TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimation of national stress index using socioeconomic antecedents–a case of MIMIC model
AU - Arshed, Noman
AU - Ahmad, Waqas
AU - Munir, Mubasher
AU - Farooqi, Ahmad
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No funding has been utilized in the preparation of this study. This study acknowledges the senior professions whose advice helped in the preparation of the paper.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Developed economies are at the forefront of facing the brunt of non-communicable diseases (NCD). The majority of the health expenditures are routed in managing obesity and mental disorder-related patients, and there is a fall in the productivity of the distressed and NCD prone labour. Several indicators of stress are used in literature to assess its implications. However, empirically no database has maintained the longitudinal data of national stress level. This study focused on constructing the socioeconomic antecedent of non-communicable stress which is leading to several NCDs. For this Multiple Indicator and Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model is utilized for 151 countries between 2008 and 2018. The results show that macroeconomic conditions, trade, and environmental quality follow fundamentals in explaining stress. While, national stress index is a significant source of smoking and mental disorder prevalence.
AB - Developed economies are at the forefront of facing the brunt of non-communicable diseases (NCD). The majority of the health expenditures are routed in managing obesity and mental disorder-related patients, and there is a fall in the productivity of the distressed and NCD prone labour. Several indicators of stress are used in literature to assess its implications. However, empirically no database has maintained the longitudinal data of national stress level. This study focused on constructing the socioeconomic antecedent of non-communicable stress which is leading to several NCDs. For this Multiple Indicator and Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model is utilized for 151 countries between 2008 and 2018. The results show that macroeconomic conditions, trade, and environmental quality follow fundamentals in explaining stress. While, national stress index is a significant source of smoking and mental disorder prevalence.
KW - Spatial temporal analysis
KW - geospatial stress distribution
KW - psychoneuroimmunology
KW - stress index development
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U2 - 10.1080/13548506.2021.1903051
DO - 10.1080/13548506.2021.1903051
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102949668
VL - 27
SP - 854
EP - 863
JO - Psychology, Health and Medicine
JF - Psychology, Health and Medicine
SN - 1354-8506
IS - 4
ER -