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  • Sociology
  • Public Health
  • Economics

Background:

  • Rising premature mortality from suicide, drug poisoning, and alcoholic liver disease observed in US non-Hispanic Whites with low education.
  • Concurrent trend of income stagnation in the same demographic group.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To empirically investigate the hypothesis that "deaths of despair" represent a common pathway linking financial stressors to premature mortality.
  • To conceptually map and empirically assess "despair" as a multifaceted construct (cognitive, emotional, behavioral, biological) and its societal impact.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing extant longitudinal data sets with repeated measures of despair.
  • Analyzing data collected before, during, and after the Great Recession.
  • Focusing on the role of economic decline and protective factors.

Main Results:

  • The study frames "deaths of despair" as a testable hypothesis rather than an established fact.
  • Highlights the need for empirical validation of despair as a common pathway to mortality.
  • Emphasizes the multilevel nature of despair, affecting individuals and communities.

Conclusions:

  • "Deaths of despair" requires rigorous conceptual mapping and empirical study.
  • Longitudinal, multilevel data are essential to test the link between economic stressors, despair, and premature mortality.
  • Further research should explore protective factors mitigating despair's impact.