出生次序对青少年心理健康的影响

目的探讨不同出生次序对青少年心理健康的影响。方法采用中学生心理健康量表(MHT)调查了广州市207名青少年,并使用单因素方差分析和多重比较探讨不同出生次序对青少年心理健康各维度的影响。结果不同出生次序的青少年在孤独倾向、自责倾向、身体症状和冲动倾向4个心理健康维度上差异显著(F=8.233,35.559;P<0.01和F=2.731,2.668;P<0.05)。进一步多重比较结果表明,独生子女孤独倾向显著高于其他组,长子自责倾向显著高于其他组(LSD检验,P<0.01);次子身体症状明显高于长子组和独生子女组,幼子和独生子女冲动倾向显著高于次子组(LSD检验,P<0.05)。结论不同的出生次序青少年心理健康状况差异明显,学校应该有的放矢,关注不同群体青少年的心理薄弱方面。

The Effects of Birth Order on Adolescent Mental Health

Objective To explore the effect of birth order on mental health development of adolescents.Methods A total of 207 adolescents in Guangzhou were investigated with MHT.Results There were significant differences in loneliness,self-blame tendencies,physical symptoms and impulsive tendencies（F=8.233,35.559,P0.01,F=2.731,2.668;P0.05）among different order of adolescent.All in,the only-child＇ lonely was significantly higher than other groups,the self-blame of the eldest son was significantly higher than other groups（LSD-test,P0.01）;the physical symptoms of the second son was significantly higher than the eldest son and only child（LSD-test,P0.05）;the lastest son and the only-child impulsive tendencies were significantly higher than the second son（LSD-test,P0.05）.Conclusion Different birth order differences in adolescent mental health significantly,the school should be targeted to different groups concerned about the psychological areas of weakness.