scholarly journals Making Use of Audio Diaries in Research with Young People: Examining Narrative, Participation and Audience

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 77-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Worth
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Transitions To Adulthood ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Innovative Method ◽  
Narrative Interview ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Research Questions

This article examines the use of audio diaries as an innovative method for research with young people. As the second stage of a project about visually impaired (VI) young people's transitions to adulthood, young people recorded their experiences and reflections about growing up on microcassette recorders. As a follow-up to a narrative interview, audio diaries allowed the research to get closer to the lives of young people, as participants actively reinterpreted the research questions in the context of their own lives. This article focuses on the utility of audio diaries—detailing the research process and the accessibility of the method for VI young people. Then, using excerpts from a set of twenty-two audio diaries, this article examines how the audio diary technique designed for this project engages with three key issues: how audio diaries capture narrative in distinctive ways; how the method can be employed within a participatory framework; and how audio diaries raise complex issues about the nature of audience.

Becoming a Parent

2019 ◽  
pp. 103-126
Author(s):  
Sarah Halpern-Meekin
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Role Transitions ◽  
Transitions To Adulthood ◽  
Young Parents

This chapter discusses how becoming a parent involves a huge transformation in social role and identity. It often spurs young people to want to act more grown-up and do better—at work, in their relationships, with their educations—than before, all to give their children a better life than they themselves had while growing up. These role transitions—to adulthood, partnership, and parenthood—are intertwined in these young people’s lives, and complications and challenges arise from tackling these transitions simultaneously. Amid a great deal of instability and change, the young parents in this study struggle to trust one another and themselves, which makes securing their desired social resources and avoiding social poverty that much more difficult.

Reflexivity and ethical mindfulness in participatory research with children: What does it really look like?

Childhood ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 400-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Canosa ◽  
Anne Graham ◽  
Erica Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
Research With Children

This article draws attention to the ethical nuances of conducting participatory research with children and young people growing up in a popular tourist destination in Australia. It responds to calls for more reflexively oriented approaches to documenting the ethical dimensions of qualitative research, particularly with children. Prolonged engagement in the field facilitated a deeper understanding of young people’s lived experiences and the challenges they face in negotiating identity, belonging and connection with community. Findings reveal there are a number of important benefits when actively involving young people in research. With the democratisation of the research process, however, comes an increased ethical responsibility which requires a reflexive and relational approach if meaningful and inclusive participation is to be achieved.

scholarly journals Youth social behaviour and network therapy (Y-SBNT): adaptation of a family and social network intervention for young people who misuse alcohol and drugs – a randomised controlled feasibility trial

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 1-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Watson ◽  
Paul Toner ◽  
Ed Day ◽  
Donna Back ◽  
Louca-Mai Brady ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Feasibility Trial ◽  
Network Therapy ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
To Receive

BackgroundFamily interventions appear to be effective at treating young people’s substance misuse. However, implementation of family approaches in UK services is low. This study aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of recruiting young people to an intervention based on an adaptation of adult social behaviour and network therapy. It also sought to involve young people with experience of using substance misuse services in the research process.ObjectivesTo demonstrate the feasibility of recruiting young people to family and social network therapy and to explore ways in which young people with experience of using substance misuse services could be involved in a study of this nature.DesignA pragmatic, two-armed, randomised controlled open feasibility trial.SettingTwo UK-based treatment services for young people with substance use problems, with recruitment taking place from May to November 2014.ParticipantsYoung people aged 12–18 years, newly referred and accepted for structured interventions for drug and/or alcohol problems.InterventionsA remote, web-based computer randomisation system allocated young people to adapted youth social behaviour and network therapy (Y-SBNT) or treatment as usual (TAU). Y-SBNT participants were intended to receive up to six 50-minute sessions over a maximum of 12 weeks. TAU participants continued to receive usual care delivered by their service.Main outcome measuresFeasibility was measured by recruitment rates, retention in treatment and follow-up completion rates. The main clinical outcome was the proportion of days on which the main problem substance was used in the preceding 90-day period as captured by the Timeline Follow-Back interview at 3 and 12 months.ResultsIn total, 53 young people were randomised (Y-SBNT,n = 26; TAU,n = 27) against a target of 60 (88.3%). Forty-two young people attended at least one treatment session [Y-SBNT 22/26 (84.6%); TAU 20/27 (74.1%)]; follow-up rates were 77.4% at month 3 and 73.6% at month 12. Data for nine young people were missing at both months 3 and 12, so the main clinical outcome analysis was based on 24 young people (92.3%) in the Y-SBNT group and 20 young people (74.1%) in the TAU group. At month 12, the average proportion of days that the main problem substance was used in the preceding 90 days was higher in the Y-SBNT group than in the TAU group (0.54 vs. 0.41; adjusted mean difference 0.13, 95% confidence interval –0.12 to 0.39;p = 0.30). No adverse events were reported. Seventeen young people with experience of substance misuse services were actively involved throughout the study. They informed key elements of the intervention and research process, ensuring that the intervention was acceptable and relevant to our target groups; contributing to the design of key trial documents, ideas for a new model of public involvement and this report. Two parents were also involved.ConclusionsThe adapted intervention could be delivered in young people’s services, and qualitative interviews found that Y-SBNT was acceptable to young people, family members and staff. Engagement of family and network members proved difficult within the intervention and research aspects. The study proved the feasibility of this work in routine services but outcome measurement based on narrow substance use variables may be limited and may fail to capture other important changes in wider areas of functioning for young people. Validation of the EuroQol-5 Dimensions for young people aged 12–18 years should be considered and flexible models for involvement of young people in research are required to achieve inclusive representation throughout all aspects of the research process. Although recommendation of a full trial of the Y-SBNT intervention compared with TAU is not supported, this study can inform future intervention development and UK research within routine addiction services.Trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN93446265.FundingThis project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full inHealth Technology Assessment; Vol. 21, No. 15. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.

A step-by-step approach to the research process

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisy Fancourt
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Study Team ◽  
Research Questions

This chapter maps the four stages involved in a research process, giving an overview of each one and providing sources for more in-depth information such as specific research methods books. The first stage involves developing the idea for a research study, including identifying a research problem, developing research questions and hypotheses, developing a theory, assessing the feasibility of an intervention, choosing a study team, and involving patients and the public. The second stage involves designing a research study, including deciding on a research design and selecting the research methods. The third stage involves running the research study and assessing whether it has been run with enough fidelity to the initial plan to provide viable data. The fourth stage is the outcome of the research study, including deciding how to report results, how to disseminate findings, and whether findings can lead to further implementation of the intervention or further research.

#DrinksWithFriends

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Femke Geusens
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Young People ◽  
Media Effects ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Higher Alcohol ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Underlying Processes

#DrinksWithFriends. The underlying processes and conditionality of alcohol-related social media effects For many young people, drinking alcohol is an essential part of going out, having fun and growing up. At the same time, social media such as Facebook are increasingly used during alcohol consumption. It is therefore not surprising that a growing number of communication scientists and health professionals are drawing attention to the roles that social media can play in young people’s drinking behavior. It was previously found that both exposure to the alcohol references of others, as well as self-sharing these references, are related to higher alcohol consumption. However, what remained unclear was how these alcohol-related social media effects work, and who is most susceptible to them. The present article provides an overview of the author’s doctoral research. The aim of this dissertation was to uncover the underlying processes of the associations between alcohol-related social media use and the drinking behavior of young people. Special attention was paid to how differences between young people can augment or diminish these relationships. To answer the research questions, four studies were conducted between 2014 and 2018, among a total of more than 5000 Belgian and American respondents between 14 and 25 years old.

Interfaith Families

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-104
Author(s):  
Halima Krausen
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
New Normal ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
Interfaith Marriages ◽  
Plural Society

In our plural society, interfaith marriages and multicultural families have become a new normal and are either considered problematic for the religious communities or welcomed as a contribution to a secular and more peaceful world. In the course of my work with European Muslims, I could accompany such families through a few generations. In this article, I am going to outline some typical challenges and crises in such relationships and their effects on young people growing up in mixed families, adding my observations of how they can be dealt with. Ultimately, there is a chance that, through dialogue, it provides a meaningful learning environment that prepares young people for the diverse reality of the world today.

Beyond millennials v baby boomers: Using kindness to assess generationalism across four age cohorts in Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 003802612110162
Author(s):  
Nicholas Hookway ◽  
Dan Woodman
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Longitudinal Methods ◽  
Age Cohorts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Youth And Young Adults ◽  
Generation Period ◽  
Life Cycle Effects

Today’s young people (youth and young adults) are routinely understood in generational terms, constructed as narcissistic and selfish in comparison with their predecessors. Despite announcements of a weakening commitment to values of kindness and generosity, there is little empirical research that examines these trends. The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes shows that young people are more likely to be kind but are less likely to think most Australians are kind. This article investigates this tension using focus groups with Australians of different ages (corresponding to major generational groupings) and drawing on the sociology of generations. To differentiate between generation, period and age/life-cycle effects requires longitudinal methods. However, these qualitative data suggest that a ‘generationalist’ discourse of young people as narcissistic is powerful in Australia and that young people are both internalising and challenging this framing. They appear to be responding to common experiences of growing up with the social and economic uncertainties of an ‘until-further-notice’ world and express strong support for values of kindness and openness to difference.

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