The Impact of Social Change on Child Mental Health in Eastern Europe

Lewis, Owen; Sargent, John; Friedrich, William N.; Chaffin, Mark; Cunningham, Nicholas; Cantor, Pamela

doi:10.1016/s1056-4993(18)30032-4

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“…Whereas unemployment was practically nonexistent under the former societal conditions, a relatively stable rate of 10% to more than 20% of unemployment developed in many regions of the former communist countries (Gorniak, 2001;Nauck & Schwenk, 2001). In addition, individuals faced reductions of social benefits, such as the scaling down or elimination of public subsidies that had supported the delivery of free or nominally priced services (e.g., childcare, healthcare; Lewis, Sargent, Friedrich, Chaffin, Cunningham, & Cantor, 2001). Many studies on the psychological consequences of the breakdown of the communist system follow a sociological approach.…”

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Human development in times of social change: Theoretical considerations and research needs

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Silbereisen

2004

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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Although social change is diverse and ubiquitous, there is to date little research on the impact of social change on individual development, nor on the variables that may mediate and moderate this impact. This lack is, in part, based on insufficient consideration of psychological theories that may be applied to social change, but particularly on the lack of specific theories on psychological consequences of social change. In addition, methodological problems in measuring the complexity of social change have limited research on the consequences of social change on human development. With a focus on the effects of the breakdown of the communist system in Eastern Germany and Eastern Europe on individual development, the present paper analyses how prominent psychological theories can be applied to research on human development in times of social change, namely, Bronfenbrenner’s ecological paradigm, the transactional stress theory, and recent developments of lifespan theories of control and coping. A behavioural model is introduced that analyses developmental consequences of individual’s coping with social change. Finally, we discuss methodological implications for studying social change and set out future research needs.

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Human development in times of social change: Theoretical considerations and research needs

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Silbereisen

2004

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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“…Resources in Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Countries (1996Countries ( -2003 In the spring of 1996, I joined an ongoing project (Lewis et al, 2001;Sicher et al, 2000) sponsored by the Open Society Foundation to provide education and training in the prevention, identification, protection, and treatment of children abused and neglected to selected mental health professionals from any of the 25 former Soviet-controlled countries that chose to participate in the program. Child abuse and neglect had not been recognized or legally prohibited during the Soviet period.…”

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Experiences in global mental health.

Sargent

2024

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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“…Although many research projects attempted to address this topic, they did so under a heterogeneous set of disciplines, methodologies and ideologies. What seems clear is that the transition brought about factors of collective wellbeing such as democratic changes, more respect to human rights, and a deinstitutionalization process of mental health facilities, but focused attention away from the role of society as a provider of care, promoting individualism (Lewis et al., 2001). Hence, many individuals’ adjustment to the process, especially that of the most vulnerable such as children or the unemployed, was very poor (World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, 2003).…”

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Psychosocial wellbeing in the Central and Eastern European transition: An overview and systematic bibliographic review

Eiroá-Orosa

2012

Int J Psychol

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This paper presents the results of a systematic review of literature on the psychosocial wellbeing of populations in Central and Eastern Europe during the transition period subsequent to the fall of the SovietBloc. A revision of research addressing emotional wellbeing trends in this period and theoretical models was carried in order to verify their validity in the analysis of empirical studies. Hence, a systematic bibliographic review was conducted, aiming to find possible subjective mediators between social variables derived from change sand emotional wellbeing. The results of the review show that subjective mediators such as locus of control,perceived control, self-efficacy beliefs, perceived familial support, and the subjective evaluation of social change explain part of the relationship between macrosocial changes and emotional wellbeing. Results appear coherent with proposed multidimensional models of social change and mental health, although further research should be conducted to determine the specific weight of these phenomena in individual emotional wellbeing.

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The Impact of Social Change on Child Mental Health in Eastern Europe

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Human development in times of social change: Theoretical considerations and research needs

Human development in times of social change: Theoretical considerations and research needs

Experiences in global mental health.

Psychosocial wellbeing in the Central and Eastern European transition: An overview and systematic bibliographic review

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