Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Exploring the Psychosocial Challenges and Strengths of Indigent Adolescents: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Counsellors Insights Subject The topic of the resource Indigent adolescents; Individual strengths; Mental health; Psycho-social challenges; Thematic analysis; Well-being Description An account of the resource Background: The Bronfenbrenner bioecological model of human development provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the complex interactions between individual factors and environmental influences on adolescent mental health, such as limited access to resources, exposure to violence and trauma, and parental neglect. While discussing the challenges faced by at-risk adolescents, it is important to focus on the strengths of resilient adolescents living in similar conditions. These individual differences are the precursors in determining their futures. Methods: The present study aimed to explore the psychosocial challenges and strengths of indigent adolescents. Eight counselors who had been working with indigent adolescents for at least three years in school or NGO settings were identified through a snowball sampling design and interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Results: Reflexive thematic analysis of the interviews was done using Braun and Clarks protocol to identify themes. Challenges faced by indigent adolescents were a lack of parental supervision, vulnerability to cybercrime, emotional dysregulation, engagement in drug use, ambiguity in life aspirations and career goals, and societal mistrust and bias. The strengths identified were empathy, reconciliation dynamics and forgiveness, a yearning for change, a love of learning, help-seeking and help-providing behavior, attachment to religion and festivals, and a sense of gratitude and hopefulness, which indigent resilient adolescents display to navigate through their challenging lives. A detailed discussion of these challenges and strengths, along with their various dynamics, has also been provided. Conclusion: Identifying both the difficulties and strengths of indigent adolescents would promote more strength-based approaches to preventive and promotive mental health programs. 2024 The Author(s). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Giri M.; Pathak S.; Srivastava S.; Mukherjee S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Research and Health, Vol-14, No. 5, pp. 439-448. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Gonabad University of Medical Sciences Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.32598/JRH.14.5.2424.1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.32598/JRH.14.5.2424.1</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85204984694&amp;doi=10.32598%2FJRH.14.5.2424.1&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=db33de63b3349063e46d2d54c0a3f169" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85204984694&amp;doi=10.32598%2fJRH.14.5.2424.1&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=db33de63b3349063e46d2d54c0a3f169</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 24235717 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Giri M., Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, CHRIST University, Delhi, India; Pathak S., Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, CHRIST University, Delhi, India; Srivastava S., SHSS Sharda University, Greater Noida, India; Mukherjee S., Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, CHRIST University, Delhi, India