学校通勤与青少年心理健康之间的关联:在大流行期间进行的一项纵向研究的见解
Gesse Ferreira Lima1, Paulo Nascimento Neto1, Adriano Akira Hino2
1Graduate Program in Urban Management, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
PLOS mental health
|February 9, 2026
概括
青少年使用公共交通与更高的抑郁风险有关,特别是那些生活在远离学校的人. 个人机动交通可能与较低的抑郁症有关,突出社会经济因素.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
背景情况:
- 青少年心理健康是一个日益关注的问题,由COVID-19流行病等全球事件加剧.
- 交通选择及其对幸福感的影响尚未得到充分研究,特别是在不同的社会经济环境中.
- 了解环境对青少年心理健康的影响对于制定有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查交通方式与青少年心理健康之间的关联.
- 分析COVID-19大流行对青少年抑郁,焦虑和压力水平的影响.
- 确定有助于高中学生心理健康结果的特定通勤因素.
主要方法:
- 纵向研究设计跟踪213名巴西高中学生在COVID-19封锁期间和之后.
- 使用了抑郁,焦虑和压力量表 (DASS-21) 和社会经济调查问卷.
- 采用配对样本T测试和二项逻辑回归来进行数据分析.
主要成果:
- 公共交通使用显著增加了抑郁症的几率 (OR = 3.08).
- 较长的家庭-学校距离 (≥5公里) 几乎使抑郁症的几率增加了四倍 (OR = 3.81).
- 个人机动交通与较低的抑郁可能性有关,可能是由于社会经济因素.
结论:
- 公共交通和家庭与学校之间的距离是影响青少年抑郁症的关键因素.
- 研究结果表明,交通,空间不平等和青少年心理健康之间存在复杂的相互作用.
- 个人机动交通与低压的关联需要进一步调查社会经济决定因素.
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