英國一項調查研究顯示，那些較早發(fā)育的女孩常會在青春期更多地出現(xiàn)抑郁癥狀,，這可能是因為她們對生理和心理變化準備不足,，因此學校和家庭應注意為她們提供相應的幫助。
英國布里斯托爾大學等機構的研究人員在新一期《英國精神病學雜志》上報告說,，他們調查了2000多名女孩的資料,，結果發(fā)現(xiàn),，在十一歲半之前就開始月經初潮的女孩，在十三,、十四歲時表現(xiàn)出最多的抑郁癥狀,，而在十三歲半之后才有月經初潮的女孩，在青春期出現(xiàn)抑郁癥狀的風險最低,。
研究人員卡羅爾·約翰遜說,，女孩進入青春期后會在生理、心理和社交等方面出現(xiàn)很大變化,，那些比同伴發(fā)育早的女孩常常會沒有足夠的心理準備并感到孤單,，從而出現(xiàn)更大的抑郁風險。因此學校和家庭需要注意這個問題,，盡早為她們提供相應的幫助,。
此前曾有理論認為所有女孩在進入青春期后都會面臨差別不大的壓力，而本次研究指出那些較早發(fā)育的女孩面臨的壓力更大,。不過研究人員也表示，這種差別導致的抑郁風險差異可能只存在于青春期,，對于成人后是否仍有相關影響還有待進一步研究,。（生物谷Bioon.com）
生物谷推薦原文出處：
The British Journal of Psychiatry doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.080861
Timing of menarche and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls from a UK cohort
Carol Joinson, PhD, Jon Heron, PhD and Glyn Lewis, PhD FRCPsych
School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol
Background
A growing number of studies suggest a link between timing of menarche and risk of depressive symptoms in adolescence, but few have prospectively examined the emergence of depressive symptoms from late childhood into adolescence.
Aims
To examine whether girls who experience earlier menarche than their peers have higher levels of depressive symptoms in adolescence.
Method
The study sample comprised 2184 girls from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. The association between timing of menarche and depressive symptoms at 10.5, 13 and 14 years was examined within a structural equation model.
Results
Girls with early menarche (<11.5 years) had the highest level of depressive symptoms at 13 (P = 0.007) and 14 years (P<0.001) compared with those with normative and late timing of menarche.
Conclusions
Early maturing girls are at increased risk of depressive symptoms in adolescence and could be targeted by programmes aimed at early intervention and prevention.
