Stress Process and Mental Health among Agricultural Producers

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Surveyed 525 Illinois farmers to identify the impact of agriculture and non-agriculture stressors on mental and physical health outcomes using the Stress Process Model. Discusses depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, anxiety symptoms, and agricultural business factors. Highlights personal and social factors that act as mediators and moderators on health outcomes.

Samantha J. Iwinski, Yifan Hu, Courtney Cuthbertson, Josie M. Rudolphi

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 61, 2257-2269

01/2026

Farmers and farmworkers · Mental health · Statistics and data · Illinois