Ndour Awa, Foulkes Lucy
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025 Apr 12. doi: 10.1007/s00787-025-02701-0.
Romanticisation is the perception and portrayal of a phenomenon as more attractive, interesting, cool, profound or desirable than it really is. There are concerns that mental health problems are increasingly romanticised, particularly among adolescents, but there is limited research on this topic. This narrative review investigated: (1) what romanticisation is in the context of adolescent mental health problems, (2) why adolescents might romanticise mental health problems, (3) the implications of romanticising mental health problems in adolescence, and (4) what interventions might reduce this phenomenon. Sixty-one publications were reviewed, including qualitative and quantitative analyses, cross-sectional and longitudinal self-report studies and conceptual reviews. Most investigated romanticisation of mental health problems online, with most researchers situated in a Western context. Identity formation, popular media influences and peer influences arose as potential explanatory factors. Negative outcomes to romanticisation were indicated, including the reinforcement of mental health problems and reduced help-seeking; few interventions to reduce the phenomenon have been proposed to date.
浪漫化是指将一种现象视为比其实际情况更具吸引力、趣味性、酷感、深刻性或令人向往的一种认知和描绘。有人担心心理健康问题正日益被浪漫化，尤其是在青少年当中，但关于这一主题的研究有限。这篇叙述性综述调查了：（1）在青少年心理健康问题背景下浪漫化的定义，（2）青少年可能将心理健康问题浪漫化的原因，（3）在青少年时期将心理健康问题浪漫化的影响，以及（4）哪些干预措施可能减少这种现象。共查阅了61篇出版物，包括定性和定量分析、横断面和纵向自我报告研究以及概念性综述。大多数研究调查的是网络上心理健康问题的浪漫化情况，大多数研究人员来自西方背景。身份认同形成、大众媒体影响和同伴影响被认为是潜在的解释因素。研究表明浪漫化会产生负面结果，包括强化心理健康问题和减少求助行为；迄今为止，很少有人提出减少这种现象的干预措施。
