| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
Background: The Bronfenbrenner Bioecological Model of Human Development provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the complex interactions between individual factors and environmental influences on adolescent mental health such as limited access to resources, exposure to violence and trauma, and parental neglect. While discussing the challenges faced by At-risk adolescents, we need to focus on the strengths of resilient adolescents living in similar conditions. These individual differences are the precursors in determining their futures.
Methods: Present study aimed to explore psychosocial challenges and strengths of indigent adolescents. Eight counsellors working with indigent adolescents for at least three years in school or NGO settings were identified with the help of snowball sampling design and interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule.
Results: Reflexive thematic analysis of interviews was done using Braun & Clarks’ protocol to identify themes. Challenges faced by indigent adolescents are lack of parental supervision, vulnerability to cybercrime, emotional dysregulation, engagement in drug use, ambiguity in life aspirations and career goals, societal mistrust and bias. Strengths identified were empathy, reconciliation dynamics and forgiveness, a yearning for change, a love of learning, help-seeking and help-providing behavior, attachment to religion and festivals, and a sense of gratitude and hopefulness; which indigent resilient adolescents display to navigate through their challenging lives. A detailed discussion of these challenges and strengths and their various dynamics have also been done.
Conclusion: Identifying difficulties as well as strengths of indigent adolescents would promote more strength-based approaches to preventive and promotive mental health programs. |
| کلیدواژههای انگلیسی مقاله |
Indigent adolescents, Psycho-social challenges, Thematic analysis, Individual strengths, Well-being, Mental health
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| نویسندگان مقاله |
| Madhu Giri
CHRIST University, Delhi, India.
| Swati Pathak
CHRIST University, Delhi, India.
| Saurabh Srivastava
SHSS Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.
| Sonali Mukherjee
CHRIST University, Delhi, India.
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