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Youth and Child Development and Health

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2023) | Viewed by 2085

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Dear Colleagues,

Youth and child development is an important and progressive stage for our young generations in establishing their health and well-being in the long run. In fact, youth and child development involves various and multi-layered dimensions that are susceptible to the influences of family, peers, school, environment, culture, society, political economy, and their intrapersonal traits. Additionally, youth and child health is a pivotal concern as it directly influences the long-term sustainability and healthy development of our societies in the future, which are in fact inseparable from youth and child development. This Special Issue welcomes high-quality contributions addressing the issues related to youth and child development and health; potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Youth and child development;
  • Psychological and physical health;
  • Family socialization;
  • Societal impacts;
  • School environments;
  • Peer networks;
  • Sociopolitical, economic, and/or cultural influences;
  • Intrapersonal traits and characteristics;
  • Interpersonal interactions;
  • Childhood, adolescence, and adulthood;
  • Transitional stages.

Dr. Jerf W. K. Yeung
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Predictors of Anxiety in Romanian Generation Z Teenagers
by Remus Runcan, Delia Nadolu and Gheorghe David
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(6), 4857; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph20064857 - 09 Mar 2023
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Abstract
Adolescence is a very complex period of life, full of challenges, and explorations that young people have to face on the path to becoming adults. In adolescence, specific deviations from the everyday lifestyle, as well as emotional failures or imbalances, may also occur. [...] Read more.
Adolescence is a very complex period of life, full of challenges, and explorations that young people have to face on the path to becoming adults. In adolescence, specific deviations from the everyday lifestyle, as well as emotional failures or imbalances, may also occur. When things tend to become more and more unclear, adolescents come to directly face some form of anxiety. The present study concerns the relationship of Romanian adolescents with their fathers from the perspective of anxiety issues. For this, an anonymous questionnaire was applied using a sample of availability of 558 teenagers and a complementary second questionnaire was intended for their fathers (N2 = 114 subjects). The questionnaire addressed to Generation Z Romanian adolescents included items regarding the self-assessment of one’s own behaviour and relationship with one’s father, as well as the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7). The questionnaire addressed to the fathers included mirror questions regarding the relationship with their children. The main results showed that the relationship between adolescents and their fathers has an ambivalent impact on anxiety: if it is a strong relationship, the risk to develop anxiety decreases, while if it is a weak relationship, it increases the risk of anxiety. Full article
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