Department of Public Health Sciences, Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
BMC Res Notes. 2024 Jan 2;17(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13104-023-06667-7.
Trust and health are both fundamental elements of a socially sustainable society. While much research has shown that trust is associated with better mental health outcomes in adults, studies of young people are relatively scarce, despite the fact that mental health problems are common in young ages. In particular, there are few longitudinal studies that cover different dimensions of trust. Building on a previous study on trust and psychosomatic complaints in adolescents, the aim was to examine the links between generalised and institutional trust in adolescence and depression and anxiety symptoms in young adulthood. Data was obtained from a Swedish cohort study with self-reported information on generalised and institutional trust at ages 15-16 and 17-18 and depression and anxiety symptoms at age 20-21 (n = 2,668). Covariates included sociodemographic characteristics and indicators of prior mental health status.
Binary logistic and linear regressions showed that higher levels of generalised trust at ages 15-16 and 17-18 were inversely associated with depression and anxiety symptoms at age 20-21. Institutional trust was however not linked with subsequent depression and anxiety symptoms when adjusting for generalised trust and covariates. The findings indicate that generalised trust is a social determinant for mental health in young people.
信任和健康都是社会可持续发展的基本要素。虽然大量研究表明，信任与成年人更好的心理健康结果有关，但对年轻人的研究相对较少，尽管心理健康问题在年轻人中很常见。特别是，很少有研究涵盖信任的不同维度的纵向研究。在之前关于青少年信任和身心症状的研究的基础上，本研究旨在探讨青少年时期的普遍信任和制度信任与青年时期的抑郁和焦虑症状之间的联系。数据来自瑞典队列研究，在 15-16 岁和 17-18 岁时自我报告了普遍信任和制度信任，在 20-21 岁时报告了抑郁和焦虑症状（n=2668）。协变量包括社会人口统计学特征和先前心理健康状况的指标。
二元逻辑回归和线性回归显示，15-16 岁和 17-18 岁时普遍信任水平较高与 20-21 岁时的抑郁和焦虑症状呈负相关。然而，当调整普遍信任和协变量时，制度信任与随后的抑郁和焦虑症状无关。研究结果表明，普遍信任是年轻人心理健康的社会决定因素。
