young ppl

Question 1

triple dividend

Answer 1

1. Benefits for adolescents now
2. Benefits for their future adult lives
3. Benefits for their children

Question 2

inverse care law

Answer 2

those who most need medical or social care or often those who are least likely to get it, while those who least need medical or social care are those who often have most access to it

Question 3

Personally-mediated racism

Answer 3

prejudice and discrimination based on race/ethnicity

Question 4

Perceived ethnicity

Answer 4

the ethnicity others perceive one to be based on one’s skin colour, dress, accent etc.

Question 5

snowflake hypothesis

Answer 5

• Increased parental overprotection and reduced exposure to challenges during childhood has led to lower resilience among young people
• Influences like greater parental monitoring, parental stress and a more fearful or controlled upbringing are thought to have made youth more emotionally vulnerable or less able to cope with everyday stress
• this contributes to increased reporting of depressive symptoms

Question 6

doomer hypothesis

Answer 6

• the rise in depressive symptoms among young people is partly driven by a sense of hopelessness about the future
• includes concerns about job insecurity, housing affordability, climate crisis, political polarisation

Question 7

igen hypothesis

Answer 7

• links the rise in depressive symptoms among young people to the increased use of smartphones, social media, and internet access since around 2012
• suggests that heavy screen time has contributed to poor mental health
• but this is mediated by other lifestyle changes like reduced sleep, less physical activity, less in-person communication (e.g. with parents), increased cyberbullying