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Emerging Health Issues in Global Youth

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Adolescents".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 15081

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Dr. Jerf W.K. Yeung

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Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Interests: adolescent health and development; family and children; religion and health
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Dr. Lili Xia

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Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Interests: family and child welfare; family therapy; child development
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The health issues of youth development broadly involve cognitive, mental, psychosocial, behavioral, educational, and physical aspects, which have long been a profound and meaningful concern of scholars and researchers of youth studies. Due to the recent drastic and radical changes of socio-political, cultural, economic, ethnic, societal, and family development globally, the health issues of youth development are undergoing intense challenges. Theoretically and practically, if youths’ health issues cannot be scrutinized and comprehended deeply and clearly, the social world of future generations will suffer, and the continuity and inheritance of human knowledge and dignity may also be undermined. This Special Issue welcomes high-quality contributions addressing the health issues related to youth development, and potential topics include but are not limited to:

  • Adolescence and behaviour
  • Cognitive development
  • Coping strategies
  • Emotional regulation and health
  • Psychosocial and physical health
  • Educational development
  • Emerging adulthood
  • Interpersonal interactions
  • Parent–youth relationships
  • Mental health
  • Youth–adult transition
  • Youth development
  • Social participation
  • Social support
  • Wellbeing

Dr. Jerf W.K. Yeung
Dr. Lili Xia
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • adolescence and behaviour
  • cognitive development
  • coping strategies
  • emotional regulation and health
  • psychosocial and physical health
  • educational development
  • emerging adulthood
  • interpersonal interactions
  • parent–youth relationships
  • mental health
  • youth–adult transition
  • youth development
  • social participation
  • social support
  • wellbeing

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Misjudgement of One’s Own Performance? Exploring Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADHD) and Individual Difference in Complex Music and Foreign Language Perception
by Christine Groß, Valdis Bernhofs, Eva Möhler and Markus Christiner
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(19), 6841; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20196841 - 27 Sep 2023
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In previous research, we detected that children and adolescents who were diagnosed with ADHD showed deficits in both complex auditory processing of musical stimuli and in musical performance when compared to controls. In this study, we were interested in whether we could detect [...] Read more.
In previous research, we detected that children and adolescents who were diagnosed with ADHD showed deficits in both complex auditory processing of musical stimuli and in musical performance when compared to controls. In this study, we were interested in whether we could detect similar or distinct findings when we use foreign speech perception tasks. Therefore, we recruited musically naïve participants (n = 25), music-educated participants (n = 25) and participants diagnosed with ADHD (n = 25) who were assessed for their short-term memory (STM) capacity and the ability to discriminate music and speech stimuli and we collected self-ratings of the participants’ music and language performances. As expected, we found that young adults with ADHD show deficits in the perception of complex music and difficult speech perception stimuli. We also found that STM capacity was not impaired in young adults with ADHD and may not persist into young adulthood. In addition, subjective self-estimation about the participants’ language and music performances revealed that the ADHD group overestimated their performance competence relatively compared to both control groups. As a result, the findings of our study suggest that individuals diagnosed with ADHD require a special training program that not only focuses on improving performance in perceptual skills of music and language but also requires metacognitive training to develop realistic self-assessment skills. Full article
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Social Connectedness and Smoking among Adolescents in Ireland: An Analysis of the Health Behaviour in Schoolchildren Study
by David S. Evans, Anne O’Farrell, Aishling Sheridan and Paul Kavanagh
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(9), 5667; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095667 - 27 Apr 2023
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Continuing progress with preventing smoking initiation is a key to the tobacco endgame. Home- and school-based social networks shape the health behaviour of children and adolescents. This study described the relationship between social connectedness and smoking behaviour in school-aged children in Ireland. The [...] Read more.
Continuing progress with preventing smoking initiation is a key to the tobacco endgame. Home- and school-based social networks shape the health behaviour of children and adolescents. This study described the relationship between social connectedness and smoking behaviour in school-aged children in Ireland. The 2014 Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) surveyed self-reported smoking status and measured perceptions of social connectedness and support with validated and reliable questions across a random stratified sample of 9623 schoolchildren (aged 10–19). Overall, 8% of school-aged children reported smoking, in the last 30 days 52% reported smoking daily, and prevalence increased with age (p < 0.001). Compared with schoolchildren who did not smoke, perceptions of social connectedness and perceptions of support at home, from peers, and at school were significantly poorer for schoolchildren who smoked across all measures examined (p < 0.001). The poorest rated measures were for school connectedness and teacher support for smokers. Policies and practices that build and support positive environments for schoolchildren must continue to be prioritised if progress on preventing smoking initiation is to be sustained. Full article
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First and Later Dating Experiences and Dating Violence among High School Students
by Sigita Lesinskienė, Natalja Istomina, Greta Stonkutė, Jelizaveta Krotova, Rokas Šambaras and Donatas Austys
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(6), 4870; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064870 - 10 Mar 2023
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This study investigated early dating experiences by exploring the complex aspects of first-time and later romantic involvement as well as the surrounding circumstances. In total, 377 young people (with the median age being 17 years) were investigated in six high schools in two [...] Read more.
This study investigated early dating experiences by exploring the complex aspects of first-time and later romantic involvement as well as the surrounding circumstances. In total, 377 young people (with the median age being 17 years) were investigated in six high schools in two cities in Lithuania using a questionnaire designed for research purposes by the authors. The results from this study in Lithuania contribute to the field by showing current data on the cultural and psychosocial aspects of dating experiences in high schools. This investigation into first-time and later dating creates an appropriate window to explore and investigate the attitudes, dating habits, and experiences of late adolescents, comprising negative experiences and sexual harassment, which could be used to build preventative programmes. The obtained results provide various data that are useful for trying to better understand the current habits and experiences of young people, for public health specialists, educators, and doctors and also provide an opportunity for monitoring trends, dynamic changes over time, and cross-cultural comparisons. Full article
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The Nexus of Sports-Based Development and Education of Mental Health and Physical Fitness
by Tiejun Zhang, Huarong Liu, Yi Lu and Qinglei Wang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3737; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043737 - 20 Feb 2023
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Physical inactivity has increased globally, particularly in developed nations. A high proportion of the human population is unable to meet the physical activity recommendation of the World Health Organisation due to hypertension, metabolic syndrome, obesity, and other medical conditions. Non-communicable diseases and mental [...] Read more.
Physical inactivity has increased globally, particularly in developed nations. A high proportion of the human population is unable to meet the physical activity recommendation of the World Health Organisation due to hypertension, metabolic syndrome, obesity, and other medical conditions. Non-communicable diseases and mental health problems are becoming more prevalent, particularly in low and middle-income nations. This study aimed to determine the effectivenessof a mentorship programmeon university students’ mental health and physical fitness. The intervention comprised the effects of sports-based development and education on physical fitness and mental health. A total of 196 and 234 students from two universities were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups, respectively. The primary outcomes were engagement in physical activities (number of push-ups for 1 min, the strength of hand grip (kg), and the Jump test while standing (cm)), body fat proportion and psychological resilience, self-efficacy, and relationship with family and schoolmates. Participants in the control group had access to a web-based health education game, whereas the intervention group wassubjected to intensive interventional activities for one month based on the eight principles of the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. Data were analysed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to compare the physical and mental components between the intervention and control groups. Relative to baseline, all the physical health components (push-ups, sit-ups, and jump tests), psychological resilience, relationship with family members, and self-efficacy increased significantly in the intervention compared to the control group. Body fat composition was significantly reduced in the intervention when compared tothe control group. In conclusion, the mentorship programme effectively improved the participants’ physical and psychological health and could be developed further for application in a larger population. Full article
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Family and Individual Contexts of Middle-School Years and Educational Achievement of Youths in Middle-Aged Adulthood
by Jerf W. K. Yeung and Lily L. L. Xia
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3279; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043279 - 13 Feb 2023
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Although educational development of youths can profoundly affect their other domains of health and well-being across later life trajectories, little research has investigated the prolonged effects of family and individual contexts of youths in middle-school years, a most critical developmental and formative stage, [...] Read more.
Although educational development of youths can profoundly affect their other domains of health and well-being across later life trajectories, little research has investigated the prolonged effects of family and individual contexts of youths in middle-school years, a most critical developmental and formative stage, on their educational achievement in middle-aged adulthood. The current study employed data of a nationwide representative sample of middle-school youth students in the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY) to examine how grade-7 parental support for college education, family SES, and educational expectations of youths contribute to their educational achievement in adulthood of mid-thirties through their development of grade-8 academic commitment and grade-9 educational performance in terms of English, mathematics, science, and social studies grade scores. Results based on structural equation modeling of longitudinal relationship found that grade-7 parental support for college education, family SES, and educational expectations of youths had significant and direct effects on youths’ higher educational achievement in adulthood, and youths’ grade-8 academic commitment and grade-9 educational performance significantly mediated the effects of grade-7 family SES, parental support for college education, and educational expectations of youths on their educational achievement in adulthood respectively and/or concurrently. Furthermore, interaction analysis supported the promotive but not buffering effects of grade-7 educational expectations of youths by family SES on their grade-9 educational performance and educational achievement in adulthood. Implications related to the important findings of the current study pertaining to educational development of youths are discussed. Full article
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Dating Violence among Undergraduate Medical Students at a Public University in Mexico City: An Exploratory Study
by Claudia Díaz Olavarrieta, Antonio Rafael Villa, Benjamin Guerrero López, Ingrid Vargas Huicochea, Sandra García-Medina, Monica Aburto Arciniega, María Alonso Catalán, Germán E. Fajardo Dolci and Ma. Elena Medina-Mora Icaza
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3104; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043104 - 10 Feb 2023
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Gender-based violence (GBV) and cyber-aggression are growing problems in Mexico, but there is a dearth of information on their associated risks. We aimed to determine the prevalence of dating violence (DV) and cyber-aggression in a public campus and compared students’ acceptability of abusive [...] Read more.
Gender-based violence (GBV) and cyber-aggression are growing problems in Mexico, but there is a dearth of information on their associated risks. We aimed to determine the prevalence of dating violence (DV) and cyber-aggression in a public campus and compared students’ acceptability of abusive DV based on their sex and sexual orientation. We employed a cross-sectional design to survey 964 first-year medical students attending a public university. We analyzed who found “acceptable” abusive behaviors from a dating partner and carried out descriptive analyses of sample characteristics by sex. We included 633 women and 331 men. Homosexual and bisexual orientation was lower among women (1.5%, 4.8%) vs. men (16.9%, 7.2%). Of women and men, respectively, 64.2% and 35.8% reported having been in a dating relationship. Experiencing abusive behaviors in the year prior to the study was associated with students’ level of “acceptability”. A total of 43.5% of the students who experienced cyber-aggression did not report any mental health consequences, 32.6% did not seek professional help, and 17.4% reported feeling depressed. Students that accepted emotionally abusive DV behaviors displayed a fourfold risk of experiencing physical abuse. Women and sexual minorities are more at risk of experiencing GBV and DV. More male students reported being victims of cyber-aggression. Full article
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Minor Forms of Parental Maltreatment and Educational Achievement of Immigrant Youths in Young Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study
by Jerf W. K. Yeung, Hui-Fang Chen, Herman H. M. Lo, Leilei Xu and Chi Xu
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(1), 873; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010873 - 3 Jan 2023
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Parental hostility and emotional rejection—or aggregated as general harsh family interactions with parents—have received little research attention due to such parent-child interactions being counted as minor forms of parental maltreatment and regarded as being less harmful. However, recent research showed that these minor [...] Read more.
Parental hostility and emotional rejection—or aggregated as general harsh family interactions with parents—have received little research attention due to such parent-child interactions being counted as minor forms of parental maltreatment and regarded as being less harmful. However, recent research showed that these minor forms of parental maltreatment on youth development are far from negligibility on account of their frequency, chronicity, and incessancy. In this longitudinal study, we investigated how parental hostility, emotional rejection, and harsh family interactions with parents of in early adolescence of immigrant youths (wave-1 Mage = 14) adversely impact successful college graduation of immigrant youths in young adulthood (wave-3 Mage = 24) through the mediation of their development of academic aspirations in late adolescence (wave-2 Mage = 17). Using data from a representative sample of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (N = 3344), the current study revealed that parental hostility, emotional rejection, and harsh family interactions with parents significantly impaired successful college graduation of immigrant youths in young adulthood, with the decreased odds of 20.1% to 30.22%. Furthermore, academic aspirations of immigrant youths in late adolescence not only significantly mediated the abovementioned relationships but also contributed to the higher odds of immigrant youths’ college graduation by 2.226 to 2.257 times. Findings of this study related to educational innovations, family services, and policy implications are discussed herein. Full article
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