Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Adolescents
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral and Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 October 2024 | Viewed by 1482
Special Issue Editor
Interests: self-management of illness; psychometric properties; child development; Family Centred Care (FCC); child and adolescents mental health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
IJERPH is organizing a Special Issue dedicated to the investigation of topics and approaches that support childhood wellbeing.
During the last two decades, behavioral and emotional problems among children and adolescents have emerged as a major cause of concern in industrialized nations. These problems are associated with an increased risk of mental illness, impaired social relationships, substance abuse, and poor educational attainment in children and adolescents. Internationally, there has been considerable work in relation to developing a set of definitions and indicators which can be used to monitor wellbeing, yet definitions and measures of wellbeing in child and adolescent populations are less well researched.
There is some emerging consensus that measures of wellbeing are multidimensional and should include a set of indicators related to physical, mental, and social wellbeing. Poor wellbeing indicators are a concern for all countries and cultures, and we have seen little success in closing these gaps. As such, the promotion of the emotional, social, and mental wellbeing of children and adolescents is a global priority. Its importance has been emphasized in several initiatives across Australia, the UK, and many other countries in Europe. The relative importance of supportive relationships that are typically formed in children’s environments, including home, school, and hospital settings, is debatable, although they are undoubtedly one of the key protective factors against poor mental health in children. Formative research is needed to understand and underline evidence-based approaches to achieve better wellbeing in children.
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Defining and analyzing the concept of wellbeing from existing literature (systematic reviews, concept analysis, and meta-analysis reviews).
- Understanding children’s and adolescents’ views on wellbeing and related indicators (depression, anxiety, stress, quality of life, physical health, etc.).
- Parents’ and carers’ perspectives on children’s and adolescents’ wellbeing.
- Development or evaluation of interventions that are culturally tailored for improving the wellbeing of children and adolescents.
- Evaluation of research methods or tools that measure wellbeing in children and adolescents.
- Research on the impact of certain health conditions on children’s and adolescents’ wellbeing.
- Research on approaches and measures of childhood wellbeing.
- Research related to developing policy frameworks and the discussion of issues, challenges, and domains of wellbeing.
- Implications of supportive home and school environments on childhood wellbeing.
- Sub-sample analyses of school or other health interventions that focus on acceptability, efficacy, or related mental and social outcomes.
Dr. Diana Arabiat
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mental health
- social health
- physical health
- wellbeing indicators
- coping
- children and adolescents
