在加拿大土著中学毕业生中,实际和感知对心理健康的影响之间的相互作用
1Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Journal of American college health : J of ACH
|April 9, 2024
概括
感知体重显著影响加拿大土著女学生的心理健康,增加情绪障碍和焦虑的风险. 实际体重与感知相结合,在女性中,与心理健康不佳的联系更强.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 原住民健康研究研究.
背景情况:
- 越来越多的研究将实际和感知体重与高中生心理健康结果联系起来.
- 加拿大土著的高中生面临着独特的社会文化背景,在体重和心理健康研究中经常被忽视.
- 负面的体重感知可以提高心理健康风险,即使在正常体重的个体.
研究的目的:
- 调查实际和感知体重对加拿大土著高中生心理健康的独立和综合影响.
- 解决这个特定的人群中关于体重感知和心理健康的研究缺口.
- 探索体重感知与心理健康结果之间的关系中的潜在基于性别的差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了2017年土著人民调查的数据,这是一个具有全国代表性的样本.
- 专注于19-34岁的加拿大土著中学毕业生 (n=1518).
- 为了数据分析,采用了按性别分层的后勤回归模型.
主要成果:
- 在女学生中,感知超重状态与情绪/焦虑障碍,自我评估不良的心理健康和自杀念头的风险增加有关.
- 认为自己超重的超重女性学生在所有指标上报告了心理健康状况较差.
- 这些模式在男学生中不那么明显或明显.
- 在正常体重的学生中,心理健康差异的证据有限,他们认为自己超重,可能是由于这个类别的样本大小小小.
结论:
- 在加拿大土著的高中生中,实际体重,感知体重和心理健康之间存在着复杂的关系.
- 女学生,特别是那些超重并认为自己超重的学生,面临着更大的心理健康挑战.
- 调查结果强调了考虑原住民青年心理健康干预措施的实际和感知权重的重要性.
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