Poverty, Social Change, and Shifting Expectations: The Makings of Mental Health Disorders Among Ethiopian Adolescents

贫困、社会变革和期望转变：埃塞俄比亚青少年心理健康障碍的成因

• 批准号: 0717608
• 负责人: Craig Hadley
• 金额: $ 9.99万
• 依托单位: Emory University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0717608&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Poverty; Social; Change; Shifting; Expectations

Poverty, social change, and shifting expectations: The makings of mental health disorders among Ethiopian adolescents Due to the impacts of economic and cultural globalization, young people throughout the world are experiencing an unprecedented exposure to new possibilities for living. For many youth this exposure may lead to new expectations and aspirations for their future. However, for low-income youth in developing countries, economic realities may prevent them from attaining their aspirations. These same aspirations may also create inter-generational conflict as the values of young people differ from established social norms. Researchers, Dr. Craig Haldey and Dr. Daniel Mains, will study the impact that these "mismatches" have on youth's lives and pyschosocial health, and how this relationship is modified by social, cultural, and economic factors. They will carry out the research in Ethiopia where the majority of the population is young and high levels of poverty act as barriers to the fulfillment aspirations. The investigators will rely on qualitative ethnographic data collection methods and social survey techniques. The non-survey methods will include unstructured interviews, free listing, and group discussions and will be used to elicit locally and culturally appropriate conceptions of a successful life and important milestones from youth and adults. Youth and adults will then be asked to rank the relative importance of elements of a successful life. The most important elements and those that are collectively shared will be integrated into a survey that will be administered to a population-based sample of nearly 2000 youth (15-19 y). For each element, youth will respond how important they think the item is to a successful life, whether they have achieved that item, and their perceived likelihood of every achieving it. The mental health, economic status, and social support networks of youth will also be measured through the survey. Through this survey the investigators can assess the mental health impact of failure or inability to achieve culturally agreed upon milestones. The research is important because it integrates a range of methodologies. The researchers use social science to address several emerging issues: globalization, mental health, and current demographic realities in many developing countries.

贫困、社会变化和不断变化的期望：埃塞俄比亚青少年的心理健康障碍由于经济和文化全球化的影响，世界各地的年轻人正在经历前所未有的新的生活可能性。对于许多年轻人来说，这种接触可能会让他们对未来产生新的期望和渴望。然而，对于发展中国家的低收入青年来说，经济现实可能会阻碍他们实现自己的愿望。这些同样的愿望也可能造成代际冲突，因为年轻人的价值观与既定的社会规范不同。研究人员克雷格·哈尔迪博士和丹尼尔·梅恩斯博士将研究这些不匹配对年轻人生活和心理社会健康的影响，以及这种关系是如何被社会、文化和经济因素改变的。他们将在埃塞俄比亚进行这项研究，那里的大多数人口是年轻人，高水平的贫困是实现愿望的障碍。调查人员将依靠定性的人种学数据收集方法和社会调查技术。非调查方法将包括非结构化访谈、免费列出和小组讨论，并将用于从青年和成年人那里引出当地和文化上合适的成功生活和重要里程碑的概念。然后，年轻人和成年人将被要求对成功生活要素的相对重要性进行排名。最重要的内容和集体分享的内容将纳入一项调查，该调查将对近2000名青年(15-19岁)进行人口抽样调查。对于每个元素，年轻人都会回应他们认为这一项目对成功生活的重要性，他们是否已经实现了这一项目，以及他们认为每一项都实现的可能性。青年的心理健康、经济状况和社会支持网络也将通过调查进行衡量。通过这项调查，研究人员可以评估未能或无法实现文化上商定的里程碑对心理健康的影响。这项研究很重要，因为它整合了一系列方法。研究人员使用社会科学来解决几个新出现的问题：全球化、心理健康和许多发展中国家目前的人口现实。