TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The associations between the peer relation, social support and mental health of adolescents in Wenchuan Earthquake-hit areas
JO  - Wei Sheng Yan Jiu
A1  - Zhang, Yu
A1  - Ji, Yuanyi
A1  - Lu, Wenxue
A1  - Liu, Jing
A1  - Yang, Yang
A1  - Zhou, Huan
A1  - Liu, Qiaolan
SP  - 21
EP  - 31
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To identify trajectory and its correlates of mental health among adolescents in Wenchuan earthquake-hit areas. <br><br>METHODS: The students of grade seven were selected in two junior high schools from slightly and severely earthquake-hit areas respectively. Longitudinal design was used to address 5-time follow-up surveys among the same participants every 6 months since October, 2010. The main contents of thequestionnaire included demographic information, adolescent mental health, self-esteem, social support, peer relationship and so on. The number of cases in this study sample included 970 students who attended five surveys. 415 students were in the severely earthquake-hit area( boys 48. 2%, girls 51. 8%) and 555 students were in the slightly earthquake-hit area( boys 49. 2%, girls 50. 8%). The average age of the subjects was11. 6 ± 0. 5 years at the first survey. Repeated measure analysis of variance and latent variable growth curve model were used to analyze data. <br><br>RESULTS: The mental health of adolescents presented a worse trend in the whole stage of junior high school( F = 9. 1, P <0. 05), and the mental health of the adolescents from slightly earthquake-hit area areas was always better than that from the severely earthquake-hit area( F = 135. 9, P < 0. 05). The self-esteem, peer relation of the slightly earthquake-hit areas were significantly higher than corresponding measurements of the heavily earthquake-hit areas( F = 17. 7 and 3. 8, P <0. 05), but the social support had a reverse result( F = 7. 8, P < 0. 05). Directly positive influencing factors for mental health were self-esteem, peer relation. The better peer relationships and higher self-esteem, the better mental health of adolescent were( β =- 0. 119 and- 0. 526, P < 0. 05). Peer relations could not only directly affect the mental health of adolescents, but also improve the level of self-esteem( β = 0. 334, P < 0. 001)by increasing the level of social support( β = 0. 565, P < 0. 001) to indirectly affect act on mental health. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The status and trajectory of mental health of adolescents from the earthquake-hit areas were influenced by the type of disaster areas, peer relation, self-esteem and social support.<p />  <p>Language: zh</p>
LA  - zh
SN  - 1000-8020
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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