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，社会变革和转移的期望：埃塞俄比亚青少年的心理健康障碍的产生，由于经济和文化全球化的影响，全世界的年轻人正经历着前所未有的对生活的新可能性。对于许多年轻人而言，这种接触可能会导致对其未来的新期望和愿望。 但是，对于发展中国家的低收入青年，经济现实可能会阻止他们实现自己的愿望。这些相同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Craig Haldey博士和Daniel Mains博士将研究这些“不匹配”对青年生活和pyssosocial健康的影响，以及如何通过社会，文化和经济因素来改变这种关系。他们将在埃塞俄比亚进行研究，其中大多数人口是年轻而高水平的贫困作为履行愿望的障碍。研究人员将依靠定性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的访谈，免费上市和小组讨论，并将用于引起对成功生活的本地和文化适当概念，以及青年和成人的重要里程碑。 然后，将要求青年和成年人对成功生活元素的相对重要性进行排名。最重要的要素和集体共享的要素将集成到一项调查中，该调查将用于近2000名青年（15-19岁）的基于人群的样本。对于每个元素，年轻人都会回应他们认为这项项目对成功生活的重要性，无论他们是否已经实现了这一项目，以及他们所能实现的可能性的可能性。青年的心理健康，经济状况和社会支持网络也将通过调查来衡量。通过这项调查，研究人员可以评估失败或无法实现文化上的里程碑的心理健康影响。这项研究很重要，因为它整合了一系列方法论。研究人员使用社会科学来解决几个新兴问题：许多发展中国家的全球化，心理健康和当前人口统计学。