Fostering Resilience and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents Across Typical and Atypical Development
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 July 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: resilience; gifted children; emotion regulation; adolescence; parenting; addiction; digital health
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Interests: resilience; mental health; digital health; addiction; artificial intelligence; neural networks
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The mental health and resilience of children and adolescents positively impact their cognitive, emotional, and social development, yet these domains are increasingly challenged by developmental tasks, individual differences, and global adversities such as pandemics, educational and socio-economic inequalities. Recent research has found that greater resilience is associated with fewer mental health problems, even in the face of significant stressors.
This Special Issue of Children focuses on how individual, family, school, and broader contextual factors influence resilience and mental health across typical and atypical developmental trajectories in children and adolescents. This Special Issue will particularly focus on the protective factors, risks, and effective interventions that empower young people to navigate today’s global and developmental challenges.
We welcome the submission of original research articles, systematic reviews, brief reports, case studies, and editorials. Contributions that address underrepresented populations, innovative practices, and interdisciplinary approaches are particularly encouraged. This is in order to provide insights into evidence-based practices and policies that foster healthy and adaptive development in diverse populations.
Dr. Roberta Renati
Dr. Natale Salvatore Bonfiglio
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Education Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Dr. Roberta Renati
Dr. Natale Salvatore Bonfiglio
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Education Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- mental health
- resilience
- well-being
- atypical development
- family
- school
- intervention programs
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