TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Matthias A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus T1 - Life course influences on health and health inequalities: A socialisation perspective JF - Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation N2 - This paper reviews life course approaches applied in epidemiology, sociology and psychology and proposes a theoretical framework that integrates the concept of socialisation. We argue that the paradigmatic principles of interdisciplinary life course research (human agency, timing in lives, linked lives and historical context) provide a strong basis for a more holistic and theory-driven view of the life course and its interdependent pathways. The ´agency within structure´ paradigm on which these principles are based is an essential part of socialisation theory. We emphasize that socialisation theory has the potential to act as a theoretical link between social science and epidemiology, because it offers a multi-causal framework to illuminate the association between social structure and health across the life course. In order to better understand the development of health and health inequalities in a life course perspective, an interdisciplinary approach is required. The increased attention to socialisation principles might open new dialogue and empirical research perspectives for health sociology and epidemiology. Keywords: ageing, health, life course, social inequalities, socialisation theory Y1 - 2016 SN - 1436-1957 VL - 3 SP - 264 EP - 280 PB - Beltz Juventa ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rathmann, Katharina A1 - Pförtner, Timo-Kolja A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Osorio, Ana M. A1 - Bosakova, Lucia A1 - Elgar, Frank J. A1 - Richter, Matthias T1 - The great recession, youth unemployment and inequalities in psychological health complaints in adolescents: a multilevel study in 31 countries JF - International Journal of Public Health N2 - Objectives Little is known about the impact of recessions on young people’s socioeconomic inequalities in health. This study investigates the impact of the economic recession in terms of youth unemployment on socioeconomic inequalities in psychological health complaints among adolescents across Europe and North America. Methods Data from the WHO collaborative ‘Health Behaviour in School-aged Children’ (HBSC) study were collected in 2005/06 (N = 160,830) and 2009/10 (N = 166,590) in 31 European and North American countries. Logistic multilevel models were used to assess the contribution of youth unemployment in 2009/10 (enduring recession) and the change in youth unemployment (2005–2010) to adolescent psychological health complaints and socioeconomic inequalities in complaints in 2009/10. Results Youth unemployment during the recession is positively related to psychological health complaints, but not to inequalities in complaints. Changes in youth unemployment (2005–2010) were not associated with adolescents’ psychological health complaints, whereas greater inequalities in complaints were found in countries with greater increases in youth unemployment. Conclusions This study highlights the need to tackle the impact of increasing unemployment on adolescent health and health inequalities during economic recessions. KW - Subjective health KW - Health inequalities KW - Recession KW - Youth unemployment KW - Adolescence KW - Multilevel analysis Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0866-0 SN - 1661-8556 VL - 61 IS - 7 SP - 809 EP - 819 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rathmann, Katharina A1 - Herke, Max A1 - Bilz, Ludwig A1 - Rimpelä, Arja A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Richter, Matthias T1 - Class-Level School Performance and Life Satisfaction: Differential Sensitivity for Low- and High-Performing School-Aged Children JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health N2 - This study investigates whether class-level school performance affects students’ life satisfaction and if there are differential effects for high- and low-performing students. Data were derived from the National Educational Panel Study, including n = 5196 students (49.6% girls), nested in 478 classes and 250 secondary schools. School performance in class was measured by aggregating individual grade point average in Mathematics and German. The study could not reveal the “big-fish-little-pond”-effect regarding students’ life satisfaction but found differential effects for high- vs. low performing students. There was no significant association for low-performing students attending classes with higher class-level performance However, low-performing students revealed the lowest life satisfaction. High-performing students placed in classes with higher average performance reported lower life satisfaction compared to high-performing students in classes with lower average performance. This study provides evidence for the impact of the learning environment in class on school-aged children’s life satisfaction, by highlighting the differential sensitivity of high-performing students when placed in classes with higher or lower average performance. KW - school performance; social comparison; life satisfaction; “big-fish-little-pond”-effect; multilevel analysis; National Educational Panel Study; Germany Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122750 VL - 15 IS - 2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rathmann, Katharina A1 - Herke, Max A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Richter, Matthias T1 - Klassenklima, schulisches Wohlbefinden und Gesundheit von Schülerinnen und Schülern in Deutschland: Ergebnisse des Nationalen Bildungspanels JF - Das Gesundheitswesen N2 - Ziel Ziel des Beitrags ist es, erstmalig mit den Daten des Nationalen Bildungspanels den Zusammenhang zwischen Merkmalen des Klassenklimas und des schulischen Wohlbefindens mit der selbstberichteten Gesundheit und krankheitsbedingten Schulfehltagen von Schülern in deutschen Regelschulen zu untersuchen. Methodik Datenbasis bildet das Nationale Bildungspanel (NEPS). Die Stichprobe umfasst (n=7348) Schüler der siebten Klassen in Regelschulen (Startkohorte 3, Welle 3, 2012). Merkmale des Klassenklimas umfassen Anforderungen, Kontrolle und Lernorientierung im Unterricht, Autonomie und Interaktion der Schüler sowie die Unterrichtsqualität, jeweils auf die Lehrkräfte in Deutsch bezogen. Das schulische Wohlbefinden wird über die Schulzufriedenheit sowie Hilflosigkeit in zentralen Schulfächern erfasst. Es werden sowohl bivariate Analysen als auch logistische Mehrebenenmodelle, unter Kontrolle von Alter, Geschlecht und besuchter Schulform, durchgeführt. Ergebnisse Die Ergebnisse der Mehrebenenmodelle zeigen, dass insbesondere Schüler mit einer höheren Schulzufriedenheit eine bessere Gesundheit und weniger krankheitsbedingte Fehltage berichten. Eine höhere Hilflosigkeit und Lernorientierung sind dagegen negativ mit beiden Zielgrößen assoziiert. Hauptschüler besitzen zudem ein erhöhtes Risiko krankheitsbedingter Fehltage im Vergleich zu Gymnasiasten. Schlussfolgerung Die Ergebnisse unterstreichen, dass insbesondere das schulische Wohlbefinden in Form der Schulzufriedenheit sowie der Hilflosigkeit in zentralen Schulfächern eng mit der subjektiven Gesundheit und krankheitsbedingten Fehltagen assoziiert ist. Maßnahmen zur Gesundheitsförderung sollten daher v. a. auf das schulische Wohlbefinden gerichtet werden sowie Schüler adressieren, die eine andere Schulform als das Gymnasium besuchen. KW - Gesundheit, Fehltage, Wohlbefinden, Schule, Klassenklima, Nationales Bildungspanel (NEPS), self-rated health, school absence, wellbeing, school, class climate, National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-121886 SN - 0941-3790, 1439-4421 VL - 80 IS - 4 SP - 332 EP - 341 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Richter, Matthias T1 - Understanding Public Health N2 - This book develops a new model of the genesis of health, on the basis of the interplay between genetic and environmental factors. Hurrelmann and Richter build upon the basic theories of health and the popular model of salutogenesis to offer a comprehensive interdisciplinary theory of health genesis and success: Productive Processing of Reality (PPR). The authors show that health is the lifelong dynamic process of dealing with the internal reality of physical and psychological impulses and the external reality of social and material impulses. To demonstrate this, the book is split into three interconnected parts. Part A analyses the determinants of health, providing an overview of the insights of current research and the impact of socioeconomic influences and gender on health. Part B covers public health, social, learning and coping theories, all of which understand health as an interaction between people and their environment. Part C draws on these four theories to outline PPR, stressing the interrelation between physical and mental constitution and the demands of the social and mental environment, and suggesting strategies for coping with these demands during the life course. Understanding Public Health: Productive Processing of Internal and External Reality will be valuable reading for students and researchers in psychology, sociology, educational science, public health and medical science, and for policymakers in public health. Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-0367360764 PB - Routledge CY - Oxon ER -