LIFE EVENTS, DEPRESSION, AND PERCEIVED PROBLEM-SOLVING ALTERNATIVES IN ADOLESCENTS
LIFE EVENTS, DEPRESSION, AND PERCEIVED PROBLEM-SOLVING ALTERNATIVES IN ADOLESCENTS
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1469-7610.1991.tb01904.x
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发表时间：
1991-07-01
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ADAMS, J
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ADAMS, M;ADAMS, J
青少年解决问题的能力感可能对消极生活事件与抑郁之间的关系起中介作用。本研究调查了135名十年级学生的(a)烦恼生活事件与抑郁水平之间的关系，(b)抑郁水平与青少年感知的问题解决方案之间的关系。“家庭成员失业”、“开始新学校学习”和“与男/女朋友分手”等具体的生活事件与较高的抑郁水平相关。此外，更高程度的抑郁与醉酒和孤立自己以应对各种问题的认知选择最一致。需要进一步的研究来阐明抑郁在多大程度上影响青少年对消极生活事件的反应并导致较差的解决问题的选择，以及消极生活事件和缺乏建设性的解决问题的选择在多大程度上增加了抑郁的风险。
The association between negative life events and depression may be mediated by adolescents' sense of competency in solving problems. This study investigated (a) the relationship between troublesome life events and level of depression and (b) the association between level of depression and adolescents' perceived problem solving alternatives, in 135 tenth graders. The specific life events of “unemployment of a family member”, “starting at a new school”, and “breaking up with a boy/girlfriend”, were associated with higher levels of depression. In addition, higher levels of depression were associated most consistently with the perceived alternatives of getting intoxicated and of isolating oneself in response to a variety of problems. Further research is needed to clarify both the extent to which depression influences adolescents' responses to negative life events and leads to poorer problem solving choices, and the degree to which negative life events and the lack of constructive problem solving alternatives increase the risk of depression.