Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
Engagement and Codesign Hub, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
PLoS One. 2023 Oct 17;18(10):e0293006. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293006. eCollection 2023.
There is growing recognition that young people should be given opportunities to participate in the decisions that affect their lives, such as advisory groups, representative councils, advocacy or activism. Positive youth development theory and sociopolitical development theory propose pathways through which youth participation can influence mental health and wellbeing outcomes. However, there is limited empirical research synthesising the impact of participation on youth mental health and/or wellbeing, or the characteristics of activities that are associated with better or worse mental health and/or wellbeing outcomes. This scoping review seeks to address this gap by investigating the scope and nature of evidence detailing how youth participation initiatives can influence mental health and/or wellbeing outcomes for participants. To be eligible, literature must describe youth (aged 15-24) in participation activities and the impact of this engagement on participant mental health and/or wellbeing outcomes. A systematic scoping review of peer-reviewed and grey literature will be conducted using Scopus, PsycINFO, Embase, Medline and grey literature databases. The scoping review will apply established methodology by Arksey and O'Malley, Levac and colleagues and the Joanna Briggs Institute. Title, abstract, and full text screening will be completed by two reviewers, data will be extracted by one reviewer. Findings will be reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR), including a qualitative summary of the characteristics of youth participation and their influence on youth mental health outcomes. Youth advisory group members will be invited to deliver governance on the project from the outset; participate in, and contribute to, all stages of the review process; reflect on their own experiences of participation; and co-author the resulting publication. This scoping review will provide essential knowledge on how participation activities can be better designed to maximise beneficial psychosocial outcomes for involved youth.
越来越多的人认识到，应该为年轻人提供机会参与影响他们生活的决策，例如咨询小组、代表理事会、倡导或激进主义。积极的青年发展理论和社会政治发展理论提出了一些途径，通过这些途径，青年参与可以影响心理健康和幸福结果。然而，关于参与对青年心理健康和/或幸福感的影响，或者与更好或更差的心理健康和/或幸福感结果相关的活动特征的实证研究有限。这项范围界定审查旨在通过调查详细说明青年参与计划如何影响参与者心理健康和/或幸福感结果的证据的范围和性质来解决这一差距。为了符合条件，文献必须描述参与活动的青年（年龄在 15-24 岁之间）以及这种参与对参与者心理健康和/或幸福感结果的影响。将使用 Scopus、PsycINFO、Embase、Medline 和灰色文献数据库对同行评议和灰色文献进行系统范围界定审查。范围界定审查将应用 Arksey 和 O'Malley、Levac 和同事以及 Joanna Briggs 研究所的既定方法。两名审查员将完成标题、摘要和全文筛选，一名审查员将提取数据。将根据系统评价和元分析扩展的首选报告项目 (PRISMA-ScR) 报告研究结果，包括对青年参与的特征及其对青年心理健康结果的影响的定性总结。将邀请青年咨询小组成员从项目一开始就参与项目治理；参与并为审查过程的所有阶段做出贡献；反思自己的参与经验；并共同撰写最终出版物。这项范围界定审查将提供有关如何更好地设计参与活动以最大限度地提高参与青年的有益心理社会结果的重要知识。
