Alexandria City Public Schools, Alexandria, VA 22302.
George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037 USA.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2022 Feb 21;2021:1169-1177. eCollection 2021.
Mental health is an increasing concern in adolescents. Mental health disorders can affect academic performance, affect the cultivation of healthy relationships, and even lead to suicide. Healthy lifestyle can improve mental health, though there are gaps in the research, partly resulted from the lack of detailed longitudinal datasets on lifestyle and mental health. To inform and engage students in the research on adolescent lifestyle and mood, the George Washington University and the T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia teamed up in a citizen science project. Students generated questions, collected data on themselves, analyzed the data, and produced research reports relating to their mental health and lifestyle. Student feedbacks suggest that the students find the project to be generally interesting and some students (46%) reported that the participation in the project may influence their college and career plans. The anonymized dataset resulted from the project provides another contribution to science.
心理健康是青少年日益关注的问题。心理健康障碍会影响学习成绩，影响健康人际关系的培养，甚至导致自杀。健康的生活方式可以改善心理健康，但由于缺乏关于生活方式和心理健康的详细纵向数据集，研究存在差距。为了让学生了解和参与青少年生活方式和情绪的研究，乔治华盛顿大学和弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市的 T.C.威廉姆斯高中在一个公民科学项目中合作。学生提出问题，收集自己的数据，分析数据，并制作与他们的心理健康和生活方式相关的研究报告。学生的反馈表明，学生普遍对该项目感兴趣，一些学生（46%）表示参与该项目可能会影响他们的大学和职业规划。该项目产生的匿名数据集也为科学做出了另一项贡献。
