Needham Belinda L
Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-1152, USA.
J Adolesc Health. 2009 Aug;45(2):179-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.12.015. Epub 2009 Mar 17.
To examine the association between depressive symptomatology during adolescence and educational attainment in young adulthood and to determine whether this association varies by gender.
This study uses data from the first and third waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Symptoms associated with depression are assessed at Wave 1 with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Educational attainment is assessed at Wave 3. Measures include failure to complete high school and failure to enter college (among high school graduates). The analytic sample contains 14,232 respondents aged 11-21 years at Wave 1 and aged 18-28 years at Wave 3. Approximately half the sample is female.
Adjusting for individual and family-level characteristics, depressive symptomatology during adolescence is associated with increased odds of failure to complete high school, but only for girls. Among high school graduates of both genders, depressive symptomatology is associated with failure to enter college.
This study offers support for the hypothesis that mental health problems experienced early in the life course impair status attainment.
探讨青少年时期的抑郁症状与青年期教育成就之间的关联，并确定这种关联是否因性别而异。
本研究使用了青少年健康全国纵向研究（Add Health）第一波和第三波的数据。在第一波中使用流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D）评估与抑郁相关的症状。在第三波中评估教育成就。测量指标包括未完成高中学业和未进入大学（在高中毕业生中）。分析样本包括14232名在第一波时年龄为11 - 21岁、在第三波时年龄为18 - 28岁的受访者。样本中约一半为女性。
在调整个体和家庭层面特征后，青少年时期的抑郁症状与未完成高中学业的几率增加有关，但仅适用于女孩。在男女高中毕业生中，抑郁症状与未进入大学有关。
本研究为以下假设提供了支持，即生命早期经历的心理健康问题会损害社会地位的获得。
