Maag J W, Rutherford R B, Parks B T
Department of Special Education, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287.
Adolescence. 1988 Spring;23(89):73-82.
Adolescent depression represents a growing concern for secondary school personnel. Depression is often related to suicide, which currently ranks as the second leading cause of death in adolescents. Since secondary school personnel should be able to identify characteristics of adolescent depression, the purpose of this study was to assess regular classroom teachers', guidance counselors', and special education teachers' ability to identify characteristics of adolescent depression. Results indicated that counselors possess the greatest knowledge of these characteristics, while regular and special education teachers are somewhat less able to identify them. Results are discussed in terms of training and evaluation issues for teachers.
青少年抑郁症日益引起中学教育工作者的关注。抑郁症常常与自杀相关，而自杀目前是青少年死亡的第二大主要原因。鉴于中学教育工作者应该能够识别青少年抑郁症的特征，本研究的目的是评估普通任课教师、指导顾问和特殊教育教师识别青少年抑郁症特征的能力。结果表明，顾问对这些特征了解最多，而普通任课教师和特殊教育教师识别这些特征的能力则稍弱。研究结果从教师培训和评估问题的角度进行了讨论。
