Coping as a mechanism linking stressful life events and mental health problems in adolescents / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
;
(12): 649-655, 2011.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: wpr-235586
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>Although stressful life events represent an etiologic factor of mental health problems in adolescents, few studies have been conducted to address mechanisms linking the stress-psychopathology relation. The present study was designed to examine coping as a mediate factor on the relationship between stressful life events and symptoms of anxiety and depression.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The participants were 13 512 students from eight cities of China, who participated in a school-based survey. Data were collected by a questionnaire comprising coping, stressful life events, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. As a model, a series of regression equations were used to examine whether coping mediated the association between stressful life events and symptoms of anxiety and depression.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Each dimension of stressful life events showed significant correlation with anxiety, depression and coping (all P<0.001). In the model to analyze mediate effects, all standardized coefficients (β) were significant (all P<0.01), indicating marked mediator effects. Furthermore, negative coping might account for more mediate effects than positive coping on this relationship.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Coping partially mediated the relationship between stressful life events and mental health during adolescence. This study highlighted an important public health priority for preventive interventions targeting stress-related psychopathology, and for further promoting adolescents' mental health.</p>
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Assunto principal:
Ansiedade
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Psicologia
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Estudantes
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Adaptação Psicológica
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China
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Saúde Mental
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Interpretação Estatística de Dados
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Depressão
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Acontecimentos que Mudam a Vida
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Adolescente
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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