ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2020
Mental health as perceived by Norwegian adolescents living with parental somatic illness: Living in an earthquake zone.
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- Children as next of kin's experiences, practices, and voice in everyday life: a systematic review of studies with Norwegian data (2010-2022).Scandinavian journal of public health · 2025Pooled it
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- The stress of prioritizing the future: using video diaries and interviews to understand the everyday pressures experienced by adolescent girls.International journal of adolescence and youth · 2025Article
- Mental health promotion as perceived by Norwegian adolescents with somatically ill parents - an interpretative phenomenological analysis.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Children's Lived Experiences of Wellbeing at School in England: a Phenomenological Inquiry.Child indicators research · 2023Article
- Experiences of quality of life in people with Multiple Sclerosis who are in a wheelchair.Nursing open · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeSevere parental somatic illnesses can influence the entire family, including adolescents' everyday life, psychosocial functioning and health. Within salutogenesis, it is highlighted that stressor life events, such as parental somatic illness, might lead to a chain of events that can produce tension. There is a lack of in-depth understanding regarding how adolescents living in a situation with a severely somatically ill parent (SIP) perceive their own mental health. The aim of this study was therefore to explore the lived experience of Norwegian adolescents living with an SIP, and their perception of the parental illness' influence on their mental health.
methodsInterpretative phenomenological analysis was used. In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 adolescents (aged 13-18 years) who had an SIP. Two adolescents with an SIP participated in study preparation and data analysis.
resultsAdolescents perceived parental somatic illness as a multifaceted influence on their mental health as it represented both personal and relational strain and growth. Their perceptions can be conceptualized by the super-ordinate theme "living in an earthquake zone", and by two themes, "inner shakes-but not falling apart" and "relational aftershocks-gains and losses".
conclusionFor adolescents, parental somatic illness means personal and relational strain and growth.
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