Young women's perspectives of mental health
Overall objective: to expand the knowledge of young women's own understanding and experience of mental health.
Concluded
Start
2017-08-01
Conclusion
2018-12-31
Main financing
Research area
Project manager at MDU
Quantitative measures: What are the relationships between young women's mental health and their experiences of social support, relational violence, social media and/or school violations, sex discrimination, and pornography?
Qualitative question: What subjective experiences do young women have of mental health and what does it contain from their perspective?
Objectives: To support young women to influence and change the conditions of mental health according to their own understanding of the phenomenon.
Activities: Data collection via survey and focus groups in elementary school with follow-up meetings with the young women after one semester. Feedback to schools and parents of the results on group-level.
