Prospective study of the influence of social networks & school environments on emotional well-being of young adults

社交网络影响力的前瞻性研究

• 批准号: nhmrc : 216713
• 负责人: Dr Lyndal Bond
• 金额: $ 13.48万
• 依托单位: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: NHMRC Project Grants
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2002-01-01 至 2003-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/prospective-study-influence-young-adults/76373
• 关键词: Prospective; study; influence; social; networks

It has become clearer in recent years that the role of the social environment may be as important as individual or interpersonal factors in understanding the risk and protective factors associated with disease prevention. Adolescence is the time when many preventable causes of premature morbidity and mortality arise. It is likely that the social environments encountered during early adolescence will have an impact on the development of emotional and physical well being in early adulthood. This study will prospectively research the impact of school environment and quality of social networks in early adolescence on the emotional well being and health risk behaviours of young adults through the continued surveillance of a cohort of 2,782 students participating in the Gatehouse Project. This cohort has been surveyed four times; twice in Year 8 1997; once in Year 9 1998 and Year 10 1999. In 2002 the cohort will be on average 18 years old and will be first year post-secondary school. The major aim of the study is to investigate the prospective relationships between school environment in early adolescence and the mental and behavioural outcomes for young people in young adulthood. The continued surveillance of this cohort will allow us to assess the long term effects of school environments and adequacy of social networks at early adolescence on the emotional well being and social connectedness of older adolescents. This will contribute to our understanding of risk and protective factors in school-social environments that impact the health and well being of young adults. It will also inform further preventive intervention work that needs to take place in schools and communities to improve health outcomes for young adults.

近年来越来越清楚的是，在了解与疾病预防有关的风险和保护因素方面，社会环境的作用可能与个人或人际因素一样重要。青春期是许多可预防的过早发病和死亡原因出现的时期。青少年早期所遇到的社会环境很可能会对成年早期的情感和身体健康的发展产生影响。本研究将通过对参与盖特豪斯项目的2782名学生的持续监测，前瞻性地研究青少年早期学校环境和社会网络质量对青少年情绪健康和健康风险行为的影响。这个群体已经被调查了四次；1997年第8学年两次；1998年第9学年和1999年第10学年各一次。到2002年，这批学生的平均年龄将达到18岁，并且将是中学后的第一年。本研究的主要目的是调查青少年早期的学校环境与青少年成年后的心理和行为结果之间的潜在关系。对这一队列的持续监测将使我们能够评估学校环境和青少年早期社会网络的充分性对大龄青少年的情感健康和社会联系的长期影响。这将有助于我们了解学校社会环境中影响年轻人健康和福祉的风险和保护因素。它还将为需要在学校和社区开展的进一步预防干预工作提供信息，以改善年轻人的健康结果。