PREVALENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTOR AMONG ADOLESCENTS CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY IN NABLUS CITY

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2022-05-09
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Shoman, Iman
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جامعة النجاح الوطنية
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Background: Mental health conditions account for 16% of the global burden of disease and injury in people aged 10-19 years”. The importance of psychological distress is treated in many studies that dealt with its consequences through research and interpretation. We can note that there are various readings of its concept, classifications, risk factor, symptoms, effects, and strategies on how to deal with psychological distress. Perhaps this contrast is due to the difference in terms of reference and approach Objectives: Examine the prevalence of psychological distress among adolescents, determine the associated factor of psychological distress among adolescents, explore the consequences of psychological distress among adolescents, and find out the extent of the difference of psychological stress among adolescents, according to gender, age, economic situation, religious situation, emotional relationships, educational status, and physical change (BMI). Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive design was conducted in governmental schools involving adolescents (girls and boys) aged between 13to 18 years which were selected from 114 schools in Nablus city and surrounding villages. Sample size 382 students were randomly selected during the online questionnaires were distributed via online link. Results: the prevalence of psychological distress among adolescence in Nablus city during 2020\2021 is (60.8%). Find out many of associated factors is significant p value < 0.05 such as academic achievement, parental relationship, family income, and Covid-9. And discovered many of coping mechanism is significant such as reading Quran, prying (positively), hurt to self and smoking(negatively). Conclusions: the study concluded that almost all of the adolescents have different level of psychological distress with different associated factors. Also, all of the adolescents have different level of coping mechanism of psychological distress.
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Adolescents, psychological distress, school, associated factors, coping mechanism
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