Social and Emotional Wellbeing Among Young People; the Mitigating Role of Ecological Domains

Turkmani, S; Bista, S; Wang, JJJ; O’Donnell, AW; Thomson, C; Radcliffe, NJ; Skattebol, J; Redmond, G; Brooks, F

Social and Emotional Wellbeing Among Young People; the Mitigating Role of Ecological Domains

Turkmani, S

Bista, S Wang, JJJ O’Donnell, AW Thomson, C Radcliffe, NJ Skattebol, J Redmond, G Brooks, F

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Child Indicators Research, 2023, 16, (3), pp. 941-962
Issue Date:: 2023-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Turkmani, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-5061
dc.contributor.author	Bista, S
dc.contributor.author	Wang, JJJ
dc.contributor.author	O’Donnell, AW
dc.contributor.author	Thomson, C
dc.contributor.author	Radcliffe, NJ
dc.contributor.author	Skattebol, J
dc.contributor.author	Redmond, G
dc.contributor.author	Brooks, F
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-06T04:04:22Z
dc.date.available	2023-11-06T04:04:22Z
dc.date.issued	2023-06-01
dc.identifier.citation	Child Indicators Research, 2023, 16, (3), pp. 941-962
dc.identifier.issn	1874-897X
dc.identifier.issn	1874-8988
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/173031
dc.description.abstract	To examine the role of neighbourhood, what Bronfenbrenner describes as an element in the exosystem, as a protective asset for adolescents’ social and emotional wellbeing. The study used a subset of national data reported by adolescents and their parents from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC). A linear mixed-effect model was used to estimate the association between neighbourhood indicators and trajectories in a measure of social and emotional wellbeing (the SDQ Total Difficulties score) at ages 12–13, 14–15 and 16–17, controlling for age and sex, peer and family relationships and household material resources. The analysis revealed that parents’ perceptions of belonging and their subjective assessments of the condition of housing in the neighbourhood, as well as externally sourced data on neighbourhood accessibility and socio-economic status, were significantly associated with adolescents’ total difficulties scores over time. The findings revealed the role of neighbourhood level protective assets as a potential influence on adolescents’ social and emotional wellbeing. Greater attention should be given to understanding the complex interactions between the resources mobilised by individuals and their families, and the influence of wider environments and social structures on young people’s social and emotional wellbeing.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SPRINGER
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190100247
dc.relation.ispartof	Child Indicators Research
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s12187-022-10008-8
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1605 Policy and Administration, 1608 Sociology, 1699 Other Studies in Human Society
dc.subject.classification	4407 Policy and administration
dc.subject.classification	4410 Sociology
dc.subject.classification	5201 Applied and developmental psychology
dc.title	Social and Emotional Wellbeing Among Young People; the Mitigating Role of Ecological Domains
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	16
utslib.for	1605 Policy and Administration
utslib.for	1608 Sociology
utslib.for	1699 Other Studies in Human Society
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Midwifery
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dc.date.updated	2023-11-06T04:04:20Z
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utslib.citation.issue	3

Abstract:

To examine the role of neighbourhood, what Bronfenbrenner describes as an element in the exosystem, as a protective asset for adolescents’ social and emotional wellbeing. The study used a subset of national data reported by adolescents and their parents from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC). A linear mixed-effect model was used to estimate the association between neighbourhood indicators and trajectories in a measure of social and emotional wellbeing (the SDQ Total Difficulties score) at ages 12–13, 14–15 and 16–17, controlling for age and sex, peer and family relationships and household material resources. The analysis revealed that parents’ perceptions of belonging and their subjective assessments of the condition of housing in the neighbourhood, as well as externally sourced data on neighbourhood accessibility and socio-economic status, were significantly associated with adolescents’ total difficulties scores over time. The findings revealed the role of neighbourhood level protective assets as a potential influence on adolescents’ social and emotional wellbeing. Greater attention should be given to understanding the complex interactions between the resources mobilised by individuals and their families, and the influence of wider environments and social structures on young people’s social and emotional wellbeing.

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