机器学习可以从儿童和青少年的创伤叙述中预测PTSD症状吗?
Alessandra Giuliani1, Tamsin Sharp1, Yeukai Chideya2
1Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
European journal of psychotraumatology
|December 2, 2025
概括
机器学习模型很难预测儿童的创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 症状,仅使用创伤叙述. 然而,包括自我报告的记忆特征显著提高了对青少年PTSD风险的预测准确度.
科学领域:
- 计算精神病学是一种计算精神病学.
- 发展心理学是发展心理学.
- 机器学习在心理健康中的应用
背景情况:
- 机器学习 (ML) 越来越多地被用于识别心理健康状况.
- 创伤叙事特征与创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的发展有关.
- 从儿童的创伤叙述中预测PTSD是研究不足的.
研究的目的:
- 用创伤叙述来评估ML模型预测青少年PTSD症状严重程度的能力.
- 为了确定单独的叙事特征是否可以预测儿童的PTSD.
- 评估结合自我报告的创伤记忆特征对预测性能的影响.
主要方法:
- 训练和微调两个预训练 (例如,RoBERTa) 和两个基准ML模型.
- 利用了来自英国和南非的400名儿童 (年龄为7-17岁) 的自传性创伤叙述.
- 与自我报告的创伤记忆特征 (无组织,生动性) 进行模型性能比较.
主要成果:
- 机器学习模型在数据集中仅使用创伤叙述的预测性能较差.
- 整合自我报告的特征 (无组织,生动性) 显著改善了基准模型的性能.
- 增强的性能在英国数据集中尤其显著 (例如,LASSO R2=.57).
结论:
- 创伤叙述本身对于预测儿童PTSD症状的价值有限.
- 主观创伤记忆特征大大提高了ML模型对PTSD风险的预测能力.
- 专注于自我报告的数据对于为年轻人开发可扩展的自动化PTSD风险预测工具至关重要.
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