Wiium Nora, Beck Marianne, Ferrer-Wreder Laura
Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Department of Educational Psychological Services, Bergen, Norway.
Front Psychol. 2021 Jul 14;12:687537. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.687537. eCollection 2021.
In the present study, we examined the importance of developmental assets to prolonged sadness (i.e., being sad most of the time or all the time for no reason in the last month) and suicide attempt. Cross-sectional data on items measuring developmental assets as well as prolonged sadness and suicide attempt were collected from high school students in Norway ( = 591, 55% girls). The findings from independent -tests indicated that youth with poor mental health reported less developmental assets relative to their peers who did not report such problems. In logistic regression, asset categories, such as Positive identity and Personal assets, were significantly associated with poor mental health (especially prolonged sadness) after adjusting for other asset categories and demographic factors, such as age, sex, and parents' educational background. The influence of Empowerment and Family assets, which was significant when only the assets were assessed, was no longer significant when demographic variables were also considered. While more research on factors that can promote youth mental health is needed, our findings suggest that policies and programmes that ensure that youth have access to the necessary developmental resources and opportunities may also be empowering youth, enhancing their mental health, and consequently, facilitating their active involvement in their community.
在本研究中，我们考察了发展资产对于长期悲伤（即过去一个月大部分时间或一直无故悲伤）和自杀未遂的重要性。我们从挪威的高中生中收集了关于衡量发展资产以及长期悲伤和自杀未遂项目的横断面数据（n = 591，55%为女生）。独立t检验的结果表明，心理健康状况不佳的青少年相对于未报告此类问题的同龄人而言，所拥有的发展资产更少。在逻辑回归中，在调整了其他资产类别以及年龄、性别和父母教育背景等人口统计学因素之后，诸如积极身份认同和个人资产等资产类别与心理健康不佳（尤其是长期悲伤）显著相关。当仅评估资产时具有显著影响的赋能资产和家庭资产，在考虑了人口统计学变量后不再具有显著影响。虽然还需要对能够促进青少年心理健康的因素开展更多研究，但我们的研究结果表明，确保青少年能够获得必要的发展资源和机会的政策及项目，或许还能增强青少年的能力，改善他们的心理健康，从而促进他们积极参与社区活动。
