社区暴力接触对初中生抑郁的影响:社会支持的调节作用

The Effect of Exposure to Community Violence on Junior High School Students' Depression:Social Support as a Moderator

采用社区暴力接触调查问卷、领悟社会支持量表和抑郁自评量表对288名初中生进行调查,考察初中生社区暴力接触、社会支持对抑郁的影响。研究结果发现:初中生抑郁水平与社会支持显著负相关,与社区暴力接触程度显著正相关;社会支持在初中生社区暴力接触与抑郁水平的关系中起调节作用;与高社会支持的初中生相比,低社会支持的初中生更容易受社区暴力接触的影响,抑郁水平更高。

This study, based on a survey of 288 junior high school students with the questionnaire for chil- dren＇s exposure to community violence, the perceived social support scale, and the self-rating depression scale, aims to explore the effects of junior high school students＇ exposure to community violence and the social support on their depression. The results show the following： The junior high school students＇ depression was significantly and negatively correlated with the social support, and significantly and positively correlated with their exposure to commtmity violence; the social support mediated between their exposure to community violence and their depres- sion; and those perceiving a lower level of social support were more likely to be affected by their exposure to com- munity violence, and showed a higher level of depression.