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    A functional model explaining the dynamics of flourishing during adolescence: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
    ( 2022-01-01) Nandinee, Durgesh ; Rana, Suvashisa ; Seema, Naga
    Purpose: The objectives of the study were to explore the lived experiences of adolescents for understanding the process of their flourishing and develop a functional model to explain the dynamics of flourishing during adolescence. Design/methodology/approach: Guided by the qualitative approach, the authors used interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to explore how various factors affect the process of flourishing during adolescence. The authors conducted in-depth interviews with 10 adolescents to collect qualitative data. Findings: A total of eight boosters (four internal and four external) and seven barriers (five internal and two external) emerged. The results highlighted the importance of a functional model that explained the dynamics of adolescents' flourishing. Though the authors conceded that the presence of boosters and absence of barriers were instrumental in enhancing flourishing during adolescence, based on the extant literature, the authors assumed the existence and operation of other intra-individual and inter-individual factors or correlates. Research limitations/implications: First, the study participants are school-going adolescents living in a supported urban family environment where expectations to study and achieve are an important cultural component. Second, the study has focussed on the participants belonging to late adolescence—a transitional phase to emerging adulthood. Practical implications: There are three implications of the study—theoretical (conceptualisation of a functional model), practical (construction of a new measure of flourishing) and clinical (designing intervention programmes to enhance positive living in adolescents). Originality/value: The study has provided a deeper insight into adolescents' flourishing from insiders' perspectives using the framework of IPA and discovered and elaborated a functional model of adolescents' flourishing.
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    A functional model explaining the dynamics of flourishing during adolescence: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
    ( 2022-01-01) Nandinee, Durgesh ; Rana, Suvashisa ; Seema, Naga
    Purpose: The objectives of the study were to explore the lived experiences of adolescents for understanding the process of their flourishing and develop a functional model to explain the dynamics of flourishing during adolescence. Design/methodology/approach: Guided by the qualitative approach, the authors used interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to explore how various factors affect the process of flourishing during adolescence. The authors conducted in-depth interviews with 10 adolescents to collect qualitative data. Findings: A total of eight boosters (four internal and four external) and seven barriers (five internal and two external) emerged. The results highlighted the importance of a functional model that explained the dynamics of adolescents' flourishing. Though the authors conceded that the presence of boosters and absence of barriers were instrumental in enhancing flourishing during adolescence, based on the extant literature, the authors assumed the existence and operation of other intra-individual and inter-individual factors or correlates. Research limitations/implications: First, the study participants are school-going adolescents living in a supported urban family environment where expectations to study and achieve are an important cultural component. Second, the study has focussed on the participants belonging to late adolescence—a transitional phase to emerging adulthood. Practical implications: There are three implications of the study—theoretical (conceptualisation of a functional model), practical (construction of a new measure of flourishing) and clinical (designing intervention programmes to enhance positive living in adolescents). Originality/value: The study has provided a deeper insight into adolescents' flourishing from insiders' perspectives using the framework of IPA and discovered and elaborated a functional model of adolescents' flourishing.
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    Profile of Adolescents’ Positive Emotions: An Indicator of their Psychological Well-being
    ( 2016-03-01) Rana, Suvashisa ; Nandinee, Durgesh
    The study explored the profile of adolescents’ positive emotions, and examine its role as the indicator of their psychological well-being. Basing on ex-post facto approach, the study adopted simple retrospective design with one group of 160 male and female adolescent students with age range of 16 to 18 years. The cluster analysis (k-Means) yielded two clusters on the basis of ten positive emotions. The results of the study posited that positive emotions were found to play as an indicator of the psychological well-being of the adolescent students irrespective of their genders. The findings would be useful for developing specific intervention programme for enhancing adolescent students’ psychological well-being by fostering their positive emotions.