Family Economic Hardship and Health of Parents and Children: Mediational Processes

• Dynamics of Family Economic Hardship (FEH) and the Progression and Persistence of Health Problems of Husbands and Wives During the Middle Years
  Presented by: Kandauda ( K. A. S.)  Wickrama, Kyung Hwa Kwag, Federick Lorenz, Rand D. Conger, Florenzia Surjadi

• Early Family Economic Hardship (FEH) and the Progression of Depressed Mood, Anxiety  and Physical Complains of Adolescents During the Adolescent Years
  Presented by: Tae Lee, Kandauda (K. A. S.) Wickrama, Federick Lorenz, Rand D. Conger

• Elucidating Marital and Parental Processes That Link Family Economic Hardship (FEH), and Parent and Adolescent Health
  Presented by: Florenzia Surjadi, Kandauda (K. A. S.) Wickrama, Federick Lorenz , Rand D. Conger, Josephine Kwon
  

Abstracts

Family Economic Hardship and Health of Parents and Children: Mediational Processes

Presented by: Kandauda(K. A. S) Wickrama, Tae Lee, Florenzia Surjadi

The three parts of this symposium are connected by the intergenerational-health effect of family economic hardship (FEH). The first paper examines the direct influence of FEH on the progression of inter-related health problems of middle-aged parents.  The second paper examines the direct influence of FEH on anxiety, depressive symptoms and physical complaints of their adolescent children.  Finally, the third paper shows how parents' marital hostility, depressed mood and rejection of children mediate the influence of FEH on adolescents' depressive symptoms and physical complaints. The findings will point to health policy and program implications related to the current economic recession.