Starr, Rachel and Farr, Joanna (2025) The stress of prioritizing the future: using video diaries and interviews to understand the everyday pressures experiencedby adolescent girls. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 30 (1), ISSN 0267-3843.
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Abstract
Evidence suggests that adolescent girls are struggling in everyday life, possibly contributing to rising mental health difficulties in this group. A better understanding of their situation is required, yet accessing their daily lives is challenging. This study adopted a novel approach, combining Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis with mobile-phone video diaries to explore how adolescent girls experience and make sense of their everyday lives, with a particular focus on what matters most to them. Participants aged 16–17 recorded diaries for two-weeks and were interviewed about the areas identified. Three themes: Sacrificing now under the weight of the future, The future is coming frighteningly fast and I’m not ready to be an adult and Don’t relax: struggling with relentless pressure and worry, reveal anguish caused by constantly looking towards the future, bringing a new perspective to this area and highlighting the need to help adolescent girls create space and value in their lives.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Interdisciplinary Research on Mental Health, Birkbeck Centre for |
| Depositing User: | Joanna Farr |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2025 08:35 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Sep 2025 18:34 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/55791 |
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