title: Mental health, well-being, and poverty: A study in urban and rural communities in Northeastern Brazil.
abstract: This article analyzes the relations between mental health and well-being in urban and rural contexts marked by poverty. The analysis takes as its basis a quantitative research conducted with 417 adult inhabitants of two communities, one rural and the other urban, in Northeastern Brazil. The data were constructed using questionnaires composed of sociodemographic data, the Personal Wellbeing Index and Self Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20) scales. We found significant differences between the inhabitants of the rural and urban communities regarding well-being and the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD), with a higher average well-being score in the rural context; the urban sample had a higher average regarding the prevalence of CMD. The variable income significantly influenced the SRQ-20 average scores; the same was not observed with well-being scores. Besides, it was observed that there is a negative correlation with well-being and CMD.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Federal University of Ceará , Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bárbara Barbosa
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Nepomuceno
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Federal University of Ceará , Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antonio Alan Vieira
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Federal University of Ceará , Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Verônica Morais
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Ximenes
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Federal University of Ceará , Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: João Paulo Pereira
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology , Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) , Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jáder Ferreira
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Leite
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Mental health; poverty; psychology; well-being