Resilience to structural violence: an exploration of the multisystemic resources that enable youth hope

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI:10.1177/00812463241266337

Bongiwe Ncube, Linda Theron, S. Haffejee

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Abstract

Youth in structurally violent environments emphasise hope when explaining their resilience. Even so, the multisystemic resources that enable hope (also over time) are relatively underreported for African young people. In response to this gap, we report a qualitative study that identified the hope-enabling resources that contributed to the resilience of two samples of African youth aged 15–24 and living in the township of eMbalenhle, South Africa. Using Draw-Write-Talk methodology, the 2017 sample ( n = 30; Mage = 18.6; 56% male youth) and 2018 sample ( n = 7; Mage = 18.4; 85% female youth) generated visual and narrative data of their experiences of hope enablers. A thematic analysis showed that a multisystemic mix of contextually relevant resources typically explained youth capacity for hope in the face of structural violence. Four resources informed this mix: personal strengths, faith-based beliefs, positive personal relationships, and tangible sources of inspiration. This contextually relevant mix, and its putative durability over time, has implications for how psychologists and policymakers support youth in structurally violent contexts to be hopefully resilient.

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对结构性暴力的复原力：探索使青年充满希望的多系统资源

处于结构性暴力环境中的青年在解释其复原力时强调希望。即便如此，对于非洲青少年来说，能够带来希望的多系统资源（也会随着时间的推移而改变）的报道相对较少。针对这一空白，我们报告了一项定性研究，该研究确定了两个年龄在 15-24 岁、生活在南非 eMbalenhle 镇的非洲青年样本中有助于提高抗逆力的希望资源。利用 "画-写-谈 "方法，2017 年样本（n = 30；Mage = 18.6；56% 为男性青年）和 2018 年样本（n = 7；Mage = 18.4；85% 为女性青年）生成了视觉和叙事数据，展示了他们对希望促成因素的体验。主题分析表明，与背景相关的多系统资源组合通常可以解释青少年在面对结构性暴力时的希望能力。这一组合包含了四种资源：个人力量、信仰、积极的人际关系和有形的灵感来源。这种与环境相关的组合及其假定的长期持久性，对心理学家和政策制定者如何支持处于结构性暴力环境中的青少年，使其具有希望的复原力具有启示意义。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.