Social Connection and Adolescent Mental Health Difficulties
Duration: 34 mins
Publication Date: 14 Apr 2025
Next Review Date: 14 Apr 2028
DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13778
Description
What is social connection? How do the three dimensions of social connection impact mental health? Are there cross-country differences for certain social connection factors and their association with mental health difficulties? All this and more answered as Professor Umar Toseeb interviews Dr. Bettina Moltrecht and Dr. Mauricio Hoffmann about their latest research into social connection and adolescent internalising and externalising symptoms.
Learning Objectives
1. Social connection and the three dimensions of social connection – structural, functional, and quality.
2. Insight into internalising and externalising symptoms of mental health and the importance of looking at different cultural contexts, and cross-country differences, in the context of the study.
3. Retrospective measurement harmonisation and the involvement of lived experience perspectives.
4. Implications of the findings for researchers and practitioners.
