Xin Zhonggui, Li Shuguang, Jia Yanxian, Yuan Hui
School of Teachers' Education, Chaohu University, Chaohu, China.
The Library, Chaohu University, Chaohu, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2023 Aug 3;14:1201923. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1201923. eCollection 2023.
This study aims to explore the mechanism of psychological qualities constructed in helping others with depression and guide adolescents to actively participate in the practical activities of helping others to prevent and self-heal depression.
Symptom self-rating scale, trait coping style questionnaire, and self-administered helper scale were employed. A total of 1,086 valid on-site questionnaires were collected from adolescents.
The depression levels of adolescents were negatively correlated with helping beliefs, behaviors and total scores ( = -0.500, -0.401, and -0.530). Helping others had a significantly negative predictive effect on depression, effectively inhibiting depression levels. Although the positive coping style had an inhibitory effect on depression, it exerted no predictive effects on depression under the influence of helping others. In contrast, the negative coping style had a significantly positive predictive effect on depression.
Proactively participating in helping others is an important way to prevent and eliminate depression in adolescents. They should be instructed to give full play to their initiatives to participate in social practice and assist others actively, thus constructing positive psychological qualities, improving mental health, and achieving self-healing of depression and self-help through helping others.
本研究旨在探讨青少年在帮助抑郁患者过程中所构建心理素质的机制，并引导青少年积极参与帮助他人的实践活动以预防和自愈抑郁。
采用症状自评量表、特质应对方式问卷和自编助人者量表。共收集到1086份来自青少年的有效现场问卷。
青少年的抑郁水平与助人信念、行为及总分呈负相关（分别为r = -0.500、-0.401和-0.530）。帮助他人对抑郁有显著的负向预测作用，能有效抑制抑郁水平。虽然积极应对方式对抑郁有抑制作用，但在帮助他人的影响下，其对抑郁无预测作用。相反，消极应对方式对抑郁有显著的正向预测作用。
积极主动地参与帮助他人是预防和消除青少年抑郁的重要途径。应引导他们充分发挥主动性，积极参与社会实践并帮助他人，从而构建积极的心理素质，改善心理健康，实现抑郁的自愈以及通过帮助他人实现自助。
