The role of multisystemic resilience in fostering critical agency: UK adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The role of multisystemic resilience in fostering critical agency: UK adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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DOI：
10.1007/s12144-023-04578-1
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发表时间：
2023-04-04
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2.8
通讯作者：
Stekel, Dov J
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作者：
Weidman, Sarah;Levine, Diane T;Louwagie, Fransiska;Blackmore, Kara;Theron, Linda C;Stekel, Dov J
关键代理（Critical agency， CA）是指个体在面对社会不平等时的权力感受。研究表明，高CA与积极的青少年结果有关，然而，对于其发展的重要支持知之甚少。此外，绝大多数文献是基于美国和非洲各国的研究；尽管英国充斥着不平等现象，但在英国背景下的研究却很少。在本文中，我们研究了(a)在英国青少年样本中使用现有的CA测量方法的有效性，以及(b)弹性支持CA方差的程度。我们的分析确定了CA的两个不同因素：正义导向和社区导向。这两个因素的高CA可以用同伴关系相关的弹性支持来解释（p < 0.01）。我们的研究结果推动我们以新的关系、生态的方式来理解青少年CA。最后，我们举例说明了一个翻译框架，用于制定支持青年弹性和CA的政策。在线版本包含补充材料，可在10.1007/s12144-023-04578-1获得。
Critical agency (CA) refers to an individual’s feeling of power in relation to social inequalities. Research has demonstrated that high CA is associated with positive adolescent outcomes, however, less is known about what supports are important for its development. Moreover, a large majority of the literature is based on studies from the US and various countries in Africa; although the UK is saturated with inequalities there is little research within a UK context. In this paper we examine (a) the validity of using an existing measure of CA with a sample of UK adolescents and (b) the extent to which resilience supports account for variance in CA. Our analysis identified two distinct factors of CA: justice-oriented and community-oriented. High CA in both factors was explained by resilience supports associated with peer relationships (p < 0.01). Our findings push us towards new relational, ecological ways of understanding adolescent CA. We close by instantiating a translational framework for those devising policies in support of youth resilience and CA. The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-023-04578-1.