Research recommendations for assessing potential harm from universal school-based mental health interventions

L Foulkes, JL Andrews, T Reardon, A Stringaris - Nature Mental Health, 2024 - nature.com
There is growing evidence that universal school-based mental health interventions can lead
to negative outcomes in young people. This is a critical ethical issue, especially when young …

Adolescents' experiences of participating in sensitive research: A scoping review of qualitative studies

L Neelakantan, D Fry, L Florian… - Trauma, Violence, & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite an increasing emphasis on adolescents' participation rights, there are concerns
about their participation in research on sensitive topics, such as trauma and violence. This …

Longitudinal relationships across emotional distress, perceived emotion regulation, and social connections during early adolescence: a developmental cascades …

O Demkowicz, M Panayiotou, P Qualter… - Development and …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Early adolescence is a vulnerable period for emotional distress. Both emotion regulation
and social connection to peers and family adults are understood to be associated with …

“We want it to be a culture”: children and young people's perceptions of what underpins and undermines education-based wellbeing provision

O Demkowicz, K Pert, C Bond, E Ashworth… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Provision that aims to promote the social, emotional, and mental wellbeing of
children and young people (including their mental health) is increasingly implemented in …

Involving adolescents with intellectual disability in the adaptation of self‐reported subjective well‐being measures: participatory research and methodological …

J Davison, S Maguire, M McLaughlin… - Journal of Intellectual …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The measurement of subjective well‐being is challenging with samples of
adolescents with intellectual disability (ID) given the cognitive and linguistic difficulties they …

Using creative approaches and facilitating remote online focus groups with children and young people: Reflections, recommendations and practical guidance

A Hennessey, O Demkowicz, K Pert… - International …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The importance of engaging and involving children and young people (CYP) in research is
widely recognised, especially for educational research exploring CYP's perceptions and …

Longing and belonging: making mobiles in art therapy with young Ukrainian refugees

J Gordon - International Journal of Art Therapy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Displaced young people are at risk of adverse effects on their psychological
wellbeing due to their experiences of war and resettlement. Art therapy can offer a safe …

Readability of commonly used quality of life outcome measures for youth self-report

KR Krause, J Jacob, P Szatmari, D Hayes - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Self-report measures are central in capturing young people's perspectives on mental health
concerns and treatment outcomes. For children and adolescents to complete such measures …

'It's scary starting a new school': Children and young people's perspectives on wellbeing support during educational transitions

O Demkowicz, C Bagnall, A Hennessey… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Children and young people experience various transitions throughout their
education. Theory and evidence highlight that these can be complex, and poor experiences …

[HTML][HTML] 'Shall we send a panda?'a practical guide to engaging schools in research: learning from large-scale mental health intervention trials

A Moore, E Ashworth, C Mason, J Santos… - … research and public …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The substantial time that children and young people spend in schools makes them important
sites to trial and embed prevention and early intervention programmes. However, schools …