Co-creation and regional adaptation of a resilience-based universal whole-school program in five European regions

• Published in: European Educational Research Journal
• Main Authors: Morote, Roxanna, Las Hayas, Carlota, Izco-Basurko, Irantzu, Anyan, Frederik, Fullaondo, Ane, Donisi, Valeria, Zwiefka, Antoni, Guðmundsdóttir, Dóra Guðrún, Ledertoug, Mette Marie, Olafsdottir, Anna S, Gabrielli, Silvia, Carbone, Sara, Mazur, Iwona, Królicka-Deręgowska, Anna, Knoop, Hans Henrik, Tange, Nina, Kaldalons, Ingibjorg, Jónsdóttir, Bryndís Jóna, González Pinto, Ana, Hjemdal, Odin
• Other Authors: Menntavísindasvið (HÍ), School of Education (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2020
• Subjects: Resilience; Whole-school; Adolescents; Co-creation; Mixed-methods; Skóli án aðgreiningar; Seigla (persónuleikasálfræði); Ungt fólk; Blandaðar rannsóknir; Líðan; Menntarannsóknir; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2060; https://doi.org/10.1177/1474904120947890

Publisher's version (útgefin grein) The co-creation of educational services that promote youth resilience and mental health is still scarce. UPRIGHT (Universal Preventive Resilience Intervention Globally implemented in schools to improve and promote mental Health for Teenagers) is a research and intervention program in the Basque Country (Spain), Trentino (Italy), Low Silesia (Poland), Denmark and Reykjavik (Iceland). UPRIGHT implemented a co-creation research process whose results, outcomes and policy implications are presented here. The co-creation had a mixed-methods participatory research design with nine specific objectives linked to paired strategies of inquiry for adolescents, families, teachers and school staff. The overarching objective was to generate a valid and feasible regional adaptation strategy for UPRIGHT intervention model. Participants answered surveys (n = 794) or attended 16 group sessions (n = 217). The results integrate quantitative and qualitative information to propose a regional adaptation strategy that prioritizes resilience skills, adolescents’ concerns, and preferred methods for implementation across countries and in each school community. In conclusion, a whole-school resilience program must innovate, include and connect different actors, services and communities, and must incorporate new technologies and activities outside the classroom. A participatory co-creation process is an indispensable step to co-design locally relevant resilience interventions with the involvement of the whole-school community. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: UPRIGHT is a research and innovation project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (grant number 754919). UPRIGHT grant agreement (complete project description) has undergone peer-review by the European Commission reviewers (governmental and major funding organism) before getting approval. This paper reflects ...