The purpose of this study was to examine the long-term effects of perceived community disorder and social stigma on depressive symptoms among adolescent school dropouts. This study used 2–4 wave data of a Longitudinal Survey and Support Plan for Dropouts. Multivariate latent growth modeling indicated that social stigma was associated with greater number of depressive symptoms and had an indirect influence on depressive symptoms through self-esteem. In addition, perceived community disorder was related to greater number of depressive symptoms. Finally, self-esteem was negatively related to depressive symptoms and female adolescents reported more depressive symptoms than male adolescents. This study suggests that policy and social efforts are needed to reduce perceived community disorder and social stigma to prevent the depression in adolescent school dropouts.

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使用多元潜在增长模型，感知社区障碍和社会污名对青少年辍学抑郁症状的长期影响

本研究的目的是检查感知社区障碍和社会污名对青少年辍学抑郁症状的长期影响。本研究使用了纵向调查和辍学支持计划的 2-4 波数据。多元潜在增长模型表明，社会污名与更多的抑郁症状有关，并通过自尊对抑郁症状产生间接影响。此外，感知到的社区障碍与更多的抑郁症状有关。最后，自尊与抑郁症状呈负相关，女性青少年报告的抑郁症状多于男性青少年。