Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Jun;40(3):298-305. doi: 10.1521/suli.2010.40.3.298.
This study investigated the relation between symptoms and a variety of health-related risk-taking behaviors during adolescence. A survey of 20,745 adolescents from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health provided data for analysis. Adolescents who reported more depressive symptoms were found to wear seatbelts less often, wear bike-helmets less often, and drive while drunk more frequently. Depressive symptoms did not correlate with reported condom use. The found relations were all mediated by reported levels of hopelessness. Reported levels of anhedonia and suicidality also mediated some of the found relations. Therefore, adolescents experiencing depressive symptoms, especially those reporting hopelessness, should be considered at jeopardy for a variety of health-related risk-taking behaviors.
本研究调查了青少年时期症状与多种与健康相关的冒险行为之间的关系。全国青少年健康纵向研究对 20745 名青少年进行了调查，为分析提供了数据。研究发现，报告有更多抑郁症状的青少年系安全带的频率较低，戴自行车头盔的频率较低，酒后驾车的频率较高。抑郁症状与报告的避孕套使用情况无关。发现的这些关系都被报告的绝望程度所中介。报告的快感缺失和自杀意念水平也中介了一些发现的关系。因此，有抑郁症状的青少年，尤其是那些报告绝望的青少年，应该被视为存在多种与健康相关的冒险行为的风险。
