青少年心理健康的世代转变:一个纵向的时间滞后研究
Meghan E Borg1, Taylor Heffer2, Teena Willoughby1
1Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.
Journal of youth and adolescence
|October 12, 2024
概括
今天的青少年报告的心理健康问题比前几代人更多. 虽然大多数年轻人仍然不受影响,但越来越多的人面临着持续的心理健康挑战,这表明潜在的危机.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 与前几代相比,当代青少年中存在潜在的"心理健康危机"越来越令人担忧.
- 现有的研究往往缺乏纵向设计,以直接比较世代心理健康趋势.
研究的目的:
- 纵向比较两代青少年的抑郁症状和社会焦虑.
- 在高中期间调查青少年心理健康轨迹的世代差异.
主要方法:
- 采用了比较调查设计,分析了当前一代1081名青少年和前一代1211名青少年的数据.
- 在高中年级 (9-12) 收集数据,样本之间有20年的时间差.
- 混合效应建模被用来分析心理健康的趋势,随着时间的推移,在内和代际队列之间.
主要成果:
- 与过去的样本相比,当前的青少年样本报告的心理健康问题随着时间的推移显著增加和增加.
- 虽然两代人中的大多数人报告精神健康问题较低,但当前的样本显示,更大比例的青少年存在持续风险.
- 这表明今天青少年的一个子集在心理健康方面的差距越来越大.
结论:
- 两代中的大多数青少年都没有表现出高水平的心理健康问题.
- 然而,研究结果表明,目前有一小部分但越来越多的青少年正在经历持续的心理健康困难,这一趋势令人担忧.
- 这些结果强调了针对有风险的年轻人进行有针对性的干预和支持系统的必要性,以应对新出现的心理健康危机.
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