| 檔案整理者 | 蔡俊明 |
| 提交日期 | 08/09/2017 |
| 發佈日期 | 12/2014 |
| 研究名稱 | Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescents in Hong Kong: Exploring Risk and Protective Factors |
| 調查、委託機構 | Christian Family Service Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, World Health Organization |
| 抽樣方法 | Stratified Sampling |
| 調查方法 | Self-administered Questionnaire |
| 訪問對象 | F.1-F.7 |
| 樣本數量 | 12,518 |
| 主要數字、結果撮要 | ~ Analysis between school risk factors and gender revealed that, more males (13.5%) rated their academic performance as “poor” compared to other classmates than females (11.1%). ~ When rating their own academic performance, more females (38.4%) rated “not satisfied” with their academic performance compared to males (36.4%). ~ More females (66.6%) suggested they felt pressure from homework, compared to males (57.9%). ~ In regards to health risk behaviors and gender, more males (2.3%) than females (1.8%) reported having smoked in the past. In addition, more males (6.2%) reported drinking 1-3 days a month than females (5.7%). Besides, more males (3.4%) reported having used drugs compared to females (1.4%). ~ It was also found that 11.5% out of the 12,518 students interviewed have experienced moderate level of anxiety in the two weeks prior to the survey, and 5.3% experienced frequent severe anxiety in the same period of time. ~ The research results also showed that students have experienced minimal to mild (72.6%) to moderate (15.9%), severe (5.5%) levels of depressive symptoms in the four weeks prior to the survey while 2.2% students experienced severe levels of depressive symptoms in the same period of time. |
| 有關建議 | ~ Responsible adults who work along with adolescents on a frequent basis should be more attentive to the risk of anxiety and depression. ~ The government should perform regular surveys on children and adolescents’ physical and mental health. ~ Parents, teachers and professionals who work with children or adolescents should pay more attention and offer support to children for the sake of mental and physical health. ~ Parents should support their children more by active communication and being aware of their children’s anxiety status. |
| 資料來源 | 研究報告 |
| 關注課題 | 身心健康 |
| 關鍵字 | 精神健康、學習壓力、青少年問題、濫藥、酗酒 |