Effects of adolescent peer education psychological resilience of adolescents / 中国学校卫生

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Objective@#To verify the effectiveness of adolescent peer education on psychological resilience of adolescents, so as to provide a scientific reference for preventing adolescents physical and mental health problems.@*Methods@#The non equivalent comparison group design method was conducted involving 2 towns which were divided into an intervention group(n=732) and a control group(n=881). The intervention group received 1 year peer education. Their resilience and basic information was assessed by using a adolescent psychological resilience scale and a self-designed basic situation questionnaire.@*Results@#After the intervention, in the control group, target concentration, emotional control, family support, interpersonal assistance, and total psychological resilience were reduced by 0.96, 0.72, 0.63, 1.16 and 3.31, respectively(t=5.75, 3.91, 3.52, 5.86, 6.29, P<0.05); in the intervention group, emotional control, interpersonal assistance, and total psychological resilience were increased by 1.05, 0.54 and 1.72, respectively(t=-4.89, -2.46, -2.76, P<0.05). Multiple linear regression showed that the intervention group s target concentration(B=0.38), emotional control (B=0.85), family support(B=0.29), interpersonal assistance(B=0.83), and total psychological resilience(B=2.40) increased higher than the control group(P<0.05).@*Conclusion@#Adolescent peer education is effective in improving the target concentration, emotional control, family support, interpersonal assistance, and total psychological resilience.