Palosaari U K, Aro H M
National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health, Tampere, Finland.
J Affect Disord. 1995 Dec 13;35(3):91-6. doi: 10.1016/0165-0327(95)00037-2.
This study investigated whether an intimate relationship in young adulthood protects young people from depression in the presence of risk factors (parental divorce, low self-esteem in adolescence). The data were drawn from a follow-up survey of adolescents from the age of 16-22 (n = 1656). The prevalence of depression was highest among persons from divorced families who had reported low self-esteem at the age of 16 and who in young adulthood lacked an intimate relationship. An intimate relationship was found to protect young adults with the risk factor of earlier low self-esteem from depression irrespective of family background. The pattern was similar in both sexes.
本研究调查了在存在风险因素（父母离异、青少年时期自卑）的情况下，青年期的亲密关系是否能保护年轻人免于抑郁。数据来自对16至22岁青少年的一项随访调查（n = 1656）。抑郁症患病率在来自离异家庭、16岁时报告有自卑且在青年期缺乏亲密关系的人群中最高。研究发现，亲密关系能保护有早期自卑风险因素的年轻人免于抑郁，而不论其家庭背景如何。男女的情况类似。
