University of Brighton, UK.
Health (London). 2020 May;24(3):241-258. doi: 10.1177/1363459318800162. Epub 2018 Sep 16.
The term 'resilience' is pervasive in narratives of young people's emotional well-being. However, the meaning it has for those it describes is perhaps less well understood. Resilience was investigated as part of an engagement exercise into health improvement commissioning in educational contexts in the South East of England. One hundred and nine young people in total were involved, and this article reports data collected from two areas that were explored, comprising a sub-set of 58 participants: emotional well-being and resilience (n = 23) and the whole school approach (n = 35). It was apparent that while not all participants engaged with the term 'resilience' itself, they nevertheless often adopted creative individual and collective strategies to protect and enhance their emotional well-being. Furthermore, participants reported a sense of resilience that arose from a shared sense of adversity that helped strengthen collective support and solidarity, thus supporting previous work on emergent collective resilience. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed, along with a recommendation for more participatory research, so that young people can be more confident that their views are being considered within such exercises.
“韧性”一词在描述年轻人情绪健康的叙述中随处可见。然而，对于那些被描述的人来说，它的含义可能理解得不够好。韧性是作为一项参与式活动的一部分进行调查的，该活动涉及英格兰东南部教育背景下的健康改善委托。共有 109 名年轻人参与其中，本文报告了从两个方面收集的数据，包括 58 名参与者中的一个子组：情绪健康和韧性（n=23）以及整个学校方法（n=35）。很明显，虽然并非所有参与者都参与了“韧性”一词本身，但他们仍然经常采用创造性的个人和集体策略来保护和增强他们的情绪健康。此外，参与者报告了一种韧性感，这种韧性感来自于共同的逆境感，有助于增强集体支持和团结，从而支持了关于新兴集体韧性的先前工作。本文讨论了理论和实践意义，并建议进行更多的参与式研究，以便年轻人更有信心在这样的活动中考虑他们的观点。
