学术压力与青少年心理健康问题之间的关联:系统性审查
Thomas Steare1, Carolina Gutiérrez Muñoz2, Alice Sullivan3
1Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK.
Journal of affective disorders
|July 12, 2023
概括
学术压力与青少年心理健康问题,如抑郁和焦虑有关. 需要进一步的研究来确认学术压力是否是这些问题的因果风险因素.
科学领域:
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 学术压力是青少年心理健康的一个重要问题.
- 国际证据将学术压力与青少年心理健康问题联系起来需要综合.
- 现有研究强调了学术压力可能导致年轻人的心理健康问题.
研究的目的:
- 进行第一个关于学术压力与青少年心理健康结果之间的关联的系统审查.
- 综合有关学术压力与青少年抑郁,焦虑,自我伤害和自杀倾向的证据.
- 发现研究中的差距,并为未来的公共卫生干预提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在多个数据库 (MEDLINE,PsycINFO,ERIC,Web of Science) 中,对截至2022年11月24日发表的研究进行系统审查.
- 纳入标准集中在上学的青少年,学术压力作为暴露,以及心理健康结果 (抑郁,焦虑,自我伤害,自杀倾向).
- 用叙事综合来总结发现,并使用混合方法评估工具评估偏差风险.
主要成果:
- 综述包括了52项研究.
- 大多数研究 (52个中的48个) 发现学术压力与至少一个心理健康结果之间存在积极联系.
- 抑郁症状和混合焦虑/抑郁症状是最常被评估的结果.
结论:
- 学术压力是旨在预防青少年心理健康问题的公共卫生干预措施的潜在目标.
- 目前的证据表明有强烈的关联,但研究设计的局限性阻碍了因果推理.
- 建议进行大规模的基于人口的队列研究,以确定因果关系并指导政策层面的干预.
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