母亲的宗教信仰和青少年心理健康:英国的一项前性队列研究
Isaac Halstead1, Jon Heron2, Connie Svob3
1The Centre for Academic Child Health, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK.
Journal of affective disorders
|January 28, 2024
概括
母亲的宗教信仰与青少年的心理健康有关. 与不可知论的母亲相比,无神论者,中度宗教和高度宗教母亲的后代表现出更多的抑郁症状,与高度宗教母亲相比,不可知论的母亲的抑郁症状增加了.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 以前的研究探讨了父母的宗教信仰与后代心理健康之间的联系,但结果不一致.
- 很少有研究专门调查了青春期末的这种关联,这是心理健康挑战的关键时期.
研究的目的:
- 为了前性地研究母亲的宗教信仰和后代在青春晚期的心理健康之间的关系.
- 确定母亲宗教信仰的具体模式及其与青少年各种心理健康结果的关联.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自阿文长度研究的父母和孩子 (ALSPAC) 的数据进行了大规模的前性分析.
- 将母亲的宗教性分为潜在的类别:高度宗教,适度宗教,不可知论者和无神论者.
- 评估自我报告的青少年心理健康问题,包括常见的精神障碍,抑郁,焦虑,自我伤害和17-18岁的饮食障碍.
- 采用多变量逻辑回归,根据母亲的心理健康,不良童年经历和社会经济因素进行调整.
主要成果:
- 与无神论母亲的青少年相比,与无神论母亲的青少年相比,无神论母亲的青少年患抑郁症状的几率增加.
- 与那些有无神论母亲的青少年相比,具有高度宗教信仰的母亲的青少年有更多的自我伤害思想的可能性.
- 微弱的证据表明,中度宗教和高度宗教母亲的后代中,抑郁症和自我伤害行为的几率增加.
- 没有发现与饮食失调结果或通用焦虑症症状有显著的关联.
结论:
- 母亲的宗教信仰,特别是无神论者,中度宗教和高度宗教的分类,与青少年患抑郁症状的可能性增加有关.
- 高度宗教信仰的母亲的后代表现出更高的自我伤害 (思想和行为) 的可能性,这需要进一步调查.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以阐明潜在的机制,并在不同人群中验证研究结果.
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