Risk and protective factors for mental health at a youth mass gathering

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dc.contributor.authorCruwys, Tegan
dc.contributor.authorSaeri, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorRadke, Helena
dc.contributor.authorWalter, Zoe
dc.contributor.authorCrimston, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorFerris, Laura
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-06T01:32:52Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-11
dc.description.abstractBackground Mass gatherings are well-documented for their public health risks; however, little research has examined their impact on mental health or focused on young people specifically. This study explores risk and protective factors for mental health at mass gatherings, with a particular focus on characterising attendees with high levels of psychological distress and risk taking. Method Data collection was conducted in situ at “Schoolies”, an annual informal week-long mass gathering of approximately 30,000 Australian school leavers. Participants were 812 attendees of Schoolies on the Gold Coast in 2015 or 2016 (74% aged 17 years old). Results In both years, attendee mental health was found to be significantly better than population norms for their age peers. Identification with the mass gathering predicted better mental health, and this relationship became stronger across the course of the mass gathering. Attendees with high levels of psychological distress were more likely to be male, socially isolated, impulsive, and in a friendship group where risk taking was normative. Conclusions Mass gatherings may have a net benefit for attendee mental health, especially for those attendees who are subjectively committed to the event. However, a vulnerable subgroup of attendees requires targeted mental health support.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThis Project was funded by the Australian Research Council (DE160100592) and the Safer Schoolies Initiative, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, Queensland Government.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationCruwys, T., Saeri, A.K., Radke, H.R.M. et al. Risk and protective factors for mental health at a youth mass gathering. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 28, 211–222 (2019). https://doi-org.virtual.anu.edu.au/10.1007/s00787-018-1163-7en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1018-8827en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/247366
dc.provenancehttps://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/7958..."Author accepted manuscript can be made open access on institutional repository after 12 month embargo" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 7.9.2021).
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_AU
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE160100592en_AU
dc.rights© 2018 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Natureen_AU
dc.sourceEuropean Child and Adolescent Psychiatryen_AU
dc.subjectSocial identityen_AU
dc.subjectWell-beingen_AU
dc.subjectMass gathering medicineen_AU
dc.subjectSpecial eventsen_AU
dc.subjectHealth risk behaviouren_AU
dc.titleRisk and protective factors for mental health at a youth mass gatheringen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-05-04
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage222en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage211en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCruwys, Tegan, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSaeri, Alexander, University of Queenslanden_AU
local.contributor.affiliationRadke, Helena, Osnabruck Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWalter, Zoe, University of Queenslanden_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCrimston, Daniel, University of Queenslanden_AU
local.contributor.affiliationFerris, Laura, University of Queenslanden_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu4213219@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidCruwys, Tegan, u4213219en_AU
local.description.notesAdded manually as didn't import from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5786633xPUB42en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume28en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s00787-018-1163-7en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu5031974en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://link.springer.com/en_AU
local.type.statusAccepted Versionen_AU

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