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Understanding youths’ concerns about climate change: a binational qualitative study of ecological burden and resilience
Thomas I, Martin A, Wicker A, Benoit L. Understanding youths’ concerns about climate change: a binational qualitative study of ecological burden and resilience. Child And Adolescent Psychiatry And Mental Health 2022, 16: 110. PMID: 36587220, PMCID: PMC9805369, DOI: 10.1186/s13034-022-00551-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFrench participantsU.S. participantsAge-appropriate explanationsIndividual climate actionSignificant anxiety symptomsSymbolic interactionist approachProsocial behaviorYoung peopleSpectrum of experiencesAnxiety symptomsAdolescents' experiencesSemi-structured focus groupsMore conflictInteractionist approachYounger participantsMental healthIndividual actionsFocus groupsYoung people's viewsYouth concernsParticipantsAdolescentsPeople's viewsFocus group dataChildrenClimate awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth: a qualitative study in a middle-income country
Chou D, Neto E, Thomas I, Martin A, Benoit L. Climate awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth: a qualitative study in a middle-income country. Brazilian Journal Of Psychiatry 2023, 45: 258-267. PMID: 37015325, PMCID: PMC10288477, DOI: 10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal perceptionSelf-care strategiesDevelopmental levelDifferent socioeconomic contextsQualitative studyInterpretative Phenomenological Analysis frameworkMental healthCollective levelYoung childrenDistinctive perceptionsRole modelsBrazilian childrenYoung peoplePerceptionEffective communicationChildrenFocus groups
2021
Review: Ecological awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth and their parents – a qualitative study of newspaper narratives
Benoit L, Thomas I, Martin A. Review: Ecological awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth and their parents – a qualitative study of newspaper narratives. Child And Adolescent Mental Health 2021, 27: 47-58. PMID: 34687125, DOI: 10.1111/camh.12514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClimate crisisYoung peopleYouth-led activismClimate change anxietyPatterns of discourseYoung activistsClimate changePress narrativesDiscourse analysisClimate actionImmature waysUltimate saviourYouth concernsSources of meaningNewspaper articlesNewspaper narrativesAttitudes of childrenInnocent victimsParadigmatic wayQualitative studyNVivo softwareEnvironmental actionsRespective perspectivesAmerican newspapersDefensive stance
2020
School Refusal or Truancy? A Qualitative Study of Misconceptions Among School Personnel About Absenteeism of Children From Immigrant Families
Martin R, Benoit J, Moro M, Benoit L. School Refusal or Truancy? A Qualitative Study of Misconceptions Among School Personnel About Absenteeism of Children From Immigrant Families. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2020, 11: 202. PMID: 32265757, PMCID: PMC7099978, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00202.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSchool personnelSchool attendance problemsSchool refusalImmigrant familiesYoung people's behaviorSchool cultureSchool identificationSchool exclusionMigrant familiesUse of interpretersExclusionary attitudesSchool attendanceSchool refusersSchool withdrawalUniversalist ideologySocial inequalitiesAttendance problemsTranscultural trainingQualitative interviewsParents' attitudesYoung peopleChildren's accessStudentsCultural factorsTranscultural context