Official Title: The Mental Health of Young Adults in Times of Polycrisis
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Status Verified Date: 2024-08
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Brief Summary: The goal of this observational longitudinal study is to identify risk and protective factors that buffer the effects of individual daily stress and adaptation to global crises on the quality of life and mental health conditions of young people entering adulthood aged 18-29 fluent in Polish and living in Poland Moderators such as factors related to development personality variables compatible with the domains according to ICD-11 psychological resilience closeness in relationships with a partnerfriendsparents and the level of postformal thinking will also be considered
The main hypotheses it aims to consider are
H1 Poorer adaptation to individual and global crises is associated with higher levels of perceived stress leading to worse indicators of mental health and quality of life
H2 A higher level of implementation of developmental tasks including more fulfilled criteria of adulthood and a mature identity mitigates the relationship between stress crisis adaptation and health and quality of life indicators
H3 Resilience and better relationships closeness with a partner friends parents buffer the negative effect of stress on health and quality of life
H4 A higher level of postformal thinking mitigates the relationship between stress crisis adaptation and health and quality of life indicators
H5 A higher intensity of psychopathological personality traits is a risk factor that amplifies the negative effect of stress on health and quality of life
Researchers will analyze measurements taken from the same group a representative sample of Polish young adults at two time points - now and in 12 months The aim is to observe the extent to which the effects of current daily stressors and adaptation to the crisis as well as the effects of potential moderators are relatively stable
Detailed Description: Background The WHO and other international organizations clearly indicate the co-occurrence of multiple health problems and an increasing trend in the deterioration of mental health among young people This is related to the experience of cumulative stress generally referred to as a polycrisis which involves the simultaneous occurrence of crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic displacements and trauma resulting from the war in Ukraine and climate change
An additional factor is the stress of daily life and everyday challenges These latter seem particularly important during the period when an individual faces some of the greatest challenges such as entering young adulthood and taking on adult roles However there is a lack of studies analyzing the risk factors and protective factors that buffer the impact of contemporary cumulative stress on the mental health of young adults in different cultures including Polish
Participants a representative population of 600 Polish young adults aged 18-29
Methodology Analysis of data collected through psychological scales and questionnaires related to daily stress adaptation to global crises mental health conditions quality of life meeting mature developmental criteria personality traits resilience closeness in relationships and postformal thinking