機構安置少年之生活壓力對憂鬱情緒之影響：以自尊為調節變項

A Research on Relationships of Life Stress and Depression among Adolescents in Residential Care: Self-Esteem as a Moderator

常欣怡(Hsin-Yi Chang) ； 宋麗玉(Li-Yu Song)

《社會發展研究學刊》 8期 (2010/10) Pp. 51-74

https://doi.org/10.6687/JSDS.2010.8.3

摘要

研究目的：本研究旨在瞭解安置機構中少年生活壓力與憂鬱情緒的情形，以及機構安置少年之機構生活感受、生活壓力對憂鬱情緒的影響，並進一步分析自尊之調節效果。研究方法：本研究對象為安置機構中之青少年。研究採用問卷調查方式，針對七家同意參與研究之安置機構進行資料收集工作，共計回收243份有效問卷。研究結果：機構安置少年中有49.6%的人具有憂鬱情緒，其中24.4%具有前趨憂鬱徵兆，而有25.2%達臨床憂鬱標準。機構安置少年感到壓力的前三項事件，分別為「學校老師要求太高」、「國、高中畢業要就學或就業感到困擾」以及「與機構同伴吵架」。階層複迴歸分析後發現，女生、生活壓力越大及自尊越低者，其憂鬱情緒越高。機構安置少年之自尊具調節生活壓力與憂鬱情緒之效果。最後，建議機構工作人員應全面且定期對機構安置少年進行憂鬱情緒評估，協助提升其自尊心，並給予壓力因應策略與輔導。

關鍵字

安置機構 ； 青少年 ； 憂鬱 ； 生活壓力 ； 自尊

並列摘要

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to explore the life stress and the depression among adolescents in residential care. The study also attempts to examine institutional life experience and using self-esteem as moderate variable to check the effect of life stress and the institutional life experience on depression. Methods: The total numbers of Samples were 243 adolescents, age from 13 to18. They are obtained from 7 residential institutions. Results: A proportion of 49.6% participants suffer from depression, among them, 24.4% were ranked in the middle-level of depression, and 25.2% were showed a high-level of depression. The main sources of adolescents life stress were ”teacher request to be too strict”, ”after graduation they did not know how to be employed or to enter a college”, and ”quarrels with their friends”. Multiple regression analyses indicated that gender differences were found, female adolescents were suffered more depression. Those who had lower self-esteem and higher life stress also had more depression. The moderating effects of self-esteem were supported by the data. Finally, the study suggests institutional worker should do fully and regularly on depression assessment, should help to enhance their self-esteem, and should provide coping strategies and counseling to adolescents in need.

並列關鍵字

residential care ； adolescent ； depression ； life stress ； self-esteem

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