IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/plo/pone00/0335995.html

Maternal exposure to oil spill and children’s mental health: The mediating role of resource loss

Author

Listed:
  • Ariane Lisann Rung
  • Katie M Sternberger
  • Evrim Oral
  • Edward S Peters

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the effect of maternal oil spill exposure on children’s mental health and examine whether maternal resource loss mediated this relationship. Methods: 445 mother-child pairs from the Women and Their Children’s Health Study in Louisiana (2012–2016) were examined. Maternal oil spill exposure from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was measured at Wave 1 (2012–2014), while children’s mental health and maternal resource loss were assessed at Wave 2 (2014–2016). Structural equation modeling estimated the direct and indirect effects of maternal oil spill exposure on children’s mental health through maternal resource loss. Results: Mothers (mean age 42 years (SD 7.7) and children (mean age 13 years (SD 2.2)) were interviewed. Maternal oil spill exposure was not directly related to children’s mental health (est = −0.08, p = 0.436). However, exposure was associated with increased maternal resource loss (est = 0.45, p

Suggested Citation

  • Ariane Lisann Rung & Katie M Sternberger & Evrim Oral & Edward S Peters, 2026. "Maternal exposure to oil spill and children’s mental health: The mediating role of resource loss," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 21(6), pages 1-12, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0335995
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0335995
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0335995
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0335995&type=printable
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1371/journal.pone.0335995?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Villalonga-Olives, E. & Wind, T.R. & Kawachi, I., 2018. "Social capital interventions in public health: A systematic review," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 203-218.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Sullivan, Daniel & Schmitt, Harrison J. & Calloway, Eric E. & Clausen, Whitney & Tucker, Pamela & Rayman, Jamie & Gerhardstein, Ben, 2021. "Chronic environmental contamination: A narrative review of psychosocial health consequences, risk factors, and pathways to community resilience," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 276(C).
    2. Georgina Gnan & Zara Asif & Sanchika Campbell & Jacqui Dyer & Anna Ehsan & Katrin Hoffmann & Hanna Kienzler & Shabbir Mellick & Nathaniel Martin & Cheryl Osei & Abreen Rebello & Imade Remouche & Rebec, 2023. "A mixed methods PAR study investigating social capital as a resource for Black and other racially minoritised communities in the UK: A study protocol," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(12), pages 1-18, December.
    3. Ester Villalonga-Olives & Josue Almansa & Cheryl L. Knott & Yusuf Ransome, 2020. "Social capital and health status: longitudinal race and ethnicity differences in older adults from 2006 to 2014," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 65(3), pages 291-302, April.
    4. Pachucki, Mark C. & Hong, Chen-Shuo & O'Malley, A. James & Levy, Douglas E. & Thorndike, Anne N., 2024. "Network spillover effects associated with the ChooseWell 365 workplace randomized controlled trial to promote healthy food choices," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 355(C).
    5. Amy Chan Hyung Kim & Jungsu Ryu & Chungsup Lee & Kyung Min Kim & Jinmoo Heo, 2021. "Sport Participation and Happiness Among Older Adults: A Mediating Role of Social Capital," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 22(4), pages 1623-1641, April.
    6. Yuval Paldi & Daniel S. Moran & Orna Baron-Epel & Shiran Bord & Elisheva Benartzi & Riki Tesler, 2021. "Social Capital as a Mediator in the Link between Women’s Participation in Team Sports and Health-Related Outcomes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-15, September.
    7. Michael L Goodman & Aleisha J Elliott & Stanley Gitari & Philip Keiser & Erica Onwuegbuchu & Nicole Michael & Sarah Seidel, 2021. "Come Together to Decrease Depression: Women’s mental health, social capital, and participation in a Kenyan combined microfinance program," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 67(6), pages 613-621, September.
    8. Javier Lera & David Cantarero-Prieto & Sara Pinillos-Franco, 2026. "Pay attention to your social capital! It determines your health: an analysis for the elderly in Europe," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 1-16, December.
    9. Shang-Chun Ma & Kyriaki Kaplanidou, 2021. "Social Capital and Running: A Network Social Capital Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-14, November.
    10. Laurence, James & Kim, Harris Hyun-soo, 2021. "Individual and community social capital, mobility restrictions, and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multilevel analysis of a representative US survey," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 287(C).
    11. Villalonga-Olives, E. & Wind, T.R. & Armand, A.O. & Yirefu, M. & Smith, R. & Aldrich, D.P., 2022. "Social-capital-based mental health interventions for refugees: A systematic review," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 301(C).
    12. Susan Lagaert & Thom Snaphaan & Veerle Vyncke & Wim Hardyns & Lieven J. R. Pauwels & Sara Willems, 2021. "A Multilevel Perspective on the Health Effect of Social Capital: Evidence for the Relative Importance of Individual Social Capital over Neighborhood Social Capital," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-21, February.
    13. Zihao An & Caroline Mullen & Xiaodong Guan & Dick Ettema & Eva Heinen, 2026. "Shared micromobility, perceived accessibility, and social capital," Transportation, Springer, vol. 53(2), pages 1025-1060, April.
    14. Călin Vâlsan & Zizi Goschin & Elena Druică, 2023. "The Measurement of Social Capital in America: A Reassessment," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 165(1), pages 135-161, January.
    15. William Tamayo-Aguledo & Alida Acosta-Ortiz & Aseel Hamid & Carolina Gómez-García & María Camila García-Durán & Vanessa Daccach-González & Francesca Solmi & Vaughan Bell, 2022. "Family functioning but not social capital is associated with better mental health in adolescents affected by violence and displacement by armed conflict in Colombia," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 68(8), pages 1598-1606, December.
    16. Xue, Xindong & Reed, W. Robert & Menclova, Andrea, 2020. "Social capital and health: a meta-analysis," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    17. Marco J. Haenssgen, 2024. "Aligning global health policy and research with sustainable development: A strategic market approach," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(3), pages 1876-1893, June.
    18. Maiko Sakamoto, 2024. "The role of social capital in community development: Insights from behavioral game theory and social network analysis," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(5), pages 5240-5258, October.
    19. Xue Zhang & Mildred E Warner & Sharon Tennyson & Wendy Brunner & Elaine Wethington & John W Sipple, 2024. "School-based health centers as an approach to address health disparities among rural youth: A study protocol for a multilevel research framework," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(5), pages 1-14, May.
    20. Tim R. Wind & Ichiro Kawachi & Ivan H. Komproe, 2021. "Multilevel Social Mechanisms of Post-Disaster Depression," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-8, January.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0335995. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: plosone (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.