Psychological and overall well-being of Italian young adults in transition to adulthood: Evidence from a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study
dc.contributor.author | Di Napoli, I. | |
dc.contributor.author | Di Martino, Salvatore | |
dc.contributor.author | Agueli, B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Arcidiancono, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Esposito, C. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-15T12:59:50Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-22T08:06:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-15T12:59:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-22T08:06:48Z | |
dc.identifier.citation | Di Napoli I, Di Martino S, Agueli B et al (2022) Psychological and overall well-being of Italian young adults in transition to adulthood: Evidence from a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. 33(1): 152-173. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10454/19152 | |
dc.description | Yes | |
dc.description.abstract | Transitioning to adulthood is a fundamental yet challenging phase in human development. Despite its relevance, the literature has paid little attention to the impact that transitioning to adulthood has on multiple aspects of individual well-being. This is one of the few attempts that has employed a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study to explore how the path to adulthood impacted on the psychological and overall well-being of Italian young adults. In the quantitative phase, we employed two-step cluster analysis to assign 45 young adults, who had completed the Italian I COPPE scale of multidimensional well-being, to three clusters based on their level of change in psychological and overall well-being. Results from mixed design ANCOVA revealed that participants belonging to the high change cluster showed the highest significant positive change over time with respect to well-being. In the qualitative phase, 17 individuals took part in focalized narrative interviews, which aimed at exploring significant events, barriers, and facilitators, which had impacted on their well-being during the transition to adulthood. The textual material was analysed through the Grounded Theory Methodology. It emerged that the state of transition was associated with some triggering events and a temporary negative impact on the interviewees' well-being. However, findings also revealed that people assigned to different clusters had put in place or learned several resources, skills, and copying strategies, which led to different transitional and well-being outcomes. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.rights | (c) 2022 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) | |
dc.subject | Grounded theory | |
dc.subject | Mixed-methods | |
dc.subject | Transition to adulthood | |
dc.subject | Wellbeing | |
dc.title | Psychological and overall well-being of Italian young adults in transition to adulthood: Evidence from a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study | |
dc.status.refereed | Yes | |
dc.date.application | 2022-08-26 | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.type.version | Published version | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2647 | |
dc.rights.license | CC-BY | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-09-15T12:59:53Z | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-09-22T08:07:29Z | |
dc.openaccess.status | openAccess | |
dc.date.accepted | 2022-07-26 |