多系统性性及其对青少年心理健康的影响:反思共同设计一个多学科的,参与式的研究
Linda Theron1, Matteo Bergamini2, Cassey Chambers3
1Department of Educational Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry
|April 2, 2025
概括
青少年抑郁症是一个全球性的紧急情况. 本研究研究非在教育,就业或培训 (NEET) 的非洲年轻人的性,确定多系统风险和福祉资源.
科学领域:
- 全球心理健康全球心理健康
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 青少年抑郁症是一个关键的全球问题,往往因个人风险因素和以西方为中心的研究而过分简化.
- 现有的研究经常忽略了影响青少年心理健康的生物心理社会,经济和环境因素的复杂相互作用.
- 非在教育,就业或培训中的非洲青年 (NEET) 面临着更高的抑郁症脆弱性,需要文化相关的研究.
研究的目的:
- 报告R-NEET研究的方法,对非洲年轻人的弹性进行纵向调查.
- 确定影响抑郁症轨迹的生理,心理,社会,经济,制度和环境风险和资源.
- 推进理解性作为一种在相互连接的系统中,在上下文和文化上根深蒂固的能力.
主要方法:
- 多学科,多系统,混合方法的纵向研究设计.
- 共同设计涉及学者,社区提供者和南非和尼日利亚的年轻人.
- 国际合作伙伴关系 (英国,加拿大,美国) 以将发现置于背景.
主要成果:
- 根据R-NEET的研究方法,可以在多个系统中识别各种风险和保护资源.
- 不同的抑郁轨迹与这些多系统因素的不同组合有关.
- 弹性被理解为一种由个人和环境资源的相互作用产生的动态能力.
结论:
- 性是一种在上下文和文化上嵌入的能力,它借助于多个相互依存的系统来实现青年福祉.
- 承认和利用这些相互连接的系统对于支持青年心理健康至关重要.
- 这种方法对于旨在帮助年轻人壮成长的研究人员和从业人员来说至关重要.
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