Thi Thuy Nguyen
Tra Vinh University.
Health Psychol Res. 2024 May 13;12:116967. doi: 10.52965/001c.116967. eCollection 2024.
In recent decades, a high prevalence of mental health problems among adolescents has been reported worldwide. In Vietnam, mental health problems such as emotional and behavioural difficulties are relatively common in the adolescent age group.
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of emotional-behavioural problems and prosocial behaviours in Vietnamese adolescents and identify the role of social support in these adolescents' strengths and difficulties.
A population sample of 582 adolescents from sixth to ninth grade from four secondary schools in Vietnam voluntarily participated by completing the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (α = .64) and the Social Support Scale (α = .90).
The research results revealed that Vietnamese adolescents suffered from considerable levels of emotional-behavioural difficulties and prosocial behaviour problems. Through multible regression analysis, support from their families significantly predicted to decrease students' emotional and behavioural symptoms (β< 0; p< .05) and increasing prosocial behaviours (β> 0; p < .05). In contrast, friend support only contribute to protecting adolescents from behavioural problems (β = -.18; p < .05) and encouraged prosocial behaviours (β = .22; p < .05).
Family support had a central role in its positive contribution to reducing emotional-behavioural and prosocial behaviour problems. Friend support only decreased behavioural problems and encouraged prosocial behaviours. These results are interpreted that educators could limit adolescents' emotional-behavioural difficulties and encourage prosocial behaviours through social support from their families and friends.
近几十年来,全球范围内报告了青少年心理健康问题的高患病率。在越南,情绪和行为困难等心理健康问题在青少年年龄组中相对普遍。
本研究旨在估计越南青少年情绪行为问题和亲社会行为的患病率,并确定社会支持在这些青少年的优势和困难中的作用。
来自越南四所中学六年级至九年级的582名青少年组成的样本通过完成优势与困难问卷(α = 0.64)和社会支持量表(α = 0.90)自愿参与。
研究结果显示,越南青少年存在相当程度的情绪行为困难和亲社会行为问题。通过多元回归分析,来自家庭的支持显著预测会减少学生的情绪和行为症状(β<0;p<0.05)并增加亲社会行为(β>0;p<0.05)。相比之下,朋友的支持仅有助于保护青少年免受行为问题的影响(β = -0.18;p<0.05)并鼓励亲社会行为(β = 0.22;p<0.05)。
家庭支持在减少情绪行为和亲社会行为问题方面发挥了核心的积极作用。朋友的支持仅减少了行为问题并鼓励了亲社会行为。这些结果表明,教育工作者可以通过来自家庭和朋友的社会支持来减少青少年的情绪行为困难并鼓励亲社会行为。
需注意,原文中“Through multible regression analysis”应改为 “Through multiple regression analysis”;“DISCUSSION”部分最后一句“These results are interpreted that educators could...”表述有误,更合适的表述可以是“These results indicate that educators could...” 。以上译文已按照正确理解进行翻译。