Odunlami Grace Alaba
Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
World Sci News. 2017;87(2):85-117.
Psychosocial functioning and depression is associated with a wide range of impacts on adolescents' quality of life. In Nigeria, studies assessing the importance of psychosocial functioning and depression in distinguishing between the categories of quality of life and classifying adolescents into these categories have been limited in literature. This study investigated the domains of psychosocial functioning and child depression that significantly distinguish between the categories of quality of life and also classify into these groups. Data for 2019 adolescents aged 10-19 were obtained in a Benue State cross-sectional study. Preliminary analyses on their socio-demographic information were performed using descriptive statistics. Differences between categories (groups) of Quality of Life (low, moderate and excellent) on the basis of the attributes of the adolescents in terms of their psychosocial functioning and depression status , indicating which attributes contribute most to group separation were investigated using discriminant analysis. Chi-square analysis was used to assess the association between socio-demographic characteristics of the adolescents and levels of Quality of Life. The inter-relationships between the domains of Quality of Life and the adolescents age, position in the family, domains of psychosocial functioning and child depression status was assessed using correlation analysis. Prosocial behaviour (F=82.41, p<0.001) and ineffectiveness (F=31.19, p<0.001) were strong significant discriminating variables that predict adolescents' levels of total quality of life. Adolescent's psychosocial functioning and depression status relates with their physical health, psychological health, social relationship, environmental health and total quality of life.
心理社会功能与抑郁对青少年的生活质量有着广泛的影响。在尼日利亚，评估心理社会功能与抑郁在区分生活质量类别以及将青少年归类到这些类别中的重要性的研究在文献中较为有限。本研究调查了心理社会功能和儿童抑郁的领域，这些领域能显著区分生活质量类别并将青少年归类到这些类别中。在贝努埃州的一项横断面研究中获取了2019名年龄在10 - 19岁青少年的数据。使用描述性统计对他们的社会人口学信息进行了初步分析。基于青少年在心理社会功能和抑郁状态方面的属性，对生活质量类别（低、中、优）之间的差异进行了调查，使用判别分析来确定哪些属性对组间区分贡献最大。卡方分析用于评估青少年的社会人口学特征与生活质量水平之间的关联。使用相关分析评估了生活质量领域与青少年年龄、家庭中的位置、心理社会功能领域和儿童抑郁状态之间的相互关系。亲社会行为（F = 82.41，p < 0.001）和无效性（F = 31.19，p < 0.001）是预测青少年总体生活质量水平的强有力的显著区分变量。青少年的心理社会功能和抑郁状态与他们的身体健康、心理健康、社会关系、环境健康和总体生活质量相关。
