在COVID-19大流行期间,年轻人的心理健康变化,风险和弹性
Jesus Montero-Marin1,2,3, Verena Hinze1, Karen Mansfield1
1Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom.
JAMA network open
|September 21, 2023
概括
随着COVID-19大流行,英国中学生的心理健康状况恶化. 积极的学校气候,家庭联系和友保护了学生,而女性性别和最初的低风险与更大的下降有关.
科学领域:
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 年轻人越来越多的心理健康困难需要了解风险和性因素.
- 随着COVID-19的流行,青少年的健康面临着前所未有的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19大流行对中学生心理健康的影响.
- 在疫情期间检查心理健康结果与个人,家庭,友和学校特征之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 一项纵向队列研究,利用了My Resilience in Adolescence (MYRIAD) 试验中的数据.
- 分析了两个英国中学队伍,其中一个暴露于COVID-19大流行和国家封锁.
- 心理健康的评估是使用流行病学研究中心 - 抑郁症尺度,优势和困难问卷和沃里克-爱丁堡心理福祉尺度进行的.
主要成果:
- 受疫情影响的学生经历了更大的抑郁风险增加,社会情感行为困难,精神健康下降.
- 在封锁期间,积极的学校气候,强大的家庭联系和同龄友充当了保护因素.
- 女学生和最初精神健康风险较低的学生表现出更大的恶化;部分上学与更好的调整有关.
结论:
- 政策干预应优先培养家庭连接,同龄友和积极的学校气候,以支持青少年心理健康.
- 避免完全关闭学校并考虑个人差异对于促进学生的心理健康和调整至关重要.
- 这项研究强调了在面临挑战性环境的青少年中建立弹性的主要因素.
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