This project investigated the association between Jamaican school-age children’s perception of their communities and their levels of depressive symptoms. A cross-sectional survey of sixth-grade students from schools in Kingston, Jamaica was conducted. Results of correlational analyses indicated that there were significant associations between neighbourhood factors and depressive symptoms while multiple regression analyses suggested that neigbourhood factors and social class were predictive of children’s depressive symptoms. It appears that the perception of neighbourhood factors, particularly neighbourhood quality and network are associated with depressive symptom while neighbourhood factors may mediate the relationship between low social class and depressive symptoms.

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牙买加6年级小学生感知的邻里因素和社会阶层与抑郁症状的关系

该项目调查了牙买加学龄儿童对社区的看法与抑郁症状水平之间的联系。对来自牙买加金斯敦的学校六年级学生进行了横断面调查。相关分析的结果表明，邻里因素与抑郁症状之间存在显着相关性，而多元回归分析表明，邻居因素和社会阶层可以预测儿童的抑郁症状。似乎邻居因素的感知，特别是邻居质量和网络与抑郁症状有关，而邻居因素可能介导低社会阶层与抑郁症状之间的关系。