Resiliency, Connectivity and Environments: Their roles in theorizing approaches to the promoting the wellbeing of young people
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2004-02
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Clifford Beers Foundation
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Early theory and findings in the area of resilience among young people emphasised individual differences and personality characteristics to explain different reactions to stress and risk. The ‘modern’ resiliency literature views the possible explanatory variables for different outcomes in broader contexts such as family, schools and community. Despite this change over time the individualising, problem focused orientation of resilience approaches continues to obscure the environment, leaving it an under-interrogated factor in youth wellbeing. The importance of this rests on its impact on policy and practice in the fields of youth development and health promotion. In this paper we argue that contemporary resiliency theory and research continue to fall short of the paradigm shift called for by those orienting to environmentally-based public health measures to improve population level wellbeing among young people.
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Youth, Mental health, Resiliency, Wellbeing
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McCreanor, T., & Watson, P. (2004). Resiliency, connectivity and environments: their roles in theorising approaches to promoting the well-being of young people. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 6(1), 39-42. A164.