Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access

Handling demands on success among girls and boys in primary school- A conceptual model

5^th International Conference on Pediatric Nursing & Healthcare

July 11-12, 2016 Cologne, Germany

Marie Wilhsson

Halmstad University, Sweden

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Pediat Therapeut

Abstract :

Background: Stress among adolescents in Western societies is becoming an issue of increasing concern and the global trend of adolescentsâ�?�? health shows a gradual deterioration that is independent of national differences and increases with age. Research shows that many adolescents report high levels of stress, associated with a change in expectations about performance and an increased focus on school results. Purpose/methods: The aim of this study was to explore the main concern of adolescents to get a deeper knowledge on how they cope with demands in everyday life. Grounded theory was used as a method to generate a model. Results: The core category â�?�?striving to be successful and to succeedâ�? explains participantsâ�?�? main concern in their everyday lives as a continuous process aiming for success in the present and to succeed throughout their lives. The category is what the participants describe as a race against time and can be divided into the two conceptual categories â�?�?struggling with timeâ�? and â�?�?separating life into different worldsâ�?, pronouncing how they struggle and cope with their main concern in order to obtain wellbeing. Our results show a difference between how girls and boys cope with their demands. Conclusions: We show that girls and boys used different strategies to cope with stress in their everyday life. The results are based on adolescentâ�?�?s experiences and are therefore an important contribution for initiating interventions aimed at promoting adolescents mental health from a gender perspective.

Biography :

Marie Wilhsson is a PhD student since 2012 at School of Health and Welfare. His clinical background is in pediatric care, school nursing and psychiatric youth care.

Email: marie.wilhsson@hh.se