Fontaine, C. (2018) Resilience in adolescent mental health. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

Background: Previous research has defined resilience in a variety of ways. Therefore, in order to determine how resilience works within adolescent mental health, adolescent groups facing diverse challenges need to be explored.

Objective: The aim of this research is to further define resilience, specifically in the context of adolescent mental health. This research intends to reveal those who do well despite facing major challenges and determine the assets and resources that confer resilience for these individuals. Specific factors might be found to separate those who negotiate the challenges well and those who do not.

Methods: The current literature surrounding the concept of resilience was explored through a literature review. The available interventions for child anxiety and bullying was explored through a scoping review. The resilience of two separate adolescent groups was investigated; young adolescents as they transitioned from primary school to secondary school and bullied LGBTQ adolescents. By including two very different groups from opposite ends of adolescence, the evolution of resilience throughout adolescence was observed. The outcomes of these adolescents were determined by anxiety and wellbeing measures. Good outcomes, therefore, suggested higher resilience in order to negotiate the challenges they encountered. Potential resilience factors were measured and compared between those who emerged with either good or poor outcomes, determining which factors were associated with good outcomes and, therefore, resilience.

Results: The results of the research suggested that personal and social factors in the form of self-belief and perceived social support were both associated with resilience; these factors potentially provided adolescents with the skills necessary to overcome challenges.

Conclusions: Resilience is both internal and external to the individual, each unique adolescent group requires their own specific assets and resources to overcome challenges.

Item Type:	Thesis or Dissertation (PhD)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Youth -- Mental health, Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence, Anxiety in adolescence
Official Date:	September 2018
Dates:	Date Event September 2018 UNSPECIFIED
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Warwick Medical School
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Birchwood, M. J. ; Conner, Charlotte
Format of File:	pdf
Extent:	294 leaves : illustrations
Language:	eng

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