Sund A M, Larsson B, Wichstrom L
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2001 Dec;10(4):222-9. doi: 10.1007/s007870170011.
In a stratified random and representative sample of 2,560 13- to 14-year-old Norwegian girls and boys, depressive symptoms were assessed by means of the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ). The MFQ showed a good internal consistency (alpha), and test-retest correlations (r) for three-week and three-month intervals were 0.84 and 0.80 respectively. Convergent and discriminative validity were also assessed. The mean total MFQ score for the whole sample was 10.6 (SD 9.5). The results showed a significant sex by age interaction effect in that girls increased their mean total MFQ sum score by age while the boys' scores decreased slightly. Reports of unattractiveness, restlessness, indecisiveness and transient feelings of low mood were common in the total sample, while unhappiness, irritability, self-dislike and concentration problems were common among high-scoring subjects. Girls experienced more often lowered mood, were more concerned with their appearance and had more self-depreciatory notions than boys, while boys more often than girls had lower school satisfaction. Girls were preponderant among the high-scoring subjects. The results of logistic regression analyses showed that concentration problems were the strongest predictor of high scores. The findings are discussed in view of similar epidemiological studies in which DSM-IV criteria have been used in the assessment of depressive symptoms and disorders among adolescents.
在一个由2560名13至14岁挪威女孩和男孩组成的分层随机代表性样本中，通过情绪与感受问卷（MFQ）评估抑郁症状。MFQ显示出良好的内部一致性（α），三周和三个月间隔的重测相关性（r）分别为0.84和0.80。还评估了聚合效度和区分效度。整个样本的MFQ总平均分是10.6（标准差9.5）。结果显示出显著的性别与年龄交互效应，即女孩的MFQ总平均分随年龄增加，而男孩的分数略有下降。在整个样本中，关于缺乏吸引力、坐立不安、优柔寡断和短暂情绪低落的报告很常见，而在高分受试者中，不开心、易怒、自我厌恶和注意力问题很常见。女孩比男孩更常经历情绪低落，更在意自己的外表，有更多自我贬低的观念，而男孩比女孩更常对学校不满意。高分受试者中女孩占多数。逻辑回归分析结果表明，注意力问题是高分的最强预测因素。鉴于在青少年抑郁症状和障碍评估中使用DSM-IV标准的类似流行病学研究，对这些发现进行了讨论。
