Adolescent girls' academic support-seeking, depression, and anxiety: the mediating role of digital support-seeking.

IF 1.6 4区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Australian Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2023-02-08 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1080/00049530.2023.2170279

Erin Mackenzie, Anne McMaugh, Penny Van Bergen, Roberto H Parada

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Abstract

Objective: This study explored how seeking support from friends and parents and informal digital sources are related to anxiety and depression in adolescent girls.

Method: Early and middle adolescent girls (N = 186) were presented with four vignettes of academic stressors; for each scenario, they rated their likelihood of seeking support from parents, friends, or digital sources. Depression and anxiety symptoms were measured using the youth version of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale. Alternate models were tested using Structural Equation Modelling.

Results: Digital support seeking mediated the relationships between seeking support from parents and friends and anxiety and depression. Seeking support from parents was negatively related to digital support seeking, which in turn was positively related to depression and anxiety. In contrast, seeking support from friends was positively related to digital support seeking.

Conclusion: These findings suggest that informal digital support seeking may be considered a problematic way of coping with academic stress for adolescent girls, while seeking support from parents can be considered a protective factor due to its negative relationship with digital support-seeking.

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青少年女孩的学业支持寻求、抑郁和焦虑：数字支持寻求的中介作用

目的：本研究探讨从朋友、父母和非正式数字资源中寻求支持与青春期女孩焦虑和抑郁的关系。方法：对186名青春期前期、中期女生进行学业压力源测试；对于每一种情况，他们都对自己向父母、朋友或数字资源寻求支持的可能性进行了评级。抑郁和焦虑症状是用青少年版的抑郁、焦虑和压力量表来测量的。采用结构方程模型对备选模型进行检验。结果：数字支持寻求在父母、朋友支持寻求与焦虑、抑郁的关系中起中介作用。向父母寻求支持与数字支持寻求呈负相关，数字支持寻求与抑郁、焦虑呈正相关。相比之下，从朋友那里寻求支持与数字支持寻求呈正相关。结论：这些研究结果表明，非正式的数字支持寻求可能被认为是青春期女孩应对学业压力的一种有问题的方式，而父母的支持寻求可能被认为是一种保护因素，因为它与数字支持寻求具有负向关系。

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