Prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms and its relationship with bullying and violent behaviors among middle school students in Beijing
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2024222
- VernacularTitle:北京市中学生抑郁焦虑现状及其与欺凌和暴力行为的关系
- Author:
ZHAO Hai, WANG Lu, SUN Bingjie, GUO Xin
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Author Information
1. School Health Department, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing (100103) , China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Depression;
Anxiety;
Violence;
Mental health;
Regression analysis;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2024;45(7):1017-1020
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the prevalence of depression and anxiety and its relationship with bullying and violent behaviors among middle school students in Beijing, so as to provide a scientific basis for promoting the mental health of middle school students.
Methods:A total of 18 379 junior high school, general high school, and vocational high school students from 16 districts of Beijing were selected by stratified cluster random sampling from September to November, 2023. The χ2 test was used to analyze the depression or anxiety symptom and injuryrelated behaviors such as bullying among middle school students. Logistics regression was used to analyze the correlation between depression or anxiety symptom and injury correlation behaviors among middle school students.
Results:The detection rates of depression symptoms and anxiety symptoms were 18.2% and 8.6% among middle school students in Beijing, and the comorbidity was 7.6%. The reporting rate of school bullying was 3.3%. The results of Logistic regression showed that girls (OR=1.23), high school students (OR=1.85) and vocational high school students (OR=1.91), school bullying (OR=3.83), being scolded and beaten by parents (OR=3.32) and being exposed to cyber violence (OR=4.43) were positive factors related to depression symptoms; and nonresidential students (OR=0.87) was a negative factor related to depression symptoms (P<0.05).Girls (OR=1.32), high school students (OR=1.77) and vocational high school students (OR=1.50), school bullying(OR=3.63), being scolded and beaten by parents (OR=3.41) and being exposed to cyber violence (OR=3.33) were positive factore related to anxiety symptoms (P<0.05).
Conclusions:The depression and anxiety symptoms among middle school students in Beijing are closely related to the behaviors of school bullying and experiencing violence from parents or the Internet. Various measures should be taken to reduce the situation of school bullying, being scolded and beaten by parents and cyber violence among middle school students to promote their mental health.
