童年的不可预测性与战斗部署后长期和短期抑郁症和无情症症状的风险增加有关
Christopher Hunt1,2, Meghan Vinograd1,2, Laura M Glynn3
1Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA.
Journal of mood and anxiety disorders
|June 24, 2024
概括
童年的不可预测性与成人抑郁症和无情感有关,尤其是在战斗部署等压力因素之后. 较低的社会支持和更高的感知压力调解了这些影响,突出了对支持性童年环境和压力后干预措施的需求.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 早期的逆境,特别是不可预测性,会对长期的心理健康产生负面影响.
- 童年的不可预测性影响了大脑电路的发展,这些电路参与了情绪调节和应激反应.
- 这可能会增加成年人对情绪障碍和压力敏感性的脆弱性.
研究的目的:
- 调查童年不可预测性和成人情绪症状 (无情,抑郁) 之间的关联.
- 检查感知到的压力和社会支持在调解/调节这种关系中的作用,在成年生活压力因素之后.
- 在接受战斗部署和重新整合的军事人员队伍中分析这些影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自海洋弹性研究的数据,这是一项前性的纵向研究.
- 评估了273名参与者对部署前,部署后急性和部署后长期10年的抑郁和无神论的评估.
- 收集了关于童年不可预测性,感知压力和社会支持的数据.
主要成果:
- 儿童时期更高的不可预测性与部署后急性和慢性抑郁症的增加相关.
- 较低的社会支持部分调解了童年不可预测性和急性部署后抑郁症之间的联系.
- 较低的社会支持和更高的感知压力完全调解了与慢性部署后抑郁症的联系.
结论:
- 儿童时期的不可预测性是成年人抑郁症的重要危险因素.
- 专注于增强儿童日常预测能力和后压力社会支持的干预措施可以帮助预防成人抑郁症.
- 针对感知到的压力和社会支持对于减轻早期逆境对心理健康的长期影响至关重要.
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