School of Psychology, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
Kaili University, Kaili, Guizhou, China.
Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 31;13(1):1793. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-28626-9.
Little attention was paid to the prevalence of depression in Chinese juvenile delinquents who are studied in correctional work-study schools. Hence, the present study aimed to test the unique, mediating and moderating effects of negative life events, self-esteem, rumination and parental divorce on depression among Chinese juvenile delinquents. A total of 236 juvenile delinquents aged between 12 and 17 years old (M = 14.68 SD = 1.30) were recruited to accomplish a battery of self-report questionnaires concerning their negative life events, self-esteem, rumination, depression and demographic profile. The descriptive analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between negative life events and depression in Chinese juvenile delinquents. Moreover, the results from the structural model indicated that self-esteem and rumination played separate and sequential mediating roles between negative life events and depression. In addition, parental divorce had a moderating effect between negative life events and self-esteem in the model. These results suggest that the prevalence of depression among Chinese juvenile delinquents can be reduced through modification of the ruminative way of thinking, improving their self-esteem when they encounter a number of negative life events. Furthermore, more attention should be paid to the juvenile delinquents who experienced parental divorce.
在中国工读学校中，对被研究的青少年罪犯的抑郁流行情况几乎没有得到关注。因此，本研究旨在检验负面生活事件、自尊、反刍和父母离异对中国青少年罪犯抑郁的独特、中介和调节作用。共有 236 名年龄在 12 至 17 岁之间的青少年罪犯（M=14.68，SD=1.30）被招募完成一系列的自我报告问卷，内容涉及他们的负面生活事件、自尊、反刍、抑郁和人口统计学特征。描述性分析表明，在中国青少年罪犯中，负面生活事件与抑郁之间存在正相关。此外，结构模型的结果表明，自尊和反刍在负面生活事件和抑郁之间发挥了独立和连续的中介作用。此外，在该模型中，父母离异对负面生活事件和自尊之间存在调节作用。这些结果表明，通过改变青少年罪犯的反刍思维方式，提高他们在遇到大量负面生活事件时的自尊，可以降低中国青少年罪犯的抑郁发生率。此外，应该更加关注经历过父母离异的青少年罪犯。
