامت روان است.
توجه! این متن ترجمه ماشینی بوده و توسط مترجمین ای ترجمه، ترجمه نشده است.
Abstract
Adolescent mental health is key for later well-being. Yet, causal evidence on environmental drivers of adolescent mental health is scant. We study how an important classroom feature—the gender composition in compulsory-school—affects mental health. We use Swedish administrative data (N = 576,285) to link variation in gender composition across classrooms within cohorts to mental health. We find that a higher share of female peers in a classroom increases the incidence of mental health diagnoses, particularly among boys. The effect persists into adulthood. Peer composition is thus an important and persistent driver of mental health.
Introduction
Mental health problems among adolescents are common, particularly among boys, and have large long-run negative implications.1 Individuals with bad mental health have lower income, non-cognitive skills, educational attainment, and invest less in their children (Currie and Stabile, 2006; Lundborg et al., 2014; Baranov et al., 2020).2 To better understand human capital accumulation and to devise policy interventions, it is crucial to know whether and to what extent the environment in adolescence affects mental health (Cunha et al., 2010; Heckman et al., 2013; Bütikofer et al., 2020).
Conclusion
Previous research has demonstrated the importance of early mental health for adult mental health and economic well-being (Currie and Stabile, 2006; Currie et al., 2010; Salm and Schunk, 2012; De Neve and Oswald, 2012; Lundborg et al., 2014). But what drives adolescent mental health? We show that the classroom composition—as captured by the gender composition—has a large and persistent effect on mental health.
To this end, we use a unique data set which combines classroom gender composition and mental health diagnoses. We find that a higher share of female peers increases the likelihood of mental health problems, particularly among boys. These effects are large and persist into adulthood. The results highlight that peer relationships are crucial in shaping well-being.