University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA,
J Youth Adolesc. 2013 Oct;42(10):1498-511. doi: 10.1007/s10964-013-9964-y. Epub 2013 Jun 4.
By the age of 18, girls are more than twice as likely as boys to experience internalizing symptoms. Focusing upon the family, a significant factor for adolescent mental health, we examined how positive and negative daily family interactions relate to gender differences in internalizing symptoms. 681 12th grade students (54 % female) completed diary checklists each night for 2 weeks in which they indicated whether they got along with their family (positive family interactions) and argued with their family (negative family interactions). Results indicate that negative daily family interactions explain, in part, why females experience heightened internalizing symptoms. Yet, even in the face of negative family interactions, positive daily family interactions have salutatory effects, reducing females' emotional distress and eliminating gender differences in internalizing symptoms at high levels of positive interactions. These findings underscore the importance of positive family interactions for adolescent girls' mental health.
在 18 岁之前，女孩出现内化症状的可能性是男孩的两倍多。本研究聚焦于家庭这一对青少年心理健康具有重要意义的因素，旨在探讨积极和消极的日常家庭互动与内化症状的性别差异之间的关系。681 名 12 年级学生（54%为女性）连续两周每晚完成日记清单，记录他们与家人相处融洽的情况（积极的家庭互动）和与家人争吵的情况（消极的家庭互动）。结果表明，消极的日常家庭互动在一定程度上解释了为什么女性会出现更严重的内化症状。然而，即使面对消极的家庭互动，积极的日常家庭互动也具有有益的影响，可以减轻女性的情绪困扰，并在积极互动水平较高时消除内化症状的性别差异。这些发现强调了积极的家庭互动对青少年女孩心理健康的重要性。
