How is the distribution of psychological distress changing over time? Who is driving these changes? Analysis of the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts.
Gondek DawidRebecca E LaceyDawid G BlanchflowerPraveetha PatalayPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2021)
Our study demonstrates the importance of studying not only mean levels of distress over time, but also the underlying shifts in its distribution. Due to the large dispersion of distress scores at any given measurement occasion, understanding the underlying distribution provides a more complete picture of population trends.
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