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Table 1 Analysis of the adolescents’ expressions obtained from thematic, semi-structured interviewsa

From: High use of over-the-counter analgesic; possible warnings of reduced quality of life in adolescents - a qualitative study

Self-understanding

Common sense

Theoretical understanding

How does the participant reflect and understand his or her own expressions?

How do people, in general, think critically about the statement below?

A scientifically tested assumption of an expression as a phenomenon or in connection to nature.

‘The stress makes me really tired, and then it becomes too much for me; then it is okay with painkillers. It is a nice solution to stress’.

‘Something is experienced as stressful in the adolescent’s life. Stresses makes the adolescent feeling tired. Painkillers are used to cope with the feeling of stress’.

‘Successful adaptation to stress includes the ways in which individuals manage their emotions, think constructively, regulate and direct their behaviour, control their autonomic arousal, and act on the social and non-social environments, to alter or decrease sources of stress’ [29].

  1. aThe adolescents’ statements were analysed in terms of their self-understanding, common sense, and within the context of applicable theories, as outlined by Kvale and Brinkman [28]