Exploring young people's emotional well-being and resilience in educational contexts

A resilient space

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4218554
AutoresChris Cocking (0000-0003-2960-9146, University of Brighton, autor de correspondencia), Nigel Sherriff (0000-0001-5657-5047, University of Brighton), Kay Aranda (0000-0003-4472-2980, University of Brighton), Laetitia Zeeman (0000-0001-7094-4304, University of Brighton)
Año2020
Volumen24
Número3
Páginas241-258
Fecha de publicación2020-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4593 • E-ISSN: 1461-7196
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363459318800162
PMID30222009
OpenAlexW2889651887
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas28

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

Citizen journalism · Developmental psychology · Emotional well-being · Narrative · Political science · Psychological resilience · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Solidarity · Well-being · Child Abuse and Trauma · Computer Science · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support