Furukawa T
Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1997 Oct;96(4):242-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb10158.x.
The study described in the present paper prospectively examined the depressive symptoms displayed by a cohort of Japanese high school students (n=144) before and during their 1-year placements with volunteer host families in various countries under the aegis of an international cultural exchange programme. The subjects' level of depression showed a statistically significant increase 6 months after such a placement, but had returned to pre-departure levels by the completion of their 1-year placement. The variables that significantly predicted depressive symptoms during the placement in multiple regression analyses were the neuroticism score and the depressive symptoms measured prior to departure. However, the parental rearing practices and the fluency in the English language did not show a significant correlation. When measures of social support during the placement were entered, the perceived adequacy of social support was found to make an additional contribution to the prediction of depressive symptoms.
本文所述的研究前瞻性地考察了一群日本高中生（n = 144）在国际文化交流项目的支持下，在各国志愿接待家庭进行为期1年交流之前和期间所表现出的抑郁症状。在交流安置6个月后，受试者的抑郁水平出现了统计学上的显著增加，但在1年交流结束时已恢复到出发前的水平。在多元回归分析中，显著预测交流安置期间抑郁症状的变量是神经质得分和出发前测量的抑郁症状。然而，父母的养育方式和英语流利程度并未显示出显著相关性。当纳入交流安置期间的社会支持测量指标时，发现感知到的社会支持充足性对抑郁症状的预测有额外贡献。
