在青春期前和青春期青少年中与最近的自我伤害相关的风险:家长报告
概括
年轻人自我伤害的风险正在上升,诸如情绪调节不良和同行问题等因素增加了风险. 解决这些可修改的因素是预防工作的关键.
科学领域:
- 儿童和青少年精神病学 儿童和青少年精神病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 儿童和青少年的自我伤害是全球重要的公共卫生问题.
- 在较年轻的年龄组 (5-12岁) 中,自我伤害病例在医院呈现的情况显著增加.
- 在青春期前 (<12岁) 人群中,对自伤风险因素的研究是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 确定与近期青春期前 (5-12岁) 青少年自我伤害相关的关键因素.
- 将这些因素与青少年 (13-18岁) 的因素进行比较.
- 为青年自我伤害的预防策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面病例控制研究,涉及305名5至18岁儿童的父母/监护人.
- 参与者填写了一份在线问卷,评估人口统计数据,自我伤害史,童年逆境,亲子关系,同行关系和数字媒体使用情况.
- 用单变量和多变量逻辑回归分析了数据.
主要成果:
- 在所有年龄段,与自我伤害增加相关的因素包括情绪调节较差,父母年龄较低,家庭收入较低,有问题的同行关系和终身自杀念头.
- 父母的高等教育与青春期前青少年自我伤害的增加有关.
- 终身心理健康诊断和较低的童年逆境与青少年自我伤害的增加有关.
结论:
- 协调的多机构努力对于解决年轻人自我伤害问题的关键.
- 专注于可修改的个人,社会和社会经济风险因素可以帮助预防自我伤害的发生.
- 了解特定年龄的风险因素对于有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
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