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Venla Hakala; Laura Mielityinen; Kirsi Peltonen; Taina Laajasalo; Noora Ellonen – Youth & Society, 2025
Armed conflicts violate young people's rights by exposing them to violence and trauma, disrupting their sense of safety. This study examines how Russia's war against Ukraine affects Ukrainian adolescents' lives. The study utilizes data from Let's Chat, a free, low-threshold support service for Ukrainian-speaking children and youths. We analyzed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Trauma, Violence
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Rogers, Marg; Bible, Vanessa; Johnson, Amy; Bird, Jo; Harrington, Ingrid; Baker, Pep – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2021
Parental deployment and frequent relocations exert significant stress on children from military families. This stress can be extremely disruptive to young children's social, cognitive and behavioural development. It can result in negative social, emotional, and physical responses. There are a broad range of programs, resources, and services…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Military Service, Relocation, Stress Variables
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Xi, Juan; Hwang, Sean-Shong – Social Indicators Research, 2011
The involuntary relocation of people for development purposes has become prevalent across the world in recent decades. Depression is one of the documented negative outcomes of involuntary relocation among resettlers. Viewing the affected population simply as passive victims, past studies have largely ignored the coping strategies employed by…
Descriptors: Coping, Foreign Countries, Relocation, Depression (Psychology)
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Wrench, Alison; Garrett, Robyne; King, Sharron – Journal of Youth Studies, 2013
It is widely acknowledged that social conditions are directly associated with health and well-being. Significantly little is known about the impact of changing social conditions, including the transition to higher education, on young people's health and well-being. This qualitative research investigated perceptions and factors that influence…
Descriptors: Well Being, Social Change, Health Conditions, Student Adjustment
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Chill, Abigail S. – Social Education, 2009
Is the anticipated move of a school to a new location a source of curious excitement and optimism or an occasion for trepidation, recrimination, and anxiety? As plans to relocate the Walworth Barbour American International School in Israel from Kfar Shmaryahu (its location for over 40 years) to Even Yehuda became more immediate, teachers and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Service Learning, Foreign Countries, International Schools
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Ratzoni, G.; And Others – Journal of Adolescence, 1988
Examines 12-month period in 1983-1984 when large number of Ethiopian Jews emigrated to Israel under very stressful conditions. Notes that many immigrants were adolescents who left their families behind in Ethiopia. Focuses on nine adolescent immigrants who developed psychiatric disabilities severe enough to warrant hospitalization, describing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Jews
Rutman, Deborah L.; Freedman, Jonathan L. – 1987
Research has examined the effects of relocation on the physical and psychological well-being of the elderly, but has usually neglected the pre-relocation or anticipatory period. A study was conducted to examine the experiences of older persons waiting to relocate to subsidized age-segregated apartments. Subjects were interviewed twice over a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Foreign Countries, Older Adults
Rutman, Deborah L. – 1988
People who decide or are forced to relocate often undergo a lengthy waiting period before they can move. This waiting period may be a highly stressful time for individuals anticipating relocation. This study explored relocating older adults' (N=63) coping strategies and the impact of these strategies on health, cognitive functioning, and well…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Coping, Expectation
Seng, Seok-Hoon; Betts, Debra – 1993
This cross-cultural study compared the lives of Chinese children and British expatriate children, assessed the children's perception of potentially stressful life events, and examined the relationship between the children's cognitive maturity and their adjustment skills. Subjects were 25 British preschool children living in Singapore and 25 local…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences