在加纳的青少年中,家庭运作,心理困扰和自杀倾向
Mawuko Setordzi1,2,3, Samuel Adjorlolo1,3
1Department of Mental Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
概括
家庭情感参与显著预测加纳青少年的心理痛苦和自杀倾向. 家庭沟通不良与自杀倾向的增加有关,这凸显了需要以家庭为中心的心理健康干预措施的必要性.
科学领域:
- 青少年心理健康 青少年心理健康
- 家庭心理学 家庭心理学
- 加纳的公共卫生.
背景情况:
- 青春期涉及重大变化,并与心理困扰和自杀倾向有关.
- 家庭的运作对青少年心理健康至关重要,但其在加纳的影响还没有得到充分研究.
- 这项研究解决了理解加纳家庭动态和青少年心理健康结果的差距.
研究的目的:
- 检查加纳青少年家庭运作,心理困扰和自杀倾向之间的联系.
- 确定影响青少年心理健康的家庭运作的特定方面.
- 提供证据,以发展加纳的有针对性的家庭心理干预.
主要方法:
- 横截面研究涉及600名来自加纳阿克拉三个公立高中的随机招募的学生.
- 使用斯皮尔曼的rho相关性和同时多重物流回归的数据分析.
- 使用麦克马斯特家庭运行模型 (MMFF) 框架评估家庭运行.
主要成果:
- 家庭问题解决能力不佳与心理困扰或自杀倾向没有显著的关系.
- 家庭沟通不良与心理困扰没有显著关联,但积极预测了自杀倾向.
- 贫困的家庭情感参与是青少年心理痛苦和自杀倾向的重要预测因素.
结论:
- 家庭的运作,特别是情感的参与,在加纳青少年的心理痛苦和自杀倾向中发挥着关键作用.
- 调查结果强调了以家庭为中心的心理健康策略和针对加纳环境的干预措施的必要性.
- 这项研究为有关家庭动态和青少年精神健康的文献做出了贡献,在西非环境中使用MMFF.
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