Chung Rachel, Lowe Gillian A, Lipps Garth E, Gibson Roger C
Kingston Public Hospital, Jamaica.
The University of the West Indies - Mona, Jamaica.
Health Psychol Open. 2020 Feb 17;7(1):2055102920904724. doi: 10.1177/2055102920904724. eCollection 2020 Jan-Jun.
This project investigated the association between Jamaican school-age children's perception of their communities and their levels of depressive symptoms. A cross-sectional survey of sixth-grade students from schools in Kingston, Jamaica was conducted. Results of correlational analyses indicated that there were significant associations between neighbourhood factors and depressive symptoms while multiple regression analyses suggested that neigbourhood factors and social class were predictive of children's depressive symptoms. It appears that the perception of neighbourhood factors, particularly neighbourhood quality and network are associated with depressive symptom while neighbourhood factors may mediate the relationship between low social class and depressive symptoms.
本项目调查了牙买加学龄儿童对其社区的认知与他们的抑郁症状水平之间的关联。对牙买加金斯敦各学校六年级学生进行了横断面调查。相关分析结果表明，邻里因素与抑郁症状之间存在显著关联，而多元回归分析表明，邻里因素和社会阶层可预测儿童的抑郁症状。看来，对邻里因素的认知，尤其是邻里质量和人际关系网络与抑郁症状有关，而邻里因素可能在低社会阶层与抑郁症状之间的关系中起中介作用。
