Cosma Alina, Belić Jelisaveta, Blecha Ondřej, Fenski Friederike, Lo Man Y, Murár Filip, Petrovic Darija, Stella Maria T
Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, University of St AndrewsSt Andrews, United Kingdom.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden UniversityLeiden, Netherlands.
Front Psychol. 2017 May 18;8:758. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00758. eCollection 2017.
The promotion of positive mental health is a becoming priority worldwide. Despite all the efforts invested in preventive and curative work, it is estimated that one in four persons will experience a mental health condition at some point in their lives. Even more worrying is the fact that up to a half of all mental health problems have their onset before the age of 14. Recent statistics (national and international surveys, meta-analyses, international reports) point out to the fact that child and adolescent mental health problems are on the rise. The present study will try to corroborate these results and further explore their meaning, by employing a sequential mixed methods research design (quantitative-qualitative). The quantitative part will analyze time trends using Health Behaviors in School-aged Children data (four survey cycles: 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) on mental well-being from four European countries (the Czechia, Germany, Italy, and United Kingdom). The qualitative part will rely on focus groups to explore the perspectives of 13- and 15-year-old boys and girls on gender differences and on the changes in adolescent mental well-being over time, as well as measures through which these issues could be addressed. Thematic analysis will be employed to analyze qualitative data. The results of this study could make a major contribution to our understanding of the current trends in adolescent mental well-being, as well as the ways in which existing data could be linked to international and national health policies.
促进积极的心理健康在全球范围内正日益成为优先事项。尽管在预防和治疗工作上投入了诸多努力，但据估计，每四个人中就有一人在人生的某个阶段会经历心理健康问题。更令人担忧的是，所有心理健康问题中有多达一半在14岁之前就已出现。近期的统计数据（国家和国际调查、荟萃分析、国际报告）指出，儿童和青少年心理健康问题呈上升趋势。本研究将尝试通过采用顺序混合方法研究设计（定量 - 定性）来证实这些结果，并进一步探究其意义。定量部分将使用来自四个欧洲国家（捷克、德国、意大利和英国）的学龄儿童健康行为数据（四个调查周期：2002年、2006年、2010年、2014年）分析心理健康的时间趋势。定性部分将依靠焦点小组来探究13岁和15岁男孩和女孩对性别差异、青少年心理健康随时间的变化以及解决这些问题的措施的看法。将采用主题分析来分析定性数据。本研究的结果可能对我们理解青少年心理健康的当前趋势以及现有数据与国际和国家卫生政策的关联方式做出重大贡献。
