title: Exploring evidence for a prospective relationship between common mental disorder and meeting residential mobility preferences.
abstract: This study investigates evidence of a selective influence of mental health in meeting residential mobility preferences. Data from two waves of Understanding Society (the UK Household Longitudinal Study) were used to identify four preference-mobility groups ('desired stayers', 'entrapped', 'desired movers', 'displaced'). Associations between mental health (symptoms of common mental disorder, CMD) and preference-mobility groups were measured both before and after residential moves. Those identified with CMD at baseline were at greater risk of being both in the 'entrapped' and the 'desired mover' groups, relative to the 'desired stayer' group in the following year. The association between preference-mobility group and subsequent poorer mental health was found among both groups that failed to meet their mobility preferences ('entrapped' and 'displaced'). This study finds evidence for a selective influence of mental health - such that those with poorer mental health are less likely to achieve a desired residential move, and highlights the importance of considering a bidirectional relationship between residential mobility and mental health.
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK. Electronic address: charlotte.c.woodhead@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Woodhead
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK. Electronic address: lisa.aschan@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aschan
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, 4 Windsor Walk, London SE5 8BB, UK. Electronic address: michael.lynskey@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Lynskey
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK; South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust UK. Electronic address: catherine.polling@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Polling
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK. Electronic address: laura.goodwin@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK. Electronic address: stephani.hatch@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Stephani L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hatch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006798:Housing; D063426:Human Migration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011157:Population Dynamics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Common mental disorders; Health selection; Mental health; Residential mobility