Stressful Events and Depression among Chinese Adolescents: The Mitigating Role of Protective Factors

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Wenxin; Li, Hailei; Gong, Yanming; Ungar, Michael
Titel	Stressful Events and Depression among Chinese Adolescents: The Mitigating Role of Protective Factors
Quelle	In: School Psychology International, 34 (2013) 5, S.501-513 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-0343
DOI	10.1177/0143034312472760
Schlagwörter	Stress Variables; Asians; Depression (Psychology); Interpersonal Relationship; Caring; Regression (Statistics); Empathy; Self Efficacy; Problem Solving; Prediction; Family Relationship; Role; Adolescents; Metacognition; Foreign Countries; Measurement Techniques; Academic Achievement; Resilience (Psychology); Measures (Individuals); Grade 8; Grade 9; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; China; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Empathie; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Problemlösen; Vorhersage; Rollen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Ausland; Messtechnik; Schulleistung; Messdaten; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This study examines the role of salient external factors (family, peer and school caring relations) and internal factors (goals and aspirations, problem solving and self-efficacy, empathy, and self-awareness) in protecting adolescents experiencing interpersonal problems and academic pressure from depression. A total of 1,297 eighth and ninth grade students in Shandong province of Eastern China completed self-report measures. Results of hierarchical regression analyses indicated that interpersonal problems and academic pressure predicted depression positively. Peer caring relationships, home caring relationships, goals and aspirations, problem solving and self-efficacy, and self-awareness predicted depression negatively, but empathy did so positively. The interactions of home caring relationships with interpersonal problems, peer caring relationships with academic pressure, and self-awareness with academic pressure were negatively associated with depression. The relationships between interpersonal problems and depression, and academic pressure and depression, were less apparent for adolescents who had higher levels of peer caring relationships, home caring relationships, and self-awareness. The results suggest that school psychologists and counselors should note and build upon positive strengths while providing intervention services for adolescents experiencing depression related to interpersonal problems and academic pressure. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10