文獻指出青少年憂鬱疾患的盛行率高於不同年齡層，國內約有五分之一的青少年
有已達需專業協助的嚴重憂鬱。不少研究亦指出七成以上有自殺傾向的青少年患有重
鬱症，因此青少年憂鬱是值得我們關注的問題。本研究目的即釐清青少年憂鬱的長期
變化與社會支持的動態變化，以及驗證社會支持完整性與不同社會支持來源對青少年
憂鬱的緩解效果。
本研究計畫利用臺灣青少年成長歷程研究（Taiwan Youth Project，TYP）之國一生
至國三長期追蹤調查資料檔之次級資料分析。本計畫擬分析青少年憂鬱狀況的長期變
化及社會支持的動態變化。接著逐年分析青少年在生活事件壓力下，社會支持是否可
以緩解其憂鬱狀況。進一步分析青少年家庭、同儕與師長等三圈支持網絡完整性長期
變化，以及不同社會支持來源對於緩解青少年憂鬱的效果。最後，將青少年研究對象
分為三年皆處於高憂鬱狀況、三年皆處於無(或低)憂鬱狀況，以及三年憂鬱狀況具有高
低變化等三群個案，接著再分析三群個案之社會支持緩解憂鬱狀況的差異情形。
本計畫預期研究結果將可瞭解青少年家庭、同儕與師長等社會支持的完整性與不
同來源對緩解憂鬱的效果及其長期的影響。本研究結果應對未來青少年精神健康或自
殺防治相關政策的擬定或推動有所助益。
Literatures have revealed adolescent depression is the highest prevalence amongst
different age groups, and one-fifth of the youth group has severe depression needed
professional care. More than 70% of adolescent major depression have suicide attempt. Thus,
adolescent depression must place in the important issues. This proposal aims to deliberate
long term changes in depression and dynamic of social support, as well as to testify the
buffer effect on depression through integrity and derivation of social support.
This proposal conducts the secondary data analysis by Taiwan Youth Project (TYP),
which was a panel data of first-grader of junior school for three-year follow-up. Firstly, this
proposal analyzes the long term effect on changes in depression and dynamic of social
support and then analyzes whether social support play a buffer effect on depression or not
under the stress of life events in each year. Secondly, this proposal examines the buffer effect
on adolescent depression from changes in social support for three-year follow-up, which by
the changes in the integrity of three circles of the family, peer group and teachers as well as
the derivation of social support. Finally, this proposal divides study subjects into three
groups, which are those who keep the higher depression scores during three year, those who
keep zero or lower depression scores during three year, and those who perform various
depression stages in the same period, and make comparison of the buffer effect of social
support on depression amongst three groups.
This proposal will find out the buffer and long-term effect of social support of the
family, peer group and teachers on adolescent depression. This research results will provide
valuable data to promote the anti-suicide programs and the mental health policy of the
adolescent.
