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05 SES 12 A, Symposium: Doing Participatory Research In Education With At-Risk Participants: Paradoxes And Provocations
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significantly during the pandemic (Raccanello et al., 2022) and that these problems are likely to worsen in the long term (Kauhanen et al., 2022). These findings highlight the need for evidence-based prevention programs to promote mental health in this age group. Since adolescents often have an affinity and preference for digital technologies, prevention programs increasingly are offered as digital tools. Well-tailored digital interventions are likely to increase engagement and to promote the transfer of specific skills or strategies into the daily lives of young people (Lucas-Thompson et al., 2019). Adolescents can use these programs independent of time and place, and they can be designed to be adaptive and self-directed. Their efficacy has also been noted for addressing mental health problems such as anxiety and depressive symptoms (Sevilla-Llewellyn-Jones et al. (2018). However, young people often criticize these programs for being insufficiently tailored to their needs/interests (Wright et al., in press), which may be due to a disparity between the data collected and reported, identified in symposium provocation 1. This paper presents a project developing a programme to promote mental health literacy and well-being among students aged 12-15. In an iterative, participatory process, an innovative, adaptive, and accessible digital prevention programme is being developed with 240 students from three European countries, addressing topics such as anxiety, depression, resilience, and mindfulness. It takes into account the diversity of the students in terms of their social and cultural background, support needs, gender identity and sexual orientation. The aim is to expand the range of previous/existing prevention programs and to develop a program that addresses students’ needs and diversity and motivates them to take action regarding their own wellbeing. To ensure that the design and content is relevant, attractive and engaging for the students, two participatory workshops in 2023 will be conducted with students from secondary schools in Austria, Poland and Slovenia, followed by a pilot study in 2024. The conceptualization, implementation, and initial findings of the participatory workshops with representatives of the target group will be presented, focusing on the accuracy of the concept and design of the programme’s initial phase. This will include feedback results from the students on their needs, preferences and requirements regarding program design program design, as well as teacher feedback on strategies to improve the viability of the program in the school setting.
References
Kauhanen, L., Wan Mohd Yunus, W. M. A., Lempinen, L., Peltonen, K., Gyllenberg, D., Mishina, K., Gilbert, S., Bastola, K., Brown, J. S. L., & Sourander, A. (2022). A systematic review of the mental health changes of children and young people before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-02060-0. Lucas-Thompson, R. G., Broderick, P. C., Coatsworth, J. D., & Smyth, J. M. (2019). New Avenues for Promoting Mindfulness in Adolescence using mHealth. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(1), 131–139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1256-4 Raccanello, D., Rocca, E., Vicentini, G., & Brondino, M. (2022). Eighteen Months of COVID-19 Pandemic Through the Lenses of Self or Others: A Meta-Analysis on Children and Adolescents' Mental Health. Child and Youth Care Forum, 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-022-09706-9 Sevilla-Llewellyn-Jones, J., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Pryor, I., McGorry, P., & Alvarez-Jimenez, M. (2018). Web-Based Mindfulness Interventions for Mental Health Treatment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JMIR Mental Health, 5(3), e10278. https://doi.org/10.2196/10278 Wright, M., Reitegger, F., Cela, H., Papst, A., & Gasteiger-Klicpera, B. (in press). Interventions With Digital Tools for Mental Health Promotion Among 11-18 Year Olds: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
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