Psychological distress among care leavers during the transition to adulthood: Risk and protective factors throughout their life course

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yafit Sulimani‐Aidan ◽  
Netta Achdut ◽  
Anat Zeira ◽  
Rami Benbenishty
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Risk And Protective Factors ◽  
Care Leavers

Psychological distress and resilience as risk and protective factors of psychoactive substance use among Chinese nonengaged youth

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
Anise M. S. Wu ◽  
Joseph T. F. Lau ◽  
Phoenix K. H. Mo ◽  
Mason M. C. Lau
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Risk And Protective Factors ◽  
Psychoactive Substance ◽  
Psychoactive Substance Use

scholarly journals Childhood risk and protective factors for early desisters, late desisters and life-course persistent offenders

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
David P. Farrington
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Risk And Protective Factors ◽  
Criminal Careers ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Life Course Persistent ◽  
School Risk Factors ◽  
Not At Risk ◽  
Childhood Factors

The aim of this article is to investigate the extent to which childhood risk and protective factors predict later persistence or desistance in criminal careers, as it has been argued that childhood factors are not predictive.  In the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, 411 London males have been followed up from age 8 to age 56.  This article investigates age 8-10 risk and protective factors for 37 life-course-persistent offenders (first offense up to age 20, last offense at age 40 or later), 38 late desisters (first offense up to age 20, last offense at age 21-39), 50 early desisters (first and last offenses up to age 20), 41 late onset offenders (first offense at age 21 or later), and 227 nonoffenders.  18 males were excluded from the analysis because they were not at risk of a recorded conviction from age 40 onwards (because of death or emigration).  The results showed that several childhood factors predicted persistence compared with desistance.  Individual and school risk factors (e.g. low popularity and low school attainment) were the most important predictors of whether an offender up to age 20 persisted after this age or desisted.  Family protective factors (e.g. good child-rearing and high parental interest in education) were most important in protecting offenders from becoming life-course-persistent offenders and encouraging desistance before age 40.

scholarly journals Risk and protective factors for mental health at a youth mass gathering

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tegan Cruwys ◽  
Alexander K Saeri ◽  
Helena Radke ◽  
Zoe Walter ◽  
Daniel Crimston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Risk And Protective Factors ◽  
Mass Gathering ◽  
Net Benefit ◽  
Friendship Group ◽  
Mass Gatherings ◽  
Socially Isolated

Background: Mass gatherings are well-documented for their public health risks, however, little research has examined their impact on mental health or focused on young people specifically. This study explores risk and protective factors for mental health at mass gatherings, with a particular focus on characterizing attendees with high levels of psychological distress and risk taking. Method: Data collection was conducted in situ at “Schoolies”, an annual informal week-long mass gathering of approximately 30,000 Australian school leavers. Participants were 812 attendees of Schoolies on the Gold Coast in 2015 or 2016 (74% aged 17 years old).Results: In both years, attendee mental health was found to be significantly better than population norms for their age-peers. Identification with the mass gathering predicted better mental health, and this relationship became stronger across the course of the mass gathering. Attendees with high levels of psychological distress were more likely to be male, socially isolated, impulsive, and in a friendship group where risk taking was normative. Conclusions: Mass gatherings may have a net benefit for attendee mental health, especially for those attendees who are subjectively committed to the event. However, a vulnerable subgroup of attendees requires targeted mental health support.

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