What factors do young people define as determinants of their well-being? findings from the improve the youth project
Dorota Kleszczewska
Institute of Mother and Child FoundationWarsaw, Poland
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, Anna Dzielska
Institute of Mother and Child, Institute of Mother and Child, Department of Child and Adolescent HealthWarsaw, Poland
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, Agnieszka Michalska
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Education, Department of Biomedical Foundations of Development and SexologyWarsaw, Poland
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, Cátia Branquinho
Institute of Environmental Health (ISAMB)/Faculty of Medicine, University of LisbonLisbon, Portugal
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, Tania Gaspar
- Institute of Environmental Health (ISAMB)/Faculty of Medicine, University of LisbonLisbon, Portugal
- Lusíada University of LisbonLisbon, Portugal
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, Margarida Gaspar dos Matos
Lusíada University of LisbonLisbon, Portugal
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and Joanna Mazur
- Institute of Mother and Child FoundationWarsaw, Poland
- University of Zielona Góra, Department of Humanization in Medicine and SexologyZielona Góra, Poland
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Mar 01, 2022
About this article
Article Category: Original research
Published Online: Mar 01, 2022
Page range: 170 - 177
Received: Nov 26, 2021
Accepted: Jan 05, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.2021.2503SI.d-21-00031
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© 2021 Dorota Kleszczewska et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Ranking of issues which Polish adolescents found as mostly connected with MH
| Ranking of issues | The first group | The second group | The third group | The fourth group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | family | future | school-related stress | relationships with others |
| 2 | stress | school | life satisfaction | stress |
| 3 | school | stress | Family | school |
| 4 | future | relationships with others | well-being | family |
| 5 | lifestyle | life satisfaction | quality of life | personality |
Ranking of five most important issues that need to be improved according to adolescents
| Individual issues | Environmental issues | |
|---|---|---|
| POLAND | 1. positive attitude to life | 1. friends |
| 2. developing an optimistic attitude | 2. family support and acceptance | |
| 3. working on one’s self-confidence | 3. trusted people | |
| 4. showing empathy | 4. changing the school grading system | |
| 5. intelligence | 5. less pressure from the environment and school | |
| PORTUGAL | 1. less anxiety | 1. care from healthcare professionals (psychologists) |
| 2. increasing trust | 2. social support | |
| 3. limited use of modern technologies | 3. the need to launch new mental health measurement tools | |
| 4. better communication with one’s loved ones | 4. assets for practicing sports | |
| 5. showing empathy | 5. political honesty |
Portuguese and Polish adolescents’ self-rated health (%)
| Health | Poland | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent | 27.5 | 38.6 |
| Good | 55.9 | 48.7 |
| Fair | 12.7 | 11.7 |
| Poor | 3.9 | 1.0 |
Polish and Portuguese adolescents’ life satisfaction according to Cantril’s ladder (%)
| Life satisfaction | Poland | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Low (0-5 pct) | 19.3 | 17.0 |
| Medium (6-8 pct) | 47.1 | 51.9 |
| High (9-10 pct) | 33.6 | 31.1 |
| Mean ± SD | 7.39±2.13 | 7.47±1.93 |