Year: 2025
Type: report
Abstract: eview question / Objective The objective o f A i m 1 i s t o e x a m i n e w h e t h e r adolescents' lived perceptions and descriptions of coping strategies are consistent with how coping is theoretically conceptualized and methodologically operationalized in the existing research literature, with the goal of identifying areas of alignment, divergence, and conceptual gaps relevant to culturally diverse and under resourced settings. RationaleThe rationale for Aim 1 is that dominant theories and measurement tools used to assess adolescent coping are largely derived from Western and adult-centric frameworks and may not fully capture how adolescents in diverse, under-resourced contexts understand and enact coping in their daily lives.Examining adolescents' own perceptions alongside existing theoretical and methodological operationalizations is necessary to identify conceptual gaps, assess cultural and contextual relevance, and ensure that subsequent measurement and analytic approaches are grounded in lived experience rather than untested assumptions. Condition being studiedThe health condition of interest is adolescent mental health, with a focus on psychological distress arising from exposure to adversity during a critical developmental period.Adolescence is marked by rapid emotional, cognitive, and social changes, and exposure to stressors such as poverty, violence, social exclusion, and limited access to mental health services can disrupt healthy development and increase risk for anxiety, depression, substance use, and related mental health problems.How adolescents cope with these stressors plays a central role in either mitigating or exacerbating mental health outcomes, making coping a key
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Language: English
Topic: Resilience and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W7117566791