（信息来源：Journal of Affective Disorders, 2023-11-15, 卷号 341, 页 26-34）
Background: Milk tea has experienced tremendous growth in popularity in China, especially among youths. The primary objective of this study is to investigate whether milk tea addiction may have a detrimental impact on youths’ mental health, such as anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. Additionally, we aim to explore its potential role in influencing various mental health outcomes.
背景: 奶茶在中国的受欢迎程度有了长足的发展，特别是在年轻人中。这项研究的主要目的是调查奶茶成瘾是否会对青少年的精神卫生产生不利影响，例如焦虑、抑郁和自杀念头。此外，我们也希望探讨它在影响各种精神卫生结果方面的潜在作用。
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Methods: A large-scale, cross-sectional study was conducted from 5281 college students in Beijing, China. Participants self-reported depressive, anxiety symptoms, suicidal ideation, and milk tea addiction symptoms including milk tea consumption, dependence, guilty feelings, withdrawal, tolerance, unable to stop, craving, and intention to stop.
方法: 对北京市5281名大学生进行大规模的断层研究调查。参与者自我报告抑郁、焦虑症状、自杀念头和奶茶成瘾症状，包括奶茶消费、依赖、内疚感、戒断、耐受、无法停止、渴望和意图停止。
Results: Nearly 77 % of participants consumed milk tea at least 6-11 cups in the last year. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the one-factor structure of the milk tea addiction scale, developed according to DSM-5 substance use guidelines. Moreover, we found that a higher level of milk tea addiction was significantly associated with a higher risk of depression (b = 0.24, p < 0.001), anxiety (b = 0.21, p < 0.001), and suicidal ideation (b = 0.06, p < 0.001), respectively, after controlling confounding variables, among youths consuming milk tea. The possible mediating role of milk tea addiction between loneliness feelings and mental health outcomes was further addressed.
结果: 近77% 的参与者去年至少喝了6-11杯奶茶。验证性因素分析(CFA)支持根据 DSM-5物质使用指南编制的奶茶成瘾量表的单因素结构。此外，我们发现，在控制混杂变量后，奶茶成瘾程度较高与抑郁(b = 0.24，p < 0.001) ，焦虑(b = 0.21，p < 0.001)和自杀念头(b = 0.06，p < 0.001)显着相关。研究进一步探讨了奶茶成瘾在孤独感和精神卫生结果之间可能的中介作用。
Conclusions and implications: Our findings highlighted that milk tea consumption might lead to addiction, and it is associated with depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. Current findings can assist policymakers in developing regulations such as restricting advertising, providing psycho-education, establishing food hygiene standards for such a prosperous youth-dominant consumption industry while protecting their mental health.
结论和启示: 我们的研究结果强调喝奶茶可能导致成瘾，并且与抑郁、焦虑和自杀念头有关。目前的研究结果可以帮助政策制定者制定法规，例如限制广告、提供心理教育、为这样一个繁荣的以年轻人为主导的消费行业建立食品卫生学标准，同时保护他们的精神卫生。
Keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Loneliness; Milk tea addiction; Suicidal ideation; Youth.
关键词: 焦虑、抑郁、孤独、奶茶成瘾、自杀念头、青春。
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