This study aimed to verify the relationship between parental abuse, ego-resilience, social stigma, career barriers, and depressive symptoms among out-of-school youths. The data of 522 adolescents (mean age = 18.01 years) from the Dropout Youth Panel Survey conducted by the National Youth Policy Institute were used. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that female adolescents reported more depressive symptoms than male adolescents. The family economic status and ego-resilience were negatively related to depressive symptoms. Parental abuse was positively associated with depressive symptoms. In particular, social stigma and career barriers were positively related to depressive symptoms. Notably, social stigma and career barriers explained 17.7% of the variance in depressive symptoms. The results of this study suggest that society needs to reduce the social stigma and career barriers perceived by out-of-school youth. Professional counselors and social workers could help these individuals by providing them information and advice for their careers and reducing perceived social stigma.

本研究旨在验证失学青少年的父母虐待、自我复原力、社会污名、职业障碍和抑郁症状之间的关系。使用了来自国家青年政策研究所进行的辍学青年小组调查的 522 名青少年（平均年龄 = 18.01 岁）的数据。分层多元回归分析表明，女性青少年报告的抑郁症状多于男性青少年。家庭经济状况和自我复原力与抑郁症状呈负相关。父母虐待与抑郁症状呈正相关。特别是，社会耻辱感和职业障碍与抑郁症状呈正相关。值得注意的是，社会耻辱感和职业障碍解释了 17.7% 的抑郁症状差异。这项研究的结果表明，社会需要减少失学青年所感受到的社会耻辱感和职业障碍。专业顾问和社会工作者可以通过为他们的职业提供信息和建议并减少社会污名化来帮助这些人。