ReviewAdolescent research review2022
Critical Consciousness and Wellbeing in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 101 citations in OpenAlex.
- Navigating family: Immigrant-origin Latinx youth perspectives on parental sociopolitical socialization.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
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- Exploring psychological tradeoffs: Developing and demonstrating an R Shiny app for Pareto optimization.Behavior research methods · 2026Review
- Managing Student Well-Being After Social Upheaval: An Examination of Bangladeshi University Responses.Public health challenges · 2026Article
- Relations between ethnic-racial identity statuses and critical consciousness among Latine adolescents.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026Article
- Using transition design to explore transition from adolescence to adulthood.Health care transitions · 2026Article
- Mediation analysis investigating the mechanisms of two school-based smoking prevention interventions in adolescents from Northern Ireland and Bogotá.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- From collective restriction to critical action: the indirect effects of critical motivation and radical hope.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- LGBTQ+ advocacy and inclusive school policies are associated with self-worth among youth in gender-sexuality alliances over the school year.Developmental psychology · 2025Article
- Adolescent Girls' Agency in an Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health and Economic Empowerment Intervention Pilot.Journal of adolescence · 2025Article
- Critical Reflection into Action: Facilitating Conditions of Antiracist Action among White Youth in the Netherlands.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- LGBTQ+ Youth Advocacy in Gender-Sexuality Alliances: Factors that Coincide with and Predict Involvement over Time.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- Discriminatory experiences, critical consciousness development, and well-being among emerging adults in and beyond the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.Developmental psychology · 2025Article
- Critical Consciousness in Sport Scale (CCSS): development and initial psychometrics properties.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2025Article
- Intersectional Dynamics of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration: Examining Health Outcomes among Black Immigrant Youth through Ethnic-Racial Identity Development and Critical Consciousness.Human development · 2025Article
- Grappling with Whiteness: Latent Profiles of White Racial Consciousness and Affect's Impact on Critical Reflection.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- "I Speak Up for Myself, My Family, and for My Community": How Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Respond to Anti-Asian Racism During COVID-19.Journal of community psychology · 2025Article
- The contribution of community service during the transition to adulthood to health in adulthood.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2024Article
- Discrimination, critical consciousness, and mental health in American youth of color.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2024Article
- Differential item functioning of the revised Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM-R) in racially and income diverse youth with type 1 diabetes.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Youth experiencing systemic oppression(s) face heightened challenges to wellbeing. Critical consciousness, comprised of reflection, motivation, and action against oppression, may protect wellbeing. Wellbeing here refers to mental, socioemotional, and physical health. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize research on the relationship between critical consciousness and wellbeing among adolescents and young adults (ages 12-29). Five databases (PsycInfo, PsychArticles, ERIC, Sociological Abstracts, and PubMed) were searched systematically using keyword searches and inclusion/exclusion criteria; 29 eligible studies were included. Results demonstrated that the critical consciousness and wellbeing relationship varied by critical consciousness dimension and age. The studies of adolescents most often focused on racial/ethnic marginalization and found critical motivation most strongly associated with better wellbeing. The studies of young adults focused on young adult college students and identified mixed results specifically between activism and mental health. Study methods across age spans were primarily quantitative and cross-sectional. Research on critical consciousness and wellbeing can benefit from studies that consider multiple critical consciousness dimensions, use longitudinal approaches, and include youth experiencing multiple and intersecting systems of privilege and marginalization.
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