Cavioni Valeria, Grazzani Ilaria, Ornaghi Veronica, Agliati Alessia, Pepe Alessandro
Lab for Developmental and Educational Studies in Psychology, "R. Massa" Department of Human Sciences for Education, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2021 Aug 18;12:720628. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.720628. eCollection 2021.
In this study, we further developed prior research on risk and protective factors in adolescents' mental health. More specifically, we used structural equation modelling to assess whether relationships at school with teachers and peers, and life satisfaction predicted mental health in a large sample of adolescents, while also testing for age and gender invariance. The sample comprised 3,895 adolescents ( = 16.7, = 1.5, 41.3% girls), who completed self-report instruments assessing their perceived life satisfaction, student-teacher relationship, school connectedness and mental health. Overall, the results suggested that life satisfaction acted as a mediator between adolescents' positive school relations and their mental health. Outcomes were invariant across genders, while quality of school relations and mental health declined with age. Limitations of the study and futures lines in mental health research among adolescents are briefly discussed.
在本研究中，我们进一步拓展了关于青少年心理健康风险和保护因素的先前研究。更具体地说，我们使用结构方程模型来评估在大量青少年样本中，与教师和同伴的学校关系以及生活满意度是否能预测心理健康，同时还测试了年龄和性别不变性。样本包括3895名青少年（平均年龄 = 16.7岁，标准差 = 1.5岁，41.3%为女孩），他们完成了自我报告工具，评估其感知到的生活满意度、师生关系、学校归属感和心理健康。总体而言，结果表明生活满意度在青少年积极的学校关系与其心理健康之间起到了中介作用。结果在不同性别间具有不变性，而学校关系质量和心理健康随年龄下降。本文简要讨论了该研究的局限性以及青少年心理健康研究的未来方向。
