Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Zwolle, The Netherlands.
GGZ Christoph, Mental Health Care, Deventer, The Netherlands.
Eur Psychiatry. 2017 Sep;45:65-71. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.05.031. Epub 2017 Jun 15.
This study used longitudinal data to examine the influence of the religiosity of pre-adolescents with psychiatric problems on the course of mental health during adolescence.
In the TRAILS clinical cohort of 543 pre-adolescents (10-12 years), mental health problems were assessed using self-report at baseline, T2 (12-14 years), T3 (14-17 years), and T4 (17-21 years). The Youth Self Report (YSR) was used at baseline, T2, and T3, and the Adult Self Report (ASR) was used at T4. Religiosity was assessed at baseline using self-report and information from mothers and fathers, resulting in three categorical religiosity variables and six SOCON (Social Cultural Developments Questionnaire) religiosity scales that assess religiosity in greater detail. Repeated measure ANOVA analyses were performed for each independent religiosity variable with internalizing and externalizing problem behavior as dependent variables, gender as a factor and time (T1, T2, T3 and T4) as within factor. Results were adjusted for marital status of parents and socioeconomic status and corrected for multiple testing.
There were main effects of the self-report SOCON scale "Humanistic beliefs" and gender and gender "by Humanistic beliefs" interaction effect on internalizing problems. Follow-up tests revealed that among females "high" scores on "Humanistic beliefs" were associated with increased internalizing problems.
There were hardly any associations between religiosity and mental health in a clinical cohort of pre-adolescents up to adolescence. The exception being that among females strong humanistic beliefs were associated with internalizing problems. Implications of these findings are discussed.
本研究使用纵向数据，考察了有精神问题的青春期前儿童的宗教信仰对其青春期心理健康发展的影响。
在 TRAILS 临床队列中，对 543 名 10-12 岁的青春期前儿童进行了心理健康问题评估，评估方法为使用自我报告在基线、T2（12-14 岁）、T3（14-17 岁）和 T4（17-21 岁）进行。在基线、T2 和 T3 时使用青少年自我报告（YSR），在 T4 时使用成人自我报告（ASR）。宗教信仰在基线时通过自我报告和母亲和父亲的信息进行评估，产生了三个分类的宗教信仰变量和六个 SOCON（社会文化发展问卷）宗教信仰量表，这些量表更详细地评估了宗教信仰。对于每个独立的宗教信仰变量，使用重复测量方差分析，以内向和外向问题行为为因变量，性别为因子，时间（T1、T2、T3 和 T4）为内因子。结果调整了父母的婚姻状况、社会经济地位，并进行了多次测试校正。
自我报告的 SOCON 量表“人文信仰”和性别以及性别“人文信仰”交互作用对内向问题有主要影响。后续测试表明，在女性中，“人文信仰”的“高”分数与内向问题的增加有关。
在青春期前儿童的临床队列中，宗教信仰与心理健康之间几乎没有任何关联。唯一的例外是，在女性中，强烈的人文信仰与内在问题有关。讨论了这些发现的意义。
