Young people’s experiences of social fears

Yli-Länttä, Heta

doi:10.1080/02673843.2020.1828110

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“…Put together, the previous studies attest to the pervasiveness of anxiety across several, if not all, dimensions of youth’s lives, consistent with the findings of this study. The majority of the literature continues to be specific, for instance, social anxiety and its environmental (e.g., schools, clinics) and relational (e.g., peers, parents) aspects [ 91 , 92 ]. The adoption of an existential lens, used in conjunction with evidence-based measures, can provide access to the lived space, time, body, and relationships of youth with anxiety across populations and contexts.…”

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“…It is important to recognize that the social world of youth with anxiety is evolving and influenced by their many factors, including their internal state and external factors. Only recently have youth voiced their own experiences of the social and emotional aspects related to their social fears and anxieties [ 91 ]. For this reason, asking a young person how they want to be supported in that moment in time (e.g., silence in companionship, distraction, alone time) and recognizing that different forms of relations may be preferred (e.g., online groups, pet therapy) may be most beneficial.…”

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Understanding Youth’s Lived Experience of Anxiety through Metaphors: A Qualitative, Arts-Based Study

Woodgate

Tennent

Legras

2021

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Living with anxiety can be a complex, biopsychosocial experience that is unique to each person and embedded in their contexts and lived worlds. Scales and questionnaires are necessary to quantify anxiety, yet these approaches are not always able to reflect the lived experience of psychological distress experienced by youth. Guided by hermeneutic phenomenology, our research aimed to amplify the voices of youth living with anxiety. Fifty-eight youth living with anxiety took part in in-depth, open-ended interviews and participatory arts-based methods (photovoice and ecomaps). Analysis was informed by van Manen’s method of data analysis with attention to lived space, lived body, lived time, and lived relationships, as well as the meanings of living with anxiety. Youth relied on the following metaphors to describe their experiences: A shrinking world; The heavy, heavy backpack; Play, pause, rewind, forward; and A fine balance. Overall, youth described their anxiety as a monster, contributing to feelings of fear, loss, and pain, but also hope. The findings from this study can contribute to the reduction of barriers in knowledge translation by encouraging the use of narrative and visual metaphors as a communicative tool to convey youth’s lived experience of anxiety to researchers, clinicians, and the public.

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Understanding Youth’s Lived Experience of Anxiety through Metaphors: A Qualitative, Arts-Based Study

Woodgate

Tennent

Legras

2021

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“…Studies by Ukrainian and American psychologists have identified newer and more relevant fears among the younger generation that do not have gender differences and have arisen as a result of social changes and circumstances. However, they affect the further development of the individual, their professional development, relationships, views of life, self-understanding at a more mature age, and affect the full "picture" of life [14]. S. Crocitta [15] found that young people are in a transition period.…”

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Theoretical Investigation of the Features of Current Fears of Modern Young People

TSURKAN-SAIFULINA¹,

AKSANI²

2022

Scientific Bulletin of Mukachevo State University Series “Pedagogy and Psychology”

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The relevance of the study is conditioned by the rapid indicators of fear among young people, which has a destructive effect on psychological health, physical condition, social and professional development. The purpose of the study is to analyse the concept of “fear”, investigate its forms and origin, identify current fears among modern youth, and interpret them. Determination of ways to prevent the occurrence of fear, disposal, and its control. To investigate the features of the manifestation of current fears of modern youth, methods are used that are qualitatively combined and form a common concrete result, namely: empirical (quantitative research using an online survey), comparative, introspection, and interpretation. The results of this study are aimed at clearly defining the concept of fear, exploring its varieties, and identifying forms of fear. Theoretically, it is presented how fear can affect the development of personality, influence view of life, values, and self-determination in the professional and social environment. With the help of theoretical analysis, the specific features of the manifestation of fear in young people are compared based on Ukrainian and international experience. The results of an empirical study are demonstrated, and the most common fears of modern youth are identified. The findings are aimed at identifying ways to prevent the occurrence of fear, using corrective techniques for internal control, and determining the physiological and psychological manifestations of fear that can be controlled by willpower. This paper is not only a theoretical explanation of the existence of fear, but also it has preventive significance for those who want to take control of their own emotions and displace those categories of fear that prevent them from living a full life.

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Young people’s experiences of social fears

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Understanding Youth’s Lived Experience of Anxiety through Metaphors: A Qualitative, Arts-Based Study

Understanding Youth’s Lived Experience of Anxiety through Metaphors: A Qualitative, Arts-Based Study

Theoretical Investigation of the Features of Current Fears of Modern Young People

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