Mental Health Leadership Fellow - The impact of social relationships in the 21st century on mental health and wellbeing

心理健康领导研究员 - 21 世纪社会关系对心理健康和福祉的影响

• 批准号: ES/P010113/1
• 负责人: Louise Arseneault
• 金额: $ 103.65万
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FP010113%2F1
• 关键词: Mental; Health; Leadership; Fellow; impact

How we engage in social relationships has changed dramatically over the past few decades. New technologies, increased urbanisation, and the ageing population have all had a profound impact on the way we interact with each other, the implications of which have yet to be fully understood. The proposed research project aims to investigate the influence of social relationships, in a contemporary Britain, as a potentially malleable target for changing and improving the course of mental health and wellbeing throughout the lifespan. Relying on available data from two UK nationally-representative cohorts, and using a life-course approach, this project will examine social isolation and loneliness, cyber harassment, and childhood bullying victimization and will cover mental health and wellbeing from childhood up to midlife. More specifically, analyses will be conducted to (1) generate a profile of loneliness in young adults by looking at their overall wellbeing, mental health, education levels, employment and living circumstances (NEET), and physical health; (2) map "hotspots" of loneliness among young adults, mental health problems, and provision of mental health services in contemporary Britain; (3) examine childhood predictors of social support in adult life and test the buffering effect of social support on mental and physical health at midlife; (3) study the extent of cyber harassment among young adults and test its independent effect on mental health and wellbeing, over and above other forms of victimization; (5) explore the long-term impact of childhood bullying victimization on mental health service use from childhood to adolescence and up to midlife; and (6) estimate the associated individual and societal costs. Childhood bullying victimization is common among youths: according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), one in three children report having been bullied at some point in their lives, with 10% to 14% experiencing chronic bullying lasting for more than six months. It is not surprising that bullying and cyber harassment are the main reason for young people contacting online support services such as Child Line and YoungMinds. This project will engage key stakeholders in considering solutions for reducing individuals' suffering and the burden of bullying victimization on mental health across the lifespan. It will also engage the government and policy makers in considering the individual and societal costs of bullying victimization in the UK. Furthermore, the UK has being described in the press as the "loneliness capital of Europe". According to the Office for National Statistics (2014), UK residents' satisfaction with their social lives is lower than the EU-wide average, and the percentage of the population with access to supportive social relationships is the third lowest of all the 28 EU nations. This project will resonate with the public's concerns around risk associated with developing poor social relationships and finding solutions on how to address these problems from an early age. This project will impact on research by generating new discoveries, exploiting innovative technologies, and maximizing valuable existing data resources. This project is cutting-edge, investigating the emerging topics of youths' loneliness and cyber harassment. Findings will impact interventions and clinical practices by potentially unraveling loneliness and cyber harassment as significant influences on mental health and wellbeing. Ultimately, this project may indicate that positive social relationships represent a target for prevention and intervention strategies. Helping youth developing and maintaining supportive relationships with their peers may be an efficient pathway to promote mental health and wellbeing and also build resilience.

在过去的几十年里，我们参与社会关系的方式发生了巨大的变化。新技术、城市化进程加快和人口老龄化都对我们的人际交往方式产生了深刻影响，其含义尚未得到充分认识。拟议的研究项目旨在调查当代英国社会关系的影响，作为改变和改善整个生命周期中心理健康和幸福过程的潜在可塑目标。根据来自两个英国全国代表性队列的现有数据，并采用生命历程方法，该项目将研究社会孤立和孤独、网络骚扰和童年欺凌受害者，并将涵盖从童年到中年的心理健康和福祉。更具体地说，将进行以下分析：(1)通过观察年轻人的整体幸福感、心理健康、教育水平、就业和生活环境（NEET）以及身体健康，生成他们的孤独概况；(2)绘制当代英国年轻人孤独、心理健康问题和心理健康服务提供的“热点”地图；(3)检验童年期社会支持对成年期社会支持的预测因子，并检验社会支持对中年身心健康的缓冲作用；(3)研究年轻人中网络骚扰的程度，并测试其对心理健康和福祉的独立影响，而不是其他形式的受害；(5)探讨童年欺凌受害经历对儿童至青少年、直至中年心理健康服务使用的长期影响；(6)估算相关的个人和社会成本。儿童时期遭受欺凌的情况在青少年中很常见：根据世界卫生组织（世卫组织）的数据，三分之一的儿童报告在其生命的某个阶段遭受过欺凌，其中10%至14%的儿童长期遭受欺凌，持续时间超过6个月。毫不奇怪，欺凌和网络骚扰是年轻人联系儿童热线和YoungMinds等在线支持服务的主要原因。该项目将使主要利益攸关方参与考虑解决办法，以减少个人一生中遭受的痛苦和欺凌对心理健康造成的负担。它还将促使政府和政策制定者考虑英国欺凌受害者的个人和社会成本。此外，英国被媒体描述为“欧洲孤独之都”。根据英国国家统计局（Office for National Statistics, 2014）的数据，英国居民对社会生活的满意度低于欧盟的平均水平，在28个欧盟国家中，拥有支持性社会关系的人口比例倒数第三。这个项目将引起公众对不良社会关系风险的关注，并寻求如何从早期解决这些问题的解决方案。该项目将通过产生新发现、开发创新技术和最大化有价值的现有数据资源，对研究产生影响。这个项目是前沿的，调查了年轻人的孤独和网络骚扰等新兴话题。研究结果将通过潜在地揭示孤独和网络骚扰对心理健康和福祉的重大影响，影响干预措施和临床实践。最终，该项目可能表明，积极的社会关系代表了预防和干预策略的目标。帮助青年发展和维持与同龄人的支持关系，可能是促进心理健康和福祉以及建立复原力的有效途径。

项目成果

Young adult mental health and functional outcomes among individuals with remitted, persistent and late-onset ADHD.

• DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2018.97
• 发表时间: 2018-09
• 期刊: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
• 作者: Agnew-Blais JC;Polanczyk GV;Danese A;Wertz J;Moffitt TE;Arseneault L
• 通讯作者: Arseneault L

Polygenic Risk and the Course of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder From Childhood to Young Adulthood: Findings From a Nationally Representative Cohort.

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.12.033
• 发表时间: 2021-09
• 期刊: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• 影响因子: 13.3
• 作者: Agnew-Blais JC;Belsky DW;Caspi A;Danese A;Moffitt TE;Polanczyk GV;Sugden K;Wertz J;Williams BS;Lewis CM;Arseneault L
• 通讯作者: Arseneault L

Mother's and children's ADHD genetic risk, household chaos and children's ADHD symptoms: A gene-environment correlation study.

• DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13659
• 发表时间: 2022-10
• 期刊: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
• 影响因子: 7.6
• 作者: Agnew-Blais, Jessica C.;Wertz, Jasmin;Arseneault, Louise;Belsky, Daniel W.;Danese, Andrea;Pingault, Jean-Baptiste;Polanczyk, Guilherme, V;Sugden, Karen;Williams, Benjamin;Moffitt, Terrie E.
• 通讯作者: Moffitt, Terrie E.

Mental Health and Illness of Children and Adolescents

儿童和青少年的心理健康和疾病

• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-0753-8_22-1
• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Arseneault L

Evaluation of the Persistence, Remission, and Emergence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adulthood.

• DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.0465
• 发表时间: 2016-07-01
• 期刊: JAMA psychiatry
• 影响因子: 25.8
• 作者: Agnew-Blais JC;Polanczyk GV;Danese A;Wertz J;Moffitt TE;Arseneault L
• 通讯作者: Arseneault L