| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-24T07:39:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-24T07:39:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/97258 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Living with a congenital or acquired condition or injury that affects appearance can be challenging during adolescence. A visible difference can impact adolescents’ psychosocial adjustment by negatively affecting body image and may put some at risk for stigmatising experiences. Yet, tailored psychosocial support can be difficult to access, since local healthcare systems have few specialists with clinical expertise in addressing appearance concerns. This dissertation aimed to increase our understanding of how to strengthen adolescents’ adjustment to the psychosocial impact of living with a visible difference. This aim was concretised in three studies: the first explored the role of parents’ communication about appearance issues with their adolescents, the second evaluated the effectiveness of Young Person’s Face IT (YPF), a web-based intervention made to promote adolescents’ adjustment to a visible difference, and the third explored factors related to increased intervention effects from YPF. The dissertation demonstrates that parents’ openness to communicate about appearance issues and adolescents use of YPF may promote positive adjustment to a visible difference. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.relation.haspart | Paper I. Zelihić, D., Williamson, H., Kling, J., & Feragen, K. B. (2021). “It’s tough because I see that it’s upsetting her …”: A qualitative exploration of parents’ perceptions of talking with their adolescents about having a visible difference. Body Image, 38, 306–316. DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.05.006. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.05.006 | |
| dc.relation.haspart | Paper II. Zelihić, D., van Dalen, M., Kling, J., Pripp, A. H., Nordgreen, T., Kvalem, I. L., Pasmans, S. G. M. A., Mathijssen, I. M. J., Koudstaal, M. J., Hillegers, M. H. J., Williamson, H., Utens, E. M. W. J., Feragen, K. B., & Okkerse, J. M. E. (2022). Reducing social anxiety in adolescents distressed by a visible difference: Results from a randomised control trial of a web-based intervention. Body Image, 40, 295–309. DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.008. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.008 | |
| dc.relation.haspart | Paper III. Zelihić, D., Feragen, K. B., Nordgreen, T., Pripp, A. H., & Kling, J. (2023). Predictors of Adolescents’ Response to a Web-Based Intervention to Improve Psychosocial Adjustment to Having an Appearance-Affecting Condition (Young Person’s Face IT): Prospective Study. JMIR Form Res, 7:e35669. DOI: 10.2196/35669. The article (author's version) is included in the thesis. The article is also available at: https://doi.org/10.2196/35669 | |
| dc.relation.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.05.006 | |
| dc.relation.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.008 | |
| dc.relation.uri | https://doi.org/10.2196/35669 | |
| dc.title | Improving Adolescents’ Adjustment to the Psychosocial Impact of Living With a Visible Difference: Understanding the Role of Communication with Parents and Adolescents’ Use of Web-Based Support | en_US |
| dc.type | Doctoral thesis | en_US |
| dc.creator.author | Zelihić, Deniz | |
| dc.type.document | Doktoravhandling | en_US |