美国青少年的孤独和创伤后压力:一项纵向研究
Andrew Stickley1, Johan Isaksson2, Roman Koposov3
1Department of Preventive Intervention for Psychiatric Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
Journal of affective disorders
|June 9, 2024
概括
孤独和创伤后压力 (PTS) 在青少年中是双向相关的. 解决孤独感可能有助于减少PTS,临床医生应该治疗PTS青少年的孤独感.
科学领域:
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 纵向研究 纵向研究
背景情况:
- 孤独和创伤后压力 (PTS) 在青春期很普遍.
- 有限的纵向研究存在于青少年孤独和PTS之间的联系.
- 这项研究调查了美国学生中孤独和PTS之间的纵向关联,考虑了性别差异.
研究的目的:
- 检查青少年孤独和创伤后压力 (PTS) 之间的纵向关联.
- 探索性别在孤独和PTS之间的关系中的潜在作用.
- 为针对青少年心理健康的临床干预提供见解.
主要方法:
- 对2807名美国学生 (年龄11-16岁) 的数据进行了分析,并跟踪了一年.
- 在第一年通过单项问题评估孤独感.
- 使用儿童创伤后压力反应指数 (CPTS-RI) 测量创伤后压力 (PTS).
- 进行了完整的路径分析,以确定跨时间关联.
主要成果:
- 近三分之一的青少年报告说他们感到孤独;大多数人都有轻微的PTS.
- 第一年的孤独在第二年显著预测了PTS (β=0.06).
- 1年PTS显著预测了2年孤独的情况 (β=0.19).
- 患有PTS的青少年女孩报告的孤独程度高于患有PTS的男孩.
结论:
- 孤独和PTS在青春期表现出双向关系.
- 减少青少年孤独的干预措施可以减轻PTS.
- 对孤独的临床关注对于患有PTS的青少年至关重要.
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