Volume 11, Number 1, 2024

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Objectives: Anchored in self-determination theory, this study investigates the associations between borderline personality disorder (BPD) features and basic psychological need frustration (BPNF) in adolescents.

Methods: Participants (N = 270; M age = 15.3) assessed their own BPD features and BPNF through an online questionnaire.

Results: Regression analyses revealed that frustrations of relatedness, autonomy, and competence were jointly and uniquely associated with more BPD features in adolescents, controlling for their gender and parents’ education.

Implications: These results suggest the importance of taking BPNF into account to better understand the early signs of BPD among adolescents.

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Objectives: This study explores the associations between paternal negative parenting—specifically rejection, control/overprotection, and anxious rearing—and adolescent ill-being. Additionally, it examines whether resilience moderates these relationships, potentially buffering the negative effects of paternal negative parenting on adolescent well-being.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 331 adolescents (ages 12-16) from junior and senior high schools in Attica, Greece. Participants completed the Berne Questionnaire of Subjective Well-Being/Youth Form (BSW/Y), the Egna Minnen Betraffande Uppfostran (EMBU-C) questionnaire, and the Resilience Scale. Correlation analyses, multiple regression models, and moderation analyses were employed to examine the associations between paternal negative parenting, resilience, and adolescent ill-being.

Results: Results showed that paternal rejection, though the least reported, was the strongest predictor of adolescent ill-being. Resilience was negatively associated with paternal rejection and significantly predicted well-being outcomes. A moderation analysis revealed that resilience buffered the negative association between paternal control/overprotection and adolescent ill-being, with lower resilience amplifying the adverse effects. Younger adolescents perceived their fathers as more controlling and overprotective, while girls reported higher ill-being than boys.

Implications: These findings highlight the pivotal role of resilience in mitigating the adverse effects of paternal negative parenting. Intervention efforts should prioritize the reduction of paternal rejection and control/overprotection, while simultaneously fostering resilience in adolescents. Integrating resilience-building components and encouraging positive paternal involvement may enhance psychosocial outcomes and promote adaptive developmental trajectories.

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Objectifs : Cette étude examine la relation entre la parentalité négative paternelle—rejet, contrôle/surprotection et éducation anxieuse—et le mal-être des adolescents. De plus, elle explore si la résilience modère ces relations, atténuant potentiellement les effets négatifs de la parentalité négative paternelle sur le bien-être des adolescents.

Méthodes : Une étude transversale a été menée auprès de 331 adolescents (âgés de 12 à 17 ans) issus d’écoles secondaires en Attique, en Grèce. Les participants ont complété le questionnaire Berne Questionnaire of Subjective Well-Being/Youth Form, Egna Minnen Betraffande Uppfostran (EMBU-C) et l’Échelle de Résilience. Des analyses de corrélation, des modèles de régression multiple et des analyses de modération ont été réalisées afin d'examiner les associations entre la parentalité paternelle, la résilience et le mal-être des adolescents.

Résultats : Le rejet paternel, bien que le moins fréquemment signalé, présentait l’association négative la plus forte avec le bien-être des adolescents. La résilience était négativement corrélée au rejet paternel et prédictible de manière significative du bien-être adolescent. De plus, la résilience modérait la relation entre le contrôle/surprotection paternelle et le mal-être adolescent, de sorte qu'une faible résilience amplifiait les effets négatifs du contrôle/surprotection paternelle. Des différences liées à l'âge et au genre ont également été observées : les adolescents plus jeunes percevaient leurs pères comme plus contrôlants et surprotecteurs, tandis que les filles rapportaient un mal-être plus élevé que les garçons.

Implications : Ces résultats soulignent le rôle fondamental de la résilience dans l’atténuation des effets négatifs de la parentalité paternelle négative. Les interventions parentales devraient se concentrer sur la réduction du rejet et du contrôle/surprotection paternelle tout en favorisant la résilience des adolescents. Les écoles et les programmes de soutien familial devraient intégrer des stratégies de développement de la résilience et encourager l’implication positive des pères afin d'améliorer le bien-être des adolescents.

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Objectives: This paper presents results from a mixed methods online survey on factors related to child welfare professionals’ experiences with supervision, considered within the framework of organizational resilience.

Methods: This analysis presents results from 543 child protective service (CPS) professionals in the United States.

Results: About a quarter of these child welfare professionals currently held supervisory roles. Comparisons of those without supervisory roles indicate higher mean ratings on perceptions of support and care from those not currently in supervisory roles, while those currently in supervisory roles reported higher mean ratings on perceptions of potential growth and promotion. Outcomes including intention to stay in child welfare, satisfaction with position, and salary were significantly associated with positive supervision components. These professionals’ qualitative responses highlight a need for consideration of supervision approaches that reflect trauma-informed components and that foster organizational resilience.

Implications: Implementation of these critical supports for child welfare professionals may have lasting impacts on the well-being of children, youth, and families.

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Objectives: Trauma in migration is shaped by individual, social, and structural factors. Using an intersectional lens, this scoping review examines how trauma (i.e., as defined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; SAMHSA, 2014) is conceptualized in literature on young West Asian women in Western contexts. Given large-scale migration form West Asia over the past two decades, understanding these definitions is key to identifying gaps and informing resilience and recovery efforts.

Methods: Using Arksey and O'Malley’s (2005) five-stage framework, a scoping review was conducted. From 424 articles (post-duplicates), 112 were screened, and 15 met the inclusion criteria for final analysis.

Results: Trauma in migration is mainly defined as exposure to life-threatening events like war, persecution, or refugee camp conditions. Its impact is shaped by pre-existing (e.g., age, gender) and situational (e.g., discrimination, cultural dislocation) factors. Effects are typically framed clinically (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and somatization).

Conclusions: Trauma is often framed as isolated events, with little attention to ongoing, complex experiences. Lived experiences and broader impacts are overlooked, with a reliance on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD) frameworks. Intersectionality and trauma specific to young West Asian migrant women is rarely addressed across all three Es of trauma: Event, Experience, and Effect. Recovery strategies lack tangible actions.

Implications: Future research could explore trauma’s complex nature. Centering the lived experiences of young West Asian migrant women through intersectional and mixed-methods approaches is essential. Policies must be trauma-informed, gender- and age-responsive, and address post-migration stressors. Interventions should be co-designed with the target population, culturally grounded, and attuned to systemic and relational dimensions of trauma.

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Contexte : Cette étude explore les expériences traumatiques des jeunes femmes migrantes d’Asie de l’Ouest dans les pays occidentaux, en mettant l’accent sur la manière dont le traumatisme dans le contexte de la migration est défini dans la littérature. Compte tenu des mouvements migratoires significatifs et complexes en Asie de l’Ouest, il est essentiel de comprendre les adversités uniques rencontrées par cette population afin de renforcer la résilience et de promouvoir le rétablissement.

Méthodologie et conception : Une revue exploratoire a été menée en utilisant le cadre en cinq étapes d’Arksey et O’Malley. Une recherche initiale a identifié 318 articles, dont 90 ont été examinés pour leur pertinence. Après application des critères d’inclusion et d’exclusion, 10 articles ont été retenus pour l’analyse finale.

Résultats : La revue a révélé que le traumatisme dans la migration est principalement défini comme des événements menaçant la vie avant et pendant le processus migratoire, tels que la guerre, la violence, la persécution et les conditions difficiles dans les camps de réfugiés. Le traumatisme est influencé par des vulnérabilités préexistantes, comme l’âge et le genre, ainsi que par des facteurs post-migratoires, tels que la discrimination et les différences culturelles. Les effets sont principalement observés sous forme de symptômes cliniques de santé mentale, notamment le trouble de stress post-traumatique (TSPT), la dépression et l’anxiété.

Conclusion : Cette analyse montre que, bien que la littérature reconnaisse l’impact significatif des contextes sociopolitiques sur le traumatisme chez les jeunes femmes d’Asie de l’Ouest dans la migration, elle adopte souvent une approche clinique individualiste basée sur les critères du DSM-4/5 et de la CIM-10. Bien que certaines études reconnaissent les expériences traumatiques uniques liées aux positions sociales et aux identités intersectionnelles des migrantes, les recherches spécifiquement centrées sur ces expériences restent rares. De plus, l’exploration des effets du traumatisme se concentre largement sur les diagnostics de santé mentale, et les recommandations pour le rétablissement manquent de stratégies concrètes et pratiques.

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Objectives: Since October 2023, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has particularly affected international communities and diasporas. Within Quebec, Canada, these tensions added to existing social polarization, not sparing the school environment, by creating feelings of fear, anger, powerlessness, deteriorating school climate, and hindering individuals’ and groups’ ability to empathize with one another. This article reports a rapid intervention aimed at mitigating distress and hate in the educational environment through training and supporting school teams.

Methods: Five training webinars were organized for school professionals within the Quebec Ministry of Education. Pre-webinar surveys were disseminated to participants to identify if and how the conflict had impacted their school environment to inform trainings. A thematic analysis was carried out on pre-webinar survey responses, chat feedback and field notes collected throughout the webinars.

Results: Having an opportunity to share and address concerns, receive reassurance, positive reinforcement, and guidance around strategies, proved to be helpful for school teams. In a context of crisis and politicized emotions, the intervention legitimized a range of emotional responses, addressed school team and community divides, and encouraged double empathy while acknowledging its limits. Finally, these activities also unveiled the potential dangers associated with silencing dissent and highlighted the value of mobilizing agency around school teams’ common mandate to educate and protect children from all communities, and in spite of the expression of divergent solidarities.

Implications: In times of crisis, school team and youth engagement in empathy-based activities facilitating non-judgmental expression and awareness of the Other can appease heightened emotions and prepare for dialogue, healing, and coexistence as a way forward.