对抑郁症的复原力：南非样本中良性童年经历的作用。
Resilience to depression: the role of benevolent childhood experiences in a South African sample.
作者信息
Somefun Oluwaseyi Dolapo, Theron Linda, Höltge Jan, Ungar Michael
机构信息
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Department of Psychology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States.
出版信息
Front Psychol. 2023 Jul 21;14:1209504. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1209504. eCollection 2023.
BACKGROUND
Studies elsewhere show that benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) have protective mental health value. However, this protective value has never been investigated in an African context. Given the need to better understand what might support mental health resilience among African young people, this study explores the relationship between BCEs and depressive symptoms among a South African sample of young adults living in a community dependent on the economically volatile oil and gas industry.
METHODS
A sample of young adults in an oil and gas community in South Africa ( = 313, mean age 20.3 years, SD = 1.83, range from 18 to 26; majority Black African) completed self-report questionnaires to assess BCEs and depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory-II). The analysis controlled for socio-demographics and experience of family adversity. Multinomial logistic regressions were used to examine the association of BCEs with depressive symptoms using STATA 17.
RESULTS
The majority (86.4% of the sample) reported all 10 BCEs. Of the 10 BCEs, having at least one good friend was the most reported (94%) compared to 75% of the sample reporting having a predictable home routine, such as regular meals and a regular bedtime. The unadjusted multinomial logistic regression analysis indicated that having at least one good friend, comforting beliefs, and being comfortable with self were associated with lower odds of moderate depression. The adjusted results showed no association between BCEs and the depression of young adults in this sample.
CONCLUSION
In this South African sample, our results do not show protective associations between BCEs and depression. This could be as a result of the homogeneity in our sample. It is also possible that the BCEs explored could not counteract the effect of chronic risk factors in the lives of the young people in this study context. Further research is needed to understand this complexity.
背景
其他地方的研究表明，良性童年经历（BCEs）对心理健康具有保护作用。然而，这种保护价值从未在非洲背景下进行过研究。鉴于需要更好地了解哪些因素可能有助于非洲年轻人的心理健康恢复力，本研究探讨了在一个依赖经济波动的石油和天然气行业的社区中生活的南非年轻成年人样本中，BCEs与抑郁症状之间的关系。
方法
南非一个石油和天然气社区的年轻成年人样本（n = 313，平均年龄20.3岁，标准差 = 1.83，年龄范围为18至26岁；大多数为黑非洲人）完成了自我报告问卷，以评估BCEs和抑郁症状（贝克抑郁量表第二版）。分析控制了社会人口统计学和家庭逆境经历。使用STATA 17进行多项逻辑回归，以检验BCEs与抑郁症状之间的关联。
结果
大多数（样本的86.4%）报告了所有10种BCEs。在这10种BCEs中，拥有至少一个好朋友的报告率最高（94%），相比之下，75%的样本报告有可预测的家庭日常，如规律的饮食和固定的就寝时间。未调整的多项逻辑回归分析表明，拥有至少一个好朋友、安慰性信念以及对自己感到舒适与中度抑郁的较低几率相关。调整后的结果显示，在该样本中，BCEs与年轻成年人的抑郁之间没有关联。
结论
在这个南非样本中，我们的结果没有显示出BCEs与抑郁之间的保护关联。这可能是由于我们样本的同质性。也有可能所探讨的BCEs无法抵消本研究背景下年轻人生活中慢性风险因素的影响。需要进一步的研究来理解这种复杂性。
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