Young people's wellbeing and autotelic practices: a narrative and go-along inquiry of youth activities.

年轻人的福祉和自给自足的实践：对青年活动的叙述和随行调查。

• 批准号: 1978370
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Keele University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1978370
• 关键词: Young; people; wellbeing; autotelic; practices

Promoting young people's good mental health and wellbeing is a priority area for institutions and organisations working with young people in response to concerns that more young people are reporting mental health issues, particularly depression and anxiety. A recent YouGov (2016) survey found that 24% of university students (18-24 years old) reported a mental illness and 60% reported that feelings of depression and/or anxiety disrupted everyday activities.This project will develop a practice-based approach to self-care and wellbeing. That is, it will identify the kinds of activities that young people may engage in to take care for their mental health. This practice approach to wellbeing draws extensively on the principles of positive psychology, particularly Csikszentmihalyi's (1990) theorisation of 'flow'. According to Csikszentmihalyi individuals are happiest when their 'body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile' (1990, 3). Beneficial practices that are entered into to enhance wellbeing rather than achieve a defined goal are termed autotelic practices. Examples of autotelic practices include, sport, musical, artistic or spiritual activities. These ideas have been influential in more populist accounts of wellbeing and dominate self-help literature on the pressures of time in late modernity (see for example Crabbe, 2014). Yet Csikszentmihalyi's account of flow also has resonance in academic accounts and there is considerable scope to develop his ideas with reference to young people's wellbeing (see for example Asakawa, 2010). Crucially, one of the criticisms of positive psychology is that it emphasis the role of the individual and does not consider the relevance of context. For young people the kinds of activities that might be defined as autotelic, such as sports, learning a musical instrument or artistic skill are increasingly used as a badge of distinction and are therefore increasingly engaged in for the teleological rationale of standing out from the crowd (Holdsworth, 2015). One of the key questions for this research is whether it is possible for young people to engage in activities from a non-teleological perspective. Is it possible for young people to do things for their own wellbeing rather than the requirement for self-promotion?The research carried out for this PhD will consider young people's engagement in autotelic practices. For the purposes of this research youth will be defined as aged 18 to 25. I will compare the experiences of young people engaged in higher education and those in other forms or training or employment. The specific research questions to be addressed are:1. What form do autotelic practices take for young people and do young people articulate different experiences according to the type of activity, comparing for example physical activity with craft accomplishments?2. How are autotelic practices valued by young people, their families and practitioners?3. How are autotelic activities accessed and what are the barriers to engaging in these? Barriers could be associated with time, cost and opportunity.4. What forms of autotelic practices could be supported for young people and what is the role of institution in facilitating these practices?

促进年轻人良好的心理健康和福祉是与年轻人合作的机构和组织的优先领域，以应对越来越多的年轻人报告心理健康问题，特别是抑郁和焦虑。YouGov（2016）最近的一项调查发现，24%的大学生（18-24岁）报告患有精神疾病，60%的大学生报告抑郁和/或焦虑的感觉扰乱了日常活动。该项目将开发一种基于实践的自我护理和健康方法。也就是说，它将确定青少年可以从事的活动种类，以照顾他们的精神健康。这种对幸福的实践方法广泛借鉴了积极心理学的原则，特别是Csikszentmihalyi（1990）的“流”理论。根据契克森米哈伊（Csikszentmihalyi）的说法，当他们的“身体或思想在自愿努力完成困难和有价值的事情时”（1990，3）时，他们是最快乐的。为了提高幸福感而不是实现既定目标而采取的有益做法被称为自我目的性做法。自我目的实践的例子包括体育、音乐、艺术或精神活动。这些观点在更平民主义的幸福观中产生了影响，并主导了现代晚期时间压力的自助文学（例如，见Crabbe，2014）。然而，Csikszentmihalyi对心流的描述在学术界也有共鸣，在年轻人的福祉方面，他的想法有相当大的发展空间（例如见Asakawa，2010年）。重要的是，对积极心理学的批评之一是，它强调个人的作用，而不考虑背景的相关性。对于年轻人来说，可能被定义为自我目的的活动，例如体育运动，学习乐器或艺术技能越来越多地被用作区别的徽章，因此越来越多地参与从人群中脱颖而出的目的论理由（Holdsworth，2015）。这项研究的一个关键问题是，青年人是否有可能从非目的论的角度参与活动。年轻人有没有可能为了自己的幸福而不是为了自我推销而做事？为这个博士学位进行的研究将考虑年轻人在autotelic实践中的参与。为了这项研究的目的，青年将被定义为18至25岁。我将比较接受高等教育的年轻人与接受其他形式教育或培训或就业的年轻人的经历。具体的研究问题是：1。青年人的自我目的实践采取什么形式，青年人是否根据活动类型表达不同的经验，例如将体育活动与手工艺成就进行比较？2.年轻人、他们的家庭和从业者如何评价自我目的的做法？3.如何获得自我目标活动，参与这些活动的障碍是什么？障碍可能与时间、成本和机会有关。可以支持青年人采取何种形式的自我实现做法，机构在促进这些做法方面的作用是什么？