Bullying among school-aged children and adolescents is recognised as an important social problem, and the adverse consequences for victims are well established. However, despite growing interest in ...the socio-demographic profile of victims, there is limited evidence on the relationship between bullying victimisation and childhood disability. This article enhances our understanding of bullying experiences among disabled children in both early and later childhood, drawing on nationally representative longitudinal data from the Millennium Cohort Study and the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England. We model the association of disability measured in two different ways with the probability of being bullied at ages seven and 15, controlling for a wide range of known risk factors that vary with childhood disability. Results reveal an independent association of disability with bullying victimisation, suggesting a potential pathway to cumulative disability-related disadvantage, and drawing attention to the school as a site of reproduction of social inequalities.
•Parenting aspirations of young people who have experienced adversity are overlooked.•Young people would like to be parents but had other goals to achieve first.•Goals included addressing enjoying ...their youth, addressing personal difficulties.•Aspirations were influence by childhood experiences and current circumstances.
Only a limited number of studies have sought to examine the parenting attitudes and aspirations of young people who have experienced abuse, neglect, and childhood adversity and who are not yet pregnant or parenting. Given the dearth of literature on this topic, this study explores the attitudes and aspirations relating to pregnancy and parenthood among South Australian young people who have experienced abuse, neglect, or childhood adversity.
A total of fifteen young people (8 male and 7 female) were recruited from a variety of services that may be serving young people with experiences of abuse, neglect, or early adversity. Young people took part in a semi-structured interview exploring their attitudes and aspirations regarding relationships, pregnancy, and parenthood.
Young people discussed whether they would like to be parents, and some of the goals and aspirations that they would like to achieve beforehand. The reasons why young people wanted to be parents later in life and achieve these goals first were categories into three interrelated groups: they wanted to enjoy their youth and succeed in education or employment, they wanted to address their own personal difficulties and challenges first or they wanted to be prepared and be in the best position possible to meet the needs of their future children.
While most of the sample were not planning on becoming parents before they turned 25, all aspired to have children at some point. Young people’s aspirations towards younger parenthood were varied and often shaped by their childhood experiences and current circumstances. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
Despite the growing interest in psychological variables and mental health in young people with rheumatic diseases (RMDs), the impact of these conditions on self-concept, self-esteem, or body image is ...unclear. The purpose of this study was to synthesize existing research related to these domains in young people with RMDs.
Review registered on PROSPERO as CRD42023444009. The search strategy includes all articles up to September 2023, to collect qualitative and quantitate studies assessing self-concept, self-esteem, or body image in young people with RMDs. All identified articles were described, rated and Risk of bias was assessed.
We identified 350 studies, of which 11 were analysed in this study. Our results indicated that self-concept, body image and self-esteem were a common challenge in young people with RMDs and might negatively impact physical and psychosocial health-related quality of life (QoL). The social domain of self-concept was impaired, mainly in female patients. Although studies that evaluated self-esteem show varied results, it seems that self-esteem was worse in females and was associated mainly with depression, but also with poorer QoL. Glucocorticoids consistently were associate with poor body image in all conditions due to visible side-effects of medication. Visible signs of the disease also might lead to poor body image.
This review identifies important gaps and areas of improvement for future research in these issues in young patients with RMDs. This review highlights the need to actively engage patients and ensure that their psychological concerns are addressed to improve their healthcare and long-term quality of life outcomes.
Display omitted
Mental illness is a worldwide public health concern. In the UK, there is a high prevalence of mental illness and poor mental wellbeing among young people. The aim of this study was to investigate ...whether physical activity is associated with better mental wellbeing and reduced symptoms of mental health disorder in adolescents.
A cohort of 928 12-13 year olds (Year 8) from six secondary schools in England, who had participated in the AHEAD trial, 'Activity and Healthy Eating in Adolescence', were followed up three years later (when 15-16 years old, Year 11). At baseline, physical activity was measured using accelerometers. At follow-up, mental wellbeing was measured using the 'Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale' (WEMWBS) and symptoms of mental health disorder using the 'Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire' (SDQ). Multivariable linear regression analyses were used to investigate associations between physical activity and both mental wellbeing and symptoms of mental health disorder.
794 (86%) of the eligible 928 young people provided valid accelerometer data at baseline. 668 (72%) provided complete mental wellbeing data and 673 (73%) provided complete symptoms of mental health disorder data at follow-up. The multivariable analyses showed no evidence of an association between physical activity volume (counts per minute (cpm)) or intensity (Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA)) and mental wellbeing (WEMWBS overall score) or overall symptoms of mental health disorder (SDQ Total Difficulties Score). However, higher levels of physical activity volume at age 12-13 years were associated with lower scores on the emotional problems subscale of the SDQ at age 15-16 years.
This cohort study found no strong evidence that physical activity is associated with better mental wellbeing or reduced symptoms of mental health disorder in adolescents. However, a protective association between physical activity and the emotional problems subscale of the SDQ was found. This suggests that physical activity has the potential to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescents. Future cohort study designs should allow for repeated measures to fully explore the temporal nature of any relationship.
The breakout of COVID-19 has brought about huge influence on people’s physic and mental health. This paper aims to investigate the mental health status of young people living in isolation due to the ...policy response to Coronavirus disease. Nine hundred ninety-two Chinese college students (
M
age = 19.45,
SD
= 1.41) were recruited to finish an online survey in the period of self-isolation. Seven dimensions of psychological well-being were measured, including mental status, knowledge of stress management, behavioral patterns, risk perception, academic stress, family relationships, and peer relationships. Results of cluster analysis indicated that young individuals’ mental status can be divided into three groups: high-risk (
n
= 61,
M
age = 19.26,
SD
= 1.32), medium-risk (
n
= 627,
M
age = 19.43,
SD
= 1.38), and low-risk (
n
= 304,
M
age = 19.54,
SD
= 1.49). Moreover, results of multiple regression showed that the isolation policy has had a complex influence on the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder
F
(12, 979) = 44.894,
p
< 0.001, fear
F
(12, 979) = 30.776,
p
< 0.001, hypochondria
F
(12, 979) = 22.530,
p
< 0.001, depression
F
(12, 979) = 39.022,
p
< 0.001, and neurasthenia
F
(12, 979) = 45.735,
p
< 0.001 via various factors. This paper also proposes a six-step intervention strategy to alleviate young people’s psychological problems while in isolation. It provides practical insights into the psychological interventions in face of the global threat.
Según datos de la novena encuesta de juventud, publicada en diciembre de 2019, la participación de los jóvenes en todo tipo de instancias está en bajos niveles. Este trabajo utiliza la base de datos ...de la encuesta (N=9700) y tiene por objetivo analizar la participación de los jóvenes en tres dimensiones disponibles en la misma: voluntariado, organizaciones y acciones no convencionales. Las variables explicativas serán: edad, sexo, nivel socioeconómico, nivel educativo, calidad de la educación ciudadana, interés por la política y conversación sobre política. Para llevar a cabo el análisis haremos uso de la regresión logística, para lo cual trabajaremos con el software SPSS 25. En general, todas las variables inciden significativamente en las tres dimensiones, salvo el nivel socioeconómico que no es significativo en una de ellas: participación en voluntariado. Asimismo, dentro del rango etario que cubre la encuesta, 15 – 29 años, es el grupo más joven, 15 – 19, el que está más involucrado.
Psychological distress and suicidal behavior are important mental health problems among university students and warrant research to inform strategies for effective prevention in this young ...population. The present study aimed to assess psychological distress and suicidal behavior and to unravel their associations among university students.
A total of 5972 undergraduate students, randomly selected from six universities in central China, comprised the sample. The Chinese version of the Symptom Checklist-90-revised (SCL-90-R) was used to assess various psychological symptoms. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between psychological distress and risk for suicidal behavior.
40.7% of the university students reported positive in a least one of the 9 psychological symptom dimensions assessed by the SCL-90-R. 7.6% of the students reported suicidal behavior in the previous twelve months. The risk of suicidal behavior was significantly associated with psychological symptoms of all types, but there were notable differences by sex. For male students, depression and phobic anxiety increased the risk of suicidal behavior. Meanwhile, depression and obsessive-compulsiveness were positively associated with suicidal behavior in female students. Furthermore, increasing risk of suicidal behavior was associated with increasing positive symptom total (PST) score and a statistically significant trend was observed.
Data collected from a cross-sectional survey does not allow any examination of causal inference.
Psychological distress and suicidal behavior were both common among university students; and psychological distress was highly associated with suicidal behavior. The findings underscore the importance of mental health care for university students.
•A large sample of 5972 undergraduates randomly selected from six universities.•40.7% of the students is positive for a least one symptom of psychological distress.•7.6% of them reported suicidal behavior within the past one year period.•Suicidal behavior is highly associated with depression and phobic anxiety in males, and depression and obsessive-compulsiveness in females.•The risk increases progressively with the score of positive psychological symptom total.
The book examines the power of young people’s social relationships in schools to transform, or more often, to continue, differences that pervade societies: mind-body-emotional diff erences or Special ...Educational Needs and Disability, gender, poverty, race/ethnicity, sexuality and their intersections. The book details extensive qualitative research with young people, foregrounding their accounts. In challenging educators and others to engage with young people’s own agencies and to make space for their socialities, the concepts of embodied social and emotional capital and young people as contextual bodies/subjectivities/agencies are developed, emphasising both young people’s agencies and how these are socio-spatially situated, constrained and enabled. The book is most concerned with how and when young people challenge and change enduring differences. The concept of ‘immersive geographies’ outlines the potential of change inherent in the repeated coming together of the same people in space, doing similar things that are, however, always provisional and always with the potential to be done diff erently. Examples of when diff erence is transformed are presented. The book marks a major interdisciplinary contribution to geographies and social studies of children, youth and education, child development, social work, social policy and education studies. Furthermore, it is of appeal to anyone interested in young people, social reproduction and sociality: from educators, policy makers, youth workers and social workers to parents.
PDF
