Jones, Abbeygail;
Pugh, Daniel;
Bell, Vaughan;
Wong, Keri Ka-Yee;
(2025)
Multigenerational Living and Mental Health Outcomes of Working‐Age Adults and Children—A Scoping Systematic Review.
Health & Social Care in the Community
, 2025
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, Article 7513142. 10.1155/hsc/7513142.
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Abstract
Background: Household compositions can impact health‐related outcomes. However, the definition of multigenerational living and its associations with mental health outcomes in adults and children are unclear. Method: A systematic review was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines. Searches were conducted in Embase, PsycInfo and Medline via OVID, PubMed and the Cochrane Library. Two raters identified 112 reports for full paper reviews and 62 papers for data extraction. Quality ratings and certainty of evidence were assessed, and data were narratively synthesised. Results: There were 289,071 participants across studies. Ten studies recruited samples of children/young people. The average quality rating was 7.8 (out of 10) and the certainty of evidence was low. Definitions of multigenerational living and associations with mental health outcomes were heterogeneous, indicating the role of moderating factors, and a need for better operationalisation in future research. Conclusions: Findings have implications for clinical practice when conducting assessments and formulating psychological difficulties. There are further implications for researchers and policymakers responsible for housing and healthcare provision. The broad search strategy and specification of only anxiety and depression in the search strategy are limitations of the review, despite the scoping aims. A consensus definition of multigenerational living could benefit future research.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Multigenerational Living and Mental Health Outcomes of Working‐Age Adults and Children—A Scoping Systematic Review |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1155/hsc/7513142 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1155/hsc/7513142 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Anxiety, depression, mental health, multigenerational living, systematic review |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10213070 |
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