ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2012
The influence of living conditions on adolescent girls' health.
Article in International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Perceptions on mental health and depression by adolescents, a systematic review of qualitative studies.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Lost in an unknown terrain: a phenomenological contribution to the understanding of existential concerns as experienced by young women in Sweden.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2019Article
- Conditions and strategies high school students living in lodgings experience as important and helpful for their well-being.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2018Article
- "Thinking about the future, what's gonna happen?"-How young people in Sweden who neither work nor study perceive life experiences in relation to health and well-being.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2018Article
- The meaning of seasonal changes, nature, and animals for adolescent girls' wellbeing in northern Finland: A qualitative descriptive study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2016Article
- Awareness of demands and unfairness and the importance of connectedness and security: Teenage girls' lived experiences of their everyday lives.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2015Article
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Abstract
Adolescence is described by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare as the healthiest period in life. However, adolescent girls differ in that they self-report that their health decreases with age. The aim of this hermeneutical study was to describe the meaning of living conditions in relation to adolescent girls' health. Guided by principles of reflective lifeworld research, 15 interviews with adolescent girls were analysed. The result section consists of four narratives with their existential interpretations illustrating different ways of approaching living conditions and their meaning for health and well-being. The narratives are: Approaching everyday life in a balanced way--feeling harmonious; approaching everyday life with ambiguity--feeling confused; approaching everyday life as an intellectual project--striving for control; approaching everyday life as a struggle--feeling forlorn. In addition, a comprehensive understanding was developed by using the lifeworld dimensions: lived body, lived room, lived time, and lived relations. These dimensions may deepen the understanding of important parts of those living conditions which are meaningful for the girls' health and well-being. By using the dimensions, complex living conditions have been explored and the meaning of different parts clarified. The girls' thoughts and feelings are often ambiguous and sometimes contradictory, depending on the situation. The health of adolescent girls needs to be understood against the background of their experiences of living conditions. One way to support their health and well-being seems to be to supply them with forums where they can talk about their living conditions.
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