scholarly journals Linking the family context of migration during childhood to the well-being of young adults: Evidence from the UK and France

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. e2164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Eremenko ◽  
Rachel Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Context ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Uk

Under the Same Label: Adopted Adolescents’ Heterogeneity in Well-Being and Perception of Social Contexts

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 1544-1568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Paniagua ◽  
Carmen Moreno ◽  
Maite Román ◽  
Jesús Palacios ◽  
Harold D. Grotevant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reference Group ◽  
School Context ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Family Context ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Adolescent Population ◽  
The Family ◽  
Hbsc Study ◽  
Spanish Health

This study compares a sample of 223 adopted adolescents with a nonadopted reference group representative of the Spanish adolescent population from the “Spanish Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study.” Variables related to the family context, peers, school context, and emotional well-being are compared. Adoptees are not only analyzed as a group, but also according to the type of adoption (domestic or intercountry) and the birth area of origin (Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe). The results showed more similarities than differences between the whole group of adoptees and the reference group, as well as heterogeneity within the adoptees depending on their origin.

Conceptualizations of the Family Context: New Insights Gained by Capturing Daily Variability in Cohesion and Conflict

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Lydon-Staley ◽  
Emily J. LoBraico ◽  
Bethany C. Bray ◽  
Gregory Fosco
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Family Cohesion ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Context ◽  
The Family

In this study, we evaluate whether the use of dynamic characteristics of the family provides new and important information when conceptualizing the family context of adolescents. Using 21 days of daily diary data from adolescents (N=151; 61.59% female; mean age = 14.60 years) in two-caregiver households, we quantified between-family differences in the extent to which their experiences of family cohesion and conflict fluctuate from day to day. We included these estimates of consistency in family cohesion and conflict, along with traditional survey assessments of dispositional family cohesion and conflict, in a latent profile analysis to identify subgroups of families with distinct combinations of dispositional and consistency in family cohesion and conflict. We next assessed how these profiles were differentially associated with emotion regulation, internalizing symptoms, problem behaviors, and well-being at baseline and at a 12-month follow-up. Results revealed four distinct family profiles with unique associations with outcomes. By considering both dispositional and consistency in family cohesion and family conflict and how these four factors cluster within families to differing degrees, we better capture the richness of the family context and highlight the implications for understanding its role in adolescent well-being.

How the Early Childhood Well-Being Lies within the Family Context in Albania

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1301-1319
Author(s):  
Lantona Sado ◽  
Federico Benassi ◽  
Alma Spaho
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Context ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Gambling by Young Adults in the UK During COVID-19 Lockdown

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Emond ◽  
Agnes Nairn ◽  
Sharon Collard ◽  
Linda Hollén
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Online Gambling ◽  
Gambling Behaviour ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gambling Activities ◽  
Gambling Frequency

AbstractGambling is a common activity amongst young adults in the UK, and was a behavior of interest during the early mitigation against COVID-19 (first lockdown). The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) was used to investigate attitudes, moods and behavior during lockdown in England. ALSPAC participants were invited to complete online questionnaires in May 2020, including a set of questions about frequency of gambling and gambling activities which had been asked three years previously. Mental health and wellbeing data and alcohol use were also collected as part of lockdown questionnaires. Gambling questions were completed by 2632 young adults, 71% female, with a mean age of 27.8 years. Overall, gambling frequency reduced during lockdown for both males and females, but more males engaged in regular (weekly) gambling. Gambling activities became more restricted compared to previous reports, but online gambling (e.g. online poker, bingo, casino games) was more frequent. Previous gambling behaviour predicted gambling frequency during lockdown. No associations were apparent between gambling frequency and measures of mental health and well-being. Heavy alcohol use was strongly linked with regular gambling during lockdown. Gamblers were more than twice as likely as non-gamblers to have experienced financial difficulties pre-COVID, but gambling frequency was not related to employment status during lockdown. Online gambling increased during lockdown, whilst offline gambling activities decreased in frequency. A small minority of regular weekly gamblers, who tended to be male and heavy users of alcohol, participated in a wide range of online and offline gambling activities.

scholarly journals Reducing worry and rumination in young adults via a mobile phone app: study protocol of the ECoWeB (Emotional Competence for Well-Being in Young Adults) randomised controlled trial focused on repetitive negative thinking

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Edge ◽  
Alexandra Newbold ◽  
Thomas Ehring ◽  
Tabea Rosenkranz ◽  
Mads Frost ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Emotional Competence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Repetitive Negative Thinking ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Background Promoting well-being and preventing poor mental health in young people is a major global priority. Building emotional competence skills via a mobile app may be an effective, scalable and acceptable way to do this. A particular risk factor for anxiety and depression is elevated worry and rumination (repetitive negative thinking, RNT). An app designed to reduce RNT may prevent future incidence of depression and anxiety. Method/design The Emotional Competence for Well-Being in Young Adults study developed an emotional competence app to be tested via randomised controlled trials in a longitudinal prospective cohort. This off-shoot study adapts the app to focus on targeting RNT (worry, rumination), known risk factors for poor mental health. In this study, 16–24 year olds in the UK, who report elevated worry and rumination on standardised questionnaires are randomised to (i) receive the RNT-targeting app immediately for 6 weeks (ii) a waiting list control who receive the app after 6 weeks. In total, the study will aim to recruit 204 participants, with no current diagnosis of major depression, bipolar disorder or psychosis, across the UK. Assessments take place at baseline (pre-randomisation), 6 and 12 weeks post-randomisation. Primary endpoint and outcome for the study is level of rumination assessed on the Rumination Response Styles Questionnaire at 6 weeks. Worry, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and well-being are secondary outcomes. Compliance, adverse events and potentially mediating variables will be carefully monitored. Discussion This trial aims to better understand the benefits of tackling RNT via an mobile phone app intervention in young people. This prevention mechanism trial will establish whether targeting worry and rumination directly via an app provides a feasible approach to prevent depression and anxiety, with scope to become a widescale public health strategy for preventing poor mental health and promoting well-being in young people. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04950257. Registered 6 July 2021 – Retrospectively registered.

scholarly journals Balancing between professional and private life

Family Forum ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 15-34
Author(s):  
Monika Joanna Kornaszewska-Polak
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Private Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Family Context ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
The Family

Abstract The idea of reconciling work with personal life was in its heyday at the turn of the 20th century when people realised that it was impossible to completely separate these inextricably linked spheres of human existence. Neglecting either of them, and not only in the scientific discourse but also in everyday life, is in many aspects detrimental to close relationships and to the performance at work. Nevertheless, a perfect combination of these two dimensions of human activity seems almost unattainable, as a growing number of contemporary studies show. Becoming involved in one entails some negligence in the other. The family context represents a relevant example of the attempts to reach the work-life balance. It is increasingly frequent that the contemporary young adults’ generation prioritise work, individual career, and personal development in their hierarchy of values. They delay their decisions on starting a family, having children, or simply settling down until they have achieved an adequate status and prosperity. Seeking to satisfy the need for close bonds, many young adults engage in only temporary relationships (cohabitation, swingers), but also create substitutes thereof. This generation succumbs to a growing sense of loneliness, despite the fulfilling careers or satisfying material and social statuses.

Adolescents’ Perspective on Their Participation in the Family Context and its Relationship with Their Subjective Well-Being

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mònica González ◽  
Ma Eugènia Gras ◽  
Sara Malo ◽  
Dolors Navarro ◽  
Ferran Casas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Family Context ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
The Family

The family context of language brokering among Latino/a young adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian J. Shen ◽  
Jessica M. Dennis
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Intergenerational Conflict ◽  
Family Context ◽  
Language Brokering ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
The Family

Immigrant youth in the U.S. are often enlisted to translate and interpret for their parents who may lack English proficiency. This activity is called language brokering, and it is commonly observed in immigrant families including those who are Latino. Evidence remains mixed as to whether language brokering is harmful or beneficial to family dynamics. However, examination of the factors which moderate the association between language brokering and family conflict may provide insight into these processes. This study investigated the moderating effects of three parent–child relationship variables (i.e., communication, psychological control, and behavioral control) on the relationship between language brokering frequency and family intergenerational conflict in a sample of 228 Latino/a young adults. Participants reported language brokering frequency for mothers and fathers as well as their perceptions of communication, psychological control, and behavioral control displayed by their mothers and fathers and the frequency of family intergenerational conflicts experienced. Results showed that more frequent language brokering for the mother predicted a higher likelihood of family intergenerational conflict, and all three familial contextual variables moderated this association. The findings suggest that interpersonal factors embedded within the family context must be considered in order to better understand language brokering processes.

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