Guo Dan, Yang Le, Wang Li, Yu Qi
School of Management, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030000, China.
Center for Health Management and Policy Research, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030000, China.
Healthcare (Basel). 2025 Mar 27;13(7):743. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13070743.
China's relocated for poverty alleviation policy has played a pivotal role in eradicating extreme poverty nationwide. However, adolescents relocating with their parents may face multifaceted challenges, including abrupt shifts in their living environments, the reconstruction of social capital, and the psychological turbulence inherent to adolescence. : We aimed to explore predictors of reducing depressive symptoms in relocated adolescents. We analyzed the associations between social capital, life satisfaction, and adolescent depression. : This study investigated 631 adolescents aged 10-19 years from 24 relocation for poverty alleviation resettlement sites in Shanxi Province. Respondents completed basic demographic information and questionnaires on adolescent social capital, life satisfaction, and depressive symptoms. The mediating role of life satisfaction was assessed using PROCESS 3.4 analysis. : The mean social capital score of the adolescents was 31.96 ± 3.666, the mean life satisfaction score was 23.21 ± 6.282, the mean depression score was 4.03 ± 5.503, and the depression detection rate was 15.2%. We found that social capital was significantly positively correlated with life satisfaction (r = 0.363, ˂ 0.05), both social capital and life satisfaction were negatively correlated with depressive symptoms (r = -0.362, ˂ 0.05; r = -0.398, ˂ 0.05), and life satisfaction partially mediated the association between social capital and depressive symptoms (mediating effect of 18.20%). : Adolescents in communities relocated for poverty alleviation are overall satisfied with their lives, but some are experiencing some form of depression. Both social capital and life satisfaction are associated with lower depression levels, and those with higher life satisfaction are better able to cope with the changes in social capital associated with environmental changes after relocation, thus helping to reduce depressive symptoms.
中国的易地扶贫搬迁政策在全国消除极端贫困方面发挥了关键作用。然而，随父母搬迁的青少年可能面临多方面挑战，包括生活环境的突然改变、社会资本的重建以及青春期固有的心理动荡。我们旨在探索易地搬迁青少年抑郁症状减轻的预测因素。我们分析了社会资本、生活满意度与青少年抑郁之间的关联。本研究调查了山西省24个易地扶贫搬迁安置点的631名10 - 19岁青少年。受访者完成了基本人口信息以及关于青少年社会资本、生活满意度和抑郁症状的问卷。使用PROCESS 3.4分析评估生活满意度的中介作用。青少年的社会资本平均得分为31.96 ± 3.666，生活满意度平均得分为23.21 ± 6.282，抑郁平均得分为4.03 ± 5.503，抑郁检出率为15.2%。我们发现社会资本与生活满意度显著正相关（r = 0.363，˂ 0.05），社会资本和生活满意度均与抑郁症状负相关（r = -0.362，˂ 0.05；r = -0.398，˂ 0.05），且生活满意度部分中介了社会资本与抑郁症状之间的关联（中介效应为18.20%）。易地扶贫搬迁社区的青少年总体上对生活满意，但部分人正经历某种形式的抑郁。社会资本和生活满意度均与较低的抑郁水平相关，生活满意度较高的人更能应对搬迁后环境变化带来的社会资本变化，从而有助于减轻抑郁症状。
