Opinions Of Young People Research Articles

Research and Analysis of the Booming Market of Korea’s IP Image LOOPY

International IP industry practice is an essential component of international communication and cross-cultural exchange. (Rong & Ji, 2020) Recently, the Korean IP LOOPY has exploded and there are many valuable experiences worth learning from. This article delves into the reasons for the success of the renowned IP LOOPY and proposes a method for inspiring the creation of successful IP. This study collected young people's opinions on the popularity of LOOPY in the form of a questionnaire, and collected a total of 108 valid feedback survey data. Through a detailed analysis of the data, it is found that the reasons for LOOPY’s success include unique character designs, emotional resonance that is highly attuned to audience needs, and excellent IP management strategies.Based on this, this paper proposes a method for creating new IP. Firstly, creativity should be at the core to create a unique story background and attractive characters and world view. Secondly, attention should be paid to the needs of the audience, creating emotional resonance points, and enhancing fan stickiness. Then, continuous content creation of the IP. Finally, diversified marketing methods should be used to expand the influence of the IP. The conclusions drawn from this research have certain reference significance for the development of China's IP industry and aim to provide useful guidance for practitioners.

Environmental CSR and the Purchase Declarations of Generation Z Consumers

Activities in the area of corporate social responsibility are more and more widely and willingly undertaken not only by large companies but also those in the SME sector. A very important part of these activities is environmental protection. Therefore, the question of how these activities are evaluated by their beneficiaries should be asked. One important group of recipients of CSR initiatives are consumers. We considered the opinions of young people from Generation Z to be particularly important because this generation is just entering the consumer market and thus will influence its formation for many years to come. We conducted a survey on a sample of 344 respondents from Generation Z to check whether the environmental CSR initiatives are perceived and appreciated by Generation Z consumers. The survey was expanded to include the influence of the gender factor and the type of education of the people surveyed (technical, business and humanities education). The results of this study indicate that young people (from Generation Z) declare the need to care about the environment and pay attention as consumers to pro-environmental activities implemented as part of CSR. Evaluations of these activities differ between genders. Also, the education profile matters in the perception of environmental CSR initiatives.

Digital Approach to Successful Business Plans in Forestry and Related Fields

This paper introduces the KABADA (Knowledge Alliance of Business Idea Assessment: Digital Approach) tool, together with the opinions of young people about entrepreneurship, their skills, and their experience with this tool. The focus is on non-business students who study natural sciences, engineering, and other areas at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. The KABADA tool has been developed and tested by a team of international experts. It can be used by a wide audience, including forester management specialists. This structured, web-based platform is based on theoretical research, relevant statistics, and artificial intelligence insights. It guides entrepreneurs through business idea assessment including challenges and opportunities. The research included survey answers from 60 university students before and after using the KABADA tool. The results show that students are interested in entrepreneurship but do not have the knowledge or experience, or support from the curriculum. The majority of the students had no or very low experience with entrepreneurship, no entrepreneurship training, and had not studied entrepreneurship. After using the tool, students declared that they had a higher knowledge of entrepreneurship and the number of students who intended to become an entrepreneur increased. The tool is available online, free of charge.

Preservation of traditional values as the basis for responsible and safe behaviour of young people

The article presents the results of the study of the subject area related to the attitude of young people to the preservation of spiritual and moral values. We carried out a multilevel analysis of the process of formation of spiritual and moral values of the younger generation. The theoretical prerequisites of the empirical part of the study are based on a brief review of the literature; it is reflected in the information blocks of the toolkit. To study the attitude of young people (to the preservation of spiritual and moral values in the regional community) 3 information sections were identified as part of the questionnaire survey. 1st section – opinions of young people about family and marriage relations; 2nd section – preservation of traditional values of the people and the country; 3rd section – attitude to religion and participation in helping others. The survey database was processed in the SPSS Statistics program (version 23). The assessment of the attitude of young people (to the preservation of spiritual and moral values in the regional community) makes it possible to use information to improve the spiritual and moral education of young people by such social institutions as education, social protection of the population, culture and youth policy. The results of the study contribute to the information and analytical support of programs for the socio-cultural development of the territories of the South of Russia and the sustainable development of the regional community.

A permanent chair in decision making: celebrating youth participation

Meaningful youth engagement is a trending concept in the global health arena. In 2018, the UN Youth Strategy “Youth 2030” was announced, as the first ever UN system-wide strategy focusing on youth, intending to guide joint UN action for and with young people globally. This was followed by the launch of the WHO Youth Council in 2021. Following their lead, many global health organisations are making efforts to uphold the concept of meaningful youth engagement, and have created spaces for young people to take part in processes and decisions on issues concerning their own health. While discussions around youth engagement and inclusion are indeed increasing, it remains to be seen whether these have translated into processes and outcomes that truly reflect the needs and opinions of young people. Our new youth advisory panelTo deliver child and adolescent health research, news, and insights on a global scale, who better to advise and contribute as advocates for young people than young people? Meet the new international youth advisory panel who are itching to transform their personal and professional experience into positive action. Full-Text PDF Our updated International Advisory Board and new Youth Advisory PanelAs The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health reaches its fourth birthday, we are delighted to announce our updated International Advisory Board. Our inaugural advisory board has been phenomenally helpful in shaping the journal and advising us on crucial areas of research within paediatrics and child and adolescent health. We are hugely grateful for their time and effort. Full-Text PDF

Collective participation of children and young people in child welfare services – opportunities and challenges

ABSTRACT This study explores opportunities and challenges for the participation of children and young people in Norwegian Child Welfare Services (CWS) through analysis from an action research project. The project aimed at collective participation in developing and improving child welfare services in a research circle in cooperation between young people, social workers from CWS and researchers. The researchers intended to involve the young people directly in the project, but the social workers opposed this. The project, therefore, proceeded with social workers and researchers in the research circle and parallel interviews and group conferences with young people with experience from CWS. The young people reported that they would have participated in the research circle if invited. This dichotomy between the social workers and the young people's opinions is the background for discussing opportunities and challenges for children and young people's collective participation in CWS. We conclude that a view of CYP and professional role characterised by protectionism and paternalism, together with a lack of knowledge and experience, hinder the collective participation of children and young people. We recommend that Child welfare services explore and develop working methods for collective participation in cooperation with children and young people.

Young People and Covid-19 Pandemic in Our Country.

The current COVID-19 pandemic has raised significant mental health consequences across the world. Even though healthcare workers provide psychological services, the mental health of the overall population often is cause for concern. Psychosocial stressors of the population play a critical role in impacting both the spread of the disease and the occurrence of emotional distress and psychological disorder, during and after an infectious disease outbreak. The inability to plan, to anticipate future events, and to exert control, at least partially, over external variables inevitably generate stress and tension. Subsequently, this condition can generate more or less discomfort depending on the subjective evaluation of the individual, an evaluation which is influenced by the individual's stable personality traits. In fact, subjective experiences are never unique: stimuli endowed with the same stressful power do not necessarily cause these reactions in different individuals, while stressful conditions of varying degrees can induce the same response in different people. The aim of this research was to evaluate some aspects of mental health using answers related to this pandemic of a group young people, selected by chance. Results showed important changes in quality of life, insecurity, changes in mood and behaviour as well as not optimistic view for the future life. Discussion confirmed similar finding about young people opinions from other counties. Additionally, some mediating measures are proposed.

What's Up With Everyone? A qualitative study on young people's perceptions of cocreated online animations to promote mental health literacy.

IntroductionAdolescence and young adulthood are especially critical times to learn about mental health, given that 75% of mental health issues are developed by the age of 24. Animations have great potential to effectively deliver mental health information to young people. A series of five short animated films to promote mental health literacy were created with and for young people in partnership with the multi‐award‐winning independent animation studio, Aardman Animations. The aim of this study was to explore young people's perceptions of the cocreated animated films.MethodsSeven Youth Juries were conducted to capture young people's opinions and recommendations about the content related to mental health literacy and presentation style of the cocreated animated films. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the audio transcripts.ResultsMany participants reported a view that the animated films had the potential to promote mental health literacy, especially for understanding mental health and reducing stigma. Some recommendations were provided to improve the films, such as including subtitles and having a better transition to the companion website.ConclusionCocreated animations have great potential to promote the mental health literacy of young people. We hope that the findings from the present study will inform future media development to make them as effective as possible.Patient or Public ContributionYoung people were actively involved in the development, production, implementation and evaluation (up to the time before data analysis) of the animated films.

OA31 Youth-led development of an animated film to aid recruitment to a national youth advisory group for adolescent and young adult rheumatology

Background/AimsYour Rheum is a national youth advisory group for adolescent and young adult rheumatology, to ensure meaningful involvement of young people at all stages of research. It was established in 2016 as a result of nationwide research, which reported that young people with rheumatic conditions wanted to be actively involved and had clear opinions of how they wanted to be involved and the priorities for such research. Young people ageing-out of the group remains challenging in view of the national nature of the group and was further compounded by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which prevented the face-to-face meetings of the group. The aim of this project was to develop a short animation detailing what Your Rheum is about to encourage young people to join.MethodsContent for the animation was gathered at a virtual Your Rheum meeting and via an online survey sent to members. A smaller group of members (n = 4) then worked with the Your Rheum facilitator and a national animation company, More Than Minutes, to create a script, storyboard, to choose imagery, colour schemes and discuss a voiceover. The animation was subsequently revised in the light of feedback from the young people.ResultsKey areas of content included: who can get involved in Your Rheum and membership; the different ways the group works with researchers for example group virtual and face-to-face activities, individual online activities; examples of different projects and topics of research discussed; why it is important to involve young people in research; how to contact the Your Rheum team. It was important to ensure the animation imagery was bright, fun and highlighted diversity. Language used in the film had to be clear and simple to understand, to enable young people from the age of 11 years upwards to relate. Subtitles on the video were also an important feature. The animation was successfully launched in September 2021 - [https://youtu.be/Y8OqmEJZ9Eo]ConclusionIt is important to harness the experience and opinions of young people at all stages of research including recruitment strategies and dissemination, as this can result in resources that truly resonant with this age group.Disclosure L.E. Lunt: None. M. Purvis: None. S. Gnanenthiran: None. P. Zing: None. J.E. McDonagh: Consultancies; Consultancy fees from Pfizer (2018) and CSL-Behring (2021).

Youth Labor Market in the Framework of Social Partnership: Current State and Directions of Development

In any developed country, the state pays special attention to the development of human capital, which has a positive effect on the quality of life and the efficiency of the economy. Kazakhstan is no exception. The current crisis conditions point to the need to create a system of social protection for the young unemployed since the future of independent Kazakhstan depends on youth. There have been significant changes in the structure of employment in Kazakhstan. The purpose of the study was to study and make recommendations on the development of the labor market based on the opinions of young people and employers in Kazakhstan. The online survey was conducted among working, self-employed and unemployed youth of 14 regions and 3 cities, namely, Nursultan, Almaty, Shymkent, seven districts of Atyrau region (Isatay, Makhambet, Kzylkoga, Kurmangazy, Inder, Makat, Zhylyoy). The public opinion of the youth of Kazakhstan on the problems of employment, youth labor market and labor migration are studied. Within the framework of the social partnership, the theoretical foundations of labor market regulation and its mechanisms were considered, the main causes of youth unemployment are considered, recommendations for the development of the youth labor market are given. The research has scientific value, as it makes a certain contribution to the development of the youth market. Professional training and retraining of young specialists, advanced training, informing young people about vacancies in institutions, improving the digitalization of the labor market are needed among young people.

Intergenerational differences and conflicts during the pandemic crisis in Italy

Introduction. The health, economic and social crisis caused by the Covid 19 pandemic in Italy has produced a wide range of consequences and reactions. It has favoured the re-emergence of intergenerational conflicts that had long been latent. The present article focuses on this phenomenon in depth and analyses the most salient results of a study conducted in the Emilia Romagna region. In this study, different generational groups were interviewed, from adolescents to adults and the elderly. Methodology. The study was performed in November 2020, in the days immediately after measures to contain the epidemic were introduced via governmental decree. Strict limitations to individual behaviour, school attendance and the possibility of exercising certain professions were announced. The opinions of young people, adults and the elderly were collected regarding: the Italian government’s decisions; the concept of health; social life; and behaviours relating to the respect or not of the restrictions. Based on the gathered data, the present work sought to highlight the generational specificities, commonalities and, above all, the elements of intergenerational conflict. Results. A picture emerged in which, alongside the shared admission that health – understood in its broadest sense of physical and psychological well-being – must be protected and defended, each generational group also considered its own demands as a priority. These demands were linked to the enjoyment of social life, to work needs and to their own specific health requirements. They also presented themselves as victims of rules and behaviours that were not very protective and that favoured, above all, other age groups. An excess of self-referentiality, which cut across all age groups, led to closing in on themselves and implosions, arousing conflicting positions. Discussion and conclusions. The reported opinions testify to the re-emergence of a hitherto underlying intergenerational conflict, stemming from the new generations’ difficulties regarding social mobility, but also from a culture of selfish hedonism. Until the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, this hedonism had been manifesting itself as a consequence of an ultraliberalism that puts the dimensions of «having» before that of «being», and the «individual» before the «community».

Educating Adults with a Location-Based Augmented Reality Game: A Content Analysis Approach

With the exception of Pokémon Go, relatively little is known about other Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) games, and the attitudes of middle-aged and elderly adults towards them are hitherto poorly examined. The aim of this research is to examine the opinions of young, middle-aged, and elderly adults about the location-based MAR game Ingress. The responses to questions related to Ingress were collected from 24 adult players aged 20–60 from Greece and subsequently were analyzed by means of content analysis, both qualitatively and quantitatively, using the Jaccard index of similarity. Our findings showed that opinions of young people (20–35) agree more with those of elderly adults (>52) than with those of the intermediate age group of 36–51. It was also revealed that knowledge of geography facilitates the ability to play the game better, the game’s scenario is very interesting to adults, and the feeling of playing locally in a global game is also appreciated by all age groups. Along with these findings, with this research, it was shown that (a) content analysis is a valuable method for exploring opinions and attitudes of adult users towards MAR games and (b) Jaccard indices can be used to quantitatively explore themes emerging from content analysis.

Giving children a voice through partnership: a child rights-based approach to the co-design of postgraduate nurse education

BackgroundThere is an increasing need for the voice of children and young people to be more evident in planning and designing services, including the delivery of higher education, for school nurses to ultimately influence service delivery.AimTo raise awareness of the importance of children's rights by embedding them in postgraduate school nurse education to influence school nurse service delivery.MethodsA model was developed through direct partnership with representatives of the Children's Parliament in Scotland. This model facilitated the inclusion of children and young people's opinions in the co-design of postgraduate nurse education in order to incorporate children and young people's rights and opinions and improve the delivery of the school nurse service in Aberdeen.ResultsIn a supported environment, children and young people were able to negotiate relationships with multiagency professionals on an equal basis, building connections and trust with them in partnership, based on their perceptions of school nurses' daily actions and characteristics. Their negotiation of relationships identified various change management categories for improving the delivery of higher education and services.ConclusionsChildren and young people have clear opinions and views when consulted in an inclusive age-appropriate way through rights-based participation. It is important that listening and taking due cognisance of children's voices becomes the norm in influencing higher education, and that children and young people have a direct influence on improving children's services.

Perceptions of and Opinions on a Computerized Behavioral Activation Program for the Treatment of Depression in Young People: Thematic Analysis.

BackgroundDepression is one of the leading causes of illness and disability in young people, with approximately 20% having experienced a depressive episode by the age of 18 years. Behavioral activation (BA), a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence–recommended treatment for adults with depression, has shown preliminary support for its use with young people. BA may have the potential to be adapted and delivered in a computerized format to address the barriers often associated with young people accessing support. Despite the benefits of adopting computerized therapy delivery, the limited effectiveness of some programs has been attributed to a failure to tailor interventions to patients and practices. Therefore, while developing new treatments, it is important that target users be involved in the intervention design.ObjectiveThis qualitative study aims to explore the views and preferences of young people and health care professionals regarding the development of a new computerized BA therapy for young people with low mood or depression, to ensure that the therapy was suitable for the target user.MethodsSemistructured focus groups and individual interviews were conducted with young people (those with experience in accessing support and those without) and health care professionals regarding the development of a new computerized BA therapy for young people with low mood or depression. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis.ResultsA total of 27 individuals, comprising both health care professionals and young people, participated in this study. Vital information pertaining to the important components of a new therapy, including its presentation, delivery, and content, was collected.ConclusionsVariations in perspectives highlighted the need to adopt a systemic approach in therapy development by considering the opinions of young people with and without experience in accessing mental health support and health care professionals.

Коллективная память молодёжи в эпоху коммемораций

The lack of consensus in society on the most important problems of history negatively affects the formation of the collective memory of the younger generation. The socialization of millennials (in the terms of N. Howe and W. Strauss) has specific features that become the main tool for the formation of a new collective identity. The purpose of this article is to reveal the features of the collective memory of student youth on the example of the perception of the events of the Great Patriotic War (WWII) in the conditions of a super-tolerant postmodern society. The following concepts were chosen as the methodological basis of the research: social construction (P. Berger, T. Luckmann), the concept of collective memory (M. Halbwachs, P. Nora, A. Assman), as well as the poststructuralist direction of postmodernism (Z. Bauman, J. Baudrillard). The empirical base of the study was formed by the results of a large-scale research project of the Russian Society of Sociologists "Russian Students on the Great Patriotic War". To study the peculiarities of young people's perception of the events of the war years, problematic issues, actualized by modern socio-political processes, were selected. The novelty of the results was predetermined by the identification of young people's opinions about controversial issues of history and about the modern portrait of a patriot. The results obtained during the research may be of interest to researchers studying youth problems.

Protest attitudes of modern Russian youth

Studies of protest attitudes among young people have recently acquired great scientific research significance. Youth protest activity is an indicator of public sentiment and reflects the level of socio-political tension in society. Within the framework of this study, the main research task is to study the nature and dynamics of the protest attitudes of modern Russian youth, to identify the level of awareness of young people about protests in the country, their willingness to participate in them, the opinions of young people about possible drivers of protest activity. Basic research methods: sociological questionnaire survey of Russian youth aged 14-30 (n = 2302), focus group. As a result of the study, it was found that an extremely small percentage of young people have not heard about the protest activity in the country; the majority have acquaintances who have taken part in protest actions over the past three years. At the same time, the survey revealed that about 20% of respondents express their readiness to take part in protest events in their city. Thus, we can note the high protest potential of Russian youth.

Influence of socio-cultural attitudes on marriage of modern youth in Mordovia (on the example of Saransk)

Introduction. The article is based on the results of a sociological study. The relevance of the research is based on the fact that building interpersonal relationships in the field of premarital behavior is one of the priorities for young people. The result of these relationships is the formation of their own vision, opinion and position in relation to the creation of a family and marriage. Marriage attitudes are formed in young people under the influence of socio-cultural factors that have to be faced both by an individual and by young people of a particular society. The purpose of the article is to study the opinions and needs of young people regarding the of legal marriage, to analyze the socio-cultural factors, which are the most important for the formation of marriage trends. Materials and Methods. The theoretical and methodological basis of the work is represented by a set of concepts and theoretical approaches in accordance with the subject and the problem of the article. It required reference to the methodological tools of family sociology, psychology, pedagogy, cultural studies, youth sociology, and demography. General research methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, interpretation, system method, and secondary analysis of empirical data were used. The authors’ empirical research was conducted using the questionnaire method. Results and Discussion. The authors conducted a survey of young people in Saransk. A total of 300 people were interviewed. The object of the study is young people aged 18 to 35 y.o., the subject is socio-cultural factors that influence the development of their marriage tendencies. The article empirically substantiates the main issues hindering youth from a legal marriage, analyzes the factors important for the life of the youth in Saransk in terms of their positive or negative impact on legal marriage. It also reveals the influence of national factors on trends in marriages among young people. Conclusion. The article empirically proves that the key socio-cultural factors that determine the marriage trends among the modern youth in Mordovia are both internal (the presence/absence of a suitable candidate for the role of a spouse, mutual love) and external (the absence/availability of separate housing, education, work, nationality) factors. In general, modern young people are very consistent in their position regarding marriage. The influence of the national factor is most significantly traced in issues related to the socio-cultural and moral aspects of premarital behavior. The novelty of the article is based on conceptual and empirical analysis of the influence of socio-cultural factors, including the national factor, opinions of young people in relation to legal marriage.

Attitudes and Opinions of Young People in Mali on Family Planning, Barriers to Contraceptive Use, and Suggestions for Programming.

The purpose of the research was to investigate Malian youth's attitudes and opinions about Family Planning (FP), barriers to contraceptive use, and suggestions for FP programming. Qualitative data were collected in focus group discussions (FGD) held with 95 females and males ages 18-24 in the district towns of Kita, Kolokani, Mopti, Sikasso, and Tombouctou. Qualitative thematic content analysis techniques were used to analyze the data. Benefits of FP use were acknowledged; however, it was still considered a taboo topic, especially for unmarried youth. This makes it difficult for youth to access information and services. Many participants expressed a desire to learn more about FP, though they underscored the need for confidential and discrete services. Programming suggestions included improving access to information, raising community awareness, and improving access to methods. The study findings can be used to improve messaging, counseling, outreach, and communication, to improve youth's reproductive health in Mali.

STUDENTS ABOUT THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (BASED ON A SURVEY RESULTS OF STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITIES IN MOSCOW AND ASTRAKHAN)

2020 is marked by the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory. This event is significant both for individual citizens, whose families include (or included) veterans of the war and home front, and for the state as a whole, since patriotism is an important factor in ensuring the stable development of the country, the continuity of generations, and the consolidation of the population. That is why the relevance of this topic is beyond doubt. The Russian Society of Sociologists initiated the next wave of the monitoring project “Modern Russian Students on the Great Patriotic War” (the method of collecting information — online questionnaires on Google Forms, N = 10 065; the results were processed using the Vortex software package), the results of which will not only allow studying the opinions of young people on this topic, but can also be used to analyze the value orientations of young people over the past 15 years and make forecasts. This article describes some of the results of this project, obtained in Moscow and Astrakhan. Students’ opinions are analyzed according to a number of indicators: memory of the war, sources of knowledge about the war, family relations with the war participants, personal and family involvement in understanding the events of the 1941-1945 war, participation in festive events and their assessment. The characteristic is given to the value attitudes and orientations of students, which emphasize the importance of the memory of the Victory over fascism as a form of upbringing of patriotism and family tradition. The authors have compared the students’ opinions in universities of the two cities through the prism of “capital — region (province)”, which resulted in the conclusion about greater personal and family involvement in festive events for the Victory Day of the students of Astrakhan.

YOUTH POLICY IN MODERN RUSSIA. ABSENTEEISM AND POLITICAL PROTEST

The article analyzes the features of the current youth policy of the Russian Federation aimed at raising the political culture. Despite the current activities of the government institutions in the field under study, absenteeism, as well as the protest potential of the young people, remains at a fairly high level. In this regard, the government acknowledged the importance of forming a positive image of the state power in the eyes of young people and strengthen its influence in the sphere of forming loyal associations, which is not always positively perceived among the youth. The work focuses on the fact that raising the loyalty of youth organizations is one of the factors of political stability, both in case of internal turbulence and external influence. The authors also focus on the beneficiaries of youth protests. The authors paid special attention to the issue of forming political leadership among the youth and the absence of leaders expressing the opinions of young people in modern Russian politics. At the same time, youth protest as a social phenomenon lack class and in some cases ideological differences. The authors come to the conclusion that despite the steps taken by the government and political parties to involve Russian youth in the political agenda, the young people reject leaders of youth opinion imposed by the authorities, either cultivating nonparticipation in the electoral campagines or demonstrating latent protest voting.