患有神经发育障碍的青少年的焦虑和抑郁症状
Suzanne Stewart1, Stephen John Houghton1, Ken Glasgow1
1The Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth 6009, Australia.
International journal of environmental research and public health
|February 26, 2025
概括
青少年的焦虑,尤其是女性的焦虑,是很常见的,可以用一个新的工具来测量. 这项研究发现,患有神经发育障碍 (NDD) 和没有神经发育障碍 (NDD) 的青少年之间的焦虑水平没有差异.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 青少年心理健康 青少年心理健康
背景情况:
- 焦虑是一种正常的青少年过程,但可以变得无法控制,导致成人心理健康问题.
- 患有神经发育障碍 (NDD) 的青少年可能更容易因为认知偏见而担心.
- 现有的关于NDD焦虑的研究通常集中在焦虑上,缺乏具体的焦虑措施.
研究的目的:
- 给有或没有NDD的青少年使用一种新开发的担心仪器.
- 根据NDD状态和性别,检查焦虑程度的差异.
- 为主流学校青少年提供可验证的担忧度量.
主要方法:
- 对404名青少年 (年龄在10-16岁) 进行了焦虑仪器和抑郁症状测量.
- 包括204名被正式诊断为NDD的青少年.
- 使用确认因素分析和多变量方差分析 (MANOVA) 进行数据分析.
主要成果:
- 确认因素分析支持了担忧仪器的模型合适性.
- 没有发现基于NDD状态的担忧的显著主要效应或相互作用效应.
- 女性在特定的担忧类型 (学术,未来,同龄人关系) 和抑郁症状方面得分明显高于男性.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了一种简短的,经过验证的,适合患有或没有NDD的青少年的担忧指标.
- 研究结果表明,在患有NDD和没有NDD的青少年之间,担忧水平并没有显著差异.
- 焦虑和抑郁症状的性别差异突出了教育环境中有针对性的干预的潜在领域.
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