Teacher Education College, Hunan City University, China; Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan and Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan and Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
J Affect Disord. 2024 Feb 15;347:645-655. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.11.081. Epub 2023 Nov 24.
Adolescent depression, as a common problem, has always been the focus of attention and research. However, no consistent conclusion has been drawn on its relationship with parental education level. Therefore, this study used meta-analysis and dose-response analysis techniques to explore the overall relationship between the two, and further explore the moderating factors affecting the relationship between the two through subgroup analysis and meta-regression analysis. After a literature search and screening, a total of 22 literatures were included, including 634,821 adolescents aged 9-25, distributed in 10 countries. The results showed that: (1) Overall parental education level was negatively correlated with adolescent depressive symptoms (RR = 0.88. p < 0.001), and there was a dose-response relationship between the two. (2) Geographical location (p = 0.002 < 0.05) and national economic development (p = 0.03 < 0.05) significantly moderated and affected the association between parental education level and adolescent depression, thus presenting a global inconsistency. The results of this study provide a more accurate conclusion on the relationship between parental education and adolescent depression to some extent, highlight the importance and necessity of considering family, economic and cultural factors when studying and solving adolescent depression problems, and guide us to pay more attention to the cross-regional and cross-cultural differences in adolescent depression problems.
青少年抑郁作为一个普遍存在的问题，一直是关注和研究的焦点。然而，其与父母受教育程度之间的关系尚未得出一致的结论。因此，本研究采用荟萃分析和剂量-反应分析技术，探讨两者之间的整体关系，并通过亚组分析和元回归分析进一步探讨影响两者关系的调节因素。经过文献检索和筛选，共纳入 22 篇文献，包括 10 个国家的 634821 名 9-25 岁青少年。结果表明：（1）父母受教育程度与青少年抑郁症状呈负相关（RR=0.88，p<0.001），两者之间存在剂量-反应关系。（2）地理位置（p=0.002<0.05）和国家经济发展（p=0.03<0.05）显著调节和影响了父母受教育程度与青少年抑郁之间的关联，从而呈现出全局不一致性。本研究的结果在一定程度上为父母教育与青少年抑郁之间的关系提供了更准确的结论，强调了在研究和解决青少年抑郁问题时考虑家庭、经济和文化因素的重要性和必要性，并指导我们更加关注青少年抑郁问题的跨区域和跨文化差异。
