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Open Access 01-04-2020 | Affective Disorder | Original Paper

Do Locus of Control, Self-esteem, Hope and Shame Mediate the Relationship Between Financial Hardship and Mental Health?

Authors: Charlotte Frankham, Thomas Richardson, Nick Maguire

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 3/2020

Abstract

In a longitudinal study of 104 participants, the psychological factors of economic locus of control, self-esteem, hope and shame were explored for their impact on the relationship between financial hardship and mental health. Participants completed measures of financial hardship, the psychological factors and measures of mental health three times at three-monthly intervals. A hierarchical regression analyses indicated that subjective financial hardship, hope and shame significantly predicted mental health outcomes. Mediation analyses demonstrated that hope mediated the relationship between subjective financial hardship and depression, stress and wellbeing; that shame mediated the relationship between subjective financial hardship and anxiety; and that neither shame nor hope mediated the relationship between subjective financial hardship and suicide ideation.

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Title: Do Locus of Control, Self-esteem, Hope and Shame Mediate the Relationship Between Financial Hardship and Mental Health?
Authors: Charlotte Frankham
Thomas Richardson
Nick Maguire
Publication date: 01-04-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Affective Disorder
Affective Disorder
Anxiety
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-019-00467-9

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