کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4196458 1278683 2011 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Coping as a Mechanism Linking Stressful Life Events and Mental Health Problems in Adolescents
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Coping as a Mechanism Linking Stressful Life Events and Mental Health Problems in Adolescents
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectiveAlthough 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.MethodsThe 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.ResultsEach 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.ConclusionCoping 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.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences - Volume 24, Issue 6, December 2011, Pages 649-655