a Department of Consumer Science , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana , USA.
b Brian Lamb School of Communication , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana , USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2018 Oct;66(7):655-664. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1451869. Epub 2018 May 22.
The study identified important stressors associated with depressive symptoms in college students across the subgroups of gender and domestic/international status, and compared between-group differences across stress levels.
Data were collected from 631 undergraduate students from October 2014 to March 2015.
Participants completed an online survey containing measures of stressors (Student-Stress-Survey), depressive symptoms (CES-D scale), and demographics.
The mean CES-D score (16.24) of sample indicated high depressive symptoms. International students reported higher depressive symptoms than domestic students and students identifying as female showed higher depression symptoms than male. Eight most frequently occurring stressors experienced by over 50% of the sample were identified as important; differences in stress levels across gender and domestic/international status were discussed.
This renewed look reinforced that tailored and sustained efforts are needed to address the continued prevalence of different stressors and associated depressive symptoms faced by college students on US campuses.
本研究确定了与不同性别和国内/国际身份亚组大学生抑郁症状相关的重要压力源，并比较了不同压力水平下的组间差异。
数据来自 2014 年 10 月至 2015 年 3 月的 631 名本科生。
参与者完成了一项在线调查，其中包含压力源（学生压力调查）、抑郁症状（CES-D 量表）和人口统计学信息。
样本的平均 CES-D 得分（16.24）表明存在较高的抑郁症状。国际学生的抑郁症状比国内学生高，女性学生的抑郁症状比男性学生高。确定了超过 50%的样本经历的 8 个最常见的压力源是重要的；讨论了性别和国内/国际身份方面的压力水平差异。
这种新的研究加强了这样一种观点，即需要有针对性和持续的努力来解决美国大学校园里大学生面临的不同压力源及其相关抑郁症状的持续流行问题。
