在不列颠哥伦比亚省 (2015-2022) 的青少年中,心理健康趋势和基于学校的保护因素:基于人口的研究研究
Eva Oberle1, Xuejun Ryan Ji1, Tonje Molyneux2
1School of Population and Public Health, Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|May 21, 2025
概括
青少年的心理健康状况从2015年到2022年有所下降,女孩的下降幅度更大. 基于学校的保护因素,如成年人支持和同行归属,可以缓冲这一趋势,减少基于性别的差距.
科学领域:
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 教育心理学教育心理学
背景情况:
- 在过去的十年里,青少年的心理健康状况下降了.
- 结合年轻人的声音和保护因素的研究很少.
- 本研究考察了加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省 (BC) 从2015年到2022年的趋势.
研究的目的:
- 检查青少年心理健康 (对生活的满意度和抑郁症状) 的趋势.
- 调查这些趋势中的性别差异.
- 评估基于学校的保护因素的作用和重要性.
主要方法:
- 利用来自中年发展工具 (MDI) 的自报告数据,对69,391名7年级学生 (2015-2022) 进行了自报告.
- 采用重复的横截面设计来分析幸福指标的趋势.
- 按性别分层分析,包括保护因素 (成人支持,同行归属,学校联系) 和社会经济地位 (SES) 作为共同变量.
主要成果:
- 在整个研究期间,对生活的满意度显著下降,而抑郁症状显著增加.
- 女孩报告幸福感较低,与男孩相比,她们的幸福感下降幅度更大.
- 高水平的保护因子减轻了这一下降,并减少了幸福感中的性别差距.
结论:
- 观察到的青少年幸福感的下降强调了需要积极主动的心理健康策略.
- 学校内的可修改的保护因素在缓解负面趋势方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 建议与学区合作,在人口层面开展心理健康倡议.
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