[Correlation between life events, coping styles and depression of adolescents in Haikou City in 2015]

To investigate the correlation between life events, coping styles and depression of adolescent in Haikou.

In the urban and rural areas of Haikou between March and May, 2015, a total of 4995 students from grade 4 to grade 9 of6 primary schools and 6 junior middle schools were selected by stratified cluster sampling. Children's Depression Inventory( CDI), Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Check List( ASLEC) and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire( SCSQ) were used for the study. A total of 4866 valid questionnaires were recovered. Among them, there were 2508 boys and2358 girls. The number of primary school students was 2670, and the number of juniormiddle school students was 2196. There were 3385 urban students and 1481 rural students.

The detection rate of depressive symptoms was 32. 3%( 1573/4866). The total score of ASLEC( 71. 14 ± 22. 79 vs. 57. 87 ± 20. 73) and interpersonal relationships( 3. 21 ± 1. 08 vs. 2. 67 ± 0. 96), study pressure( 3. 00 ± 1. 00 vs. 2. 50 ±0. 91), punished( 2. 65 ± 1. 06 vs. 2. 11 ± 0. 96), loss( 2. 57 ± 1. 49 vs. 2. 16 ± 1. 36), health adaptation( 2. 27 ± 1. 10 vs. 1. 93 ± 0. 96) and other dimension( 2. 55 ± 1. 08 vs. 1. 86 ± 0. 88) were higher in students with depressive symptoms than those in normal students, and the difference was statistically significant( P < 0. 001). The positive coping scores of adolescents with depression was( 2. 48 ± 0. 52), while normal adolescents was( 2. 78 ± 0. 55, P < 0. 001). The negative coping score of adolescents with depression was( 2. 28 ± 0. 51), while normal adolescents was( 2. 14 ± 0. 48, t =-9. 49, P < 0. 001). By using Pearson's simple correlation analysis, interpersonal relationships, study pressure, punished, loss, health adaptation and other life events were positively correlated with adolescent depression, the correlation coefficients were 0. 317, 0. 306, 0. 304, 0. 172, 0. 207 and 0. 390, respectively. Pearson's simple correlation analysis of adolescent depression and response showed that the correlation coefficient between adolescent depression and positive coping was-0. 353, and the correlation coefficient of negative coping was 0. 169.

The symptoms of adolescent depression in Haikou City was positively correlated with the life events of adolescents, and negatively correlated with positive coping, and positively correlated with negative coping.