Mental Health and Well-Being during Emerging Adulthood
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 18754
Special Issue Editor
Interests: clinical psychology; general psychology; individual differences; measurement in psychology (development, reliability and validity of questionnaires); personality; psychology of behavioral addiction
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Dear Colleagues,
Emerging adulthood (between 18 and 25) is one of the most challenging stages of life, situated between adolescence and adulthood in addition to being characterized by self-focus, identity explorations, instability of aims to achieve, and future plans (such as a good education, work, marriage, or parenthood). There are some differences in emerging adulthood within industrialized countries, as well as among the middle-class elite in nonindustrialized countries. In addition, we expect intergenerational differences related to the development of technology and civilization, as well as current crises (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic, ecological crises, and wars). The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect studies that contribute to recent advances in understanding mental health problems and predictors of the well-being of the emerging adult population. We invite academic societies of various disciplines of social and health sciences, to submit their studies focused on understanding and explaining how dynamic changes in life during emerging adulthood contribute to mental health and well-being. We expect cross-sectional, longitudinal, and review studies relevant to this subject. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, such issues during emerging adulthood as the prevalence and predictors of mental health and well-being; the well-being of university students; the mechanisms of transition to adulthood; facilitators and barriers to positive changes in life; resiliency and growth factors; substance use and addictive behavior versus health-related behavior; perspectives for self-actualization and development; the role of optimism and mindfulness; and diversity in social roles, gender, and sexual identity.
Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Rogowska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- addictive behavior
- anxiety
- depression
- emerging adulthood
- gender
- mental health
- mindfulness
- optimism
- physical health
- resiliency
- sexual identity
- stress
- substance use
- university students
- well-being
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