Wellbeing in Teens Network in UK and Ireland (Well-TeenN)

英国和爱尔兰青少年健康网络 (Well-TeenN)

• 批准号: ES/V009001/1
• 负责人: Alina Rodriguez
• 金额: $ 1.28万
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV009001%2F1
• 关键词: Wellbeing; Teens; Network; UK; Ireland

Well-TeenN is a UK-Irish Network created in response to the growing mental health concerns of adolescents in the UK and Ireland, i.e. young people in secondary school. Adolescence is a time of marked psychological, social, cognitive, and biological changes. These developmental changes in turn help the adolescent respond to changes in expectations about their abilities, independence, and behaviour. These daily experiences contribute to adolescent wellbeing. Despite the knowledge we have about individual psychological, biological, and social systems, we are only beginning to understand the interplay among them and how they affect adolescent wellbeing. Over the long run, day to day challenges (i.e. related to mood, sleep, stress) can lead to mental health problems, therefore there is a need to understand them from the adolescent perspective and to study them scientifically. Equally important is to gain knowledge on factors related to resiliency. Well-TeenN will unite researchers with interest in adolescence from a variety of perspectives to study adolescent wellbeing using a biopsychosocial approach, but will also unite adolescent voices. Over the course of the grant the virtual network of schools will be expanded beyond the schools in London and Cork, where we already have a contact, to include more schools to accurately represent diversity and demographics of the regions. The network of schools will be a way to reach adolescents so that they can voice their experiences and the issues that matter to them. This information will inform research planning. Our partnership will provide insight to the schools on the science of adolescence - theory and evidence - and applied knowledge in form of workshops around adolescent concerns and school-wide events. The added value is that adolescents will have contact with scientists and raise their awareness about careers in science and understanding about how science works. Educators/parents will have the opportunity to both voice their experiences and gain knowledge of the current evidence base.Well-TeenN will create a forum for exchange among academics. We will hold workshops on research methods highlighting the particular demands associated with studying young people and alternative methods of data collection. These workshops will be informed by the insights voiced by the young people themselves. Our website will be user-friendly for stakeholders (young people, educators/parents) and researchers. Here, researchers will highlight results, pose questions to the group, and recruit collaborators. To begin with our network activities will be virtual and, when it becomes safe to do so, we will move to face-to-face exchange meetings (approximately January 2021). Meeting proceedings will be accessible on the website to maximize their utility. The network will be a training ground for early career researchers (ECRs) and an academic exchange with opportunities for MSc and PhD students. We will establish a bursary, funded via this proposal, to enable travel and participation by post-graduate students. We will set a mutual research agenda using "sand-pit" discussion technique. The Well-TeenN researchers will have opportunity to engage in each other's ongoing research activities, including opportunities for MSc projects. Our dissemination activities will include peer-reviewed papers via the collaboration between the two PIs and ECRs and joint research presentations at national and international meetings. We will develop and submit full grant bids for a joint 3-year research programme for a longitudinal study using a biopsychosocial approach to examine adolescent wellbeing in ecological settings. Methods and data collection techniques suitable for young people will be advanced. The proposal will target topics that matter for young people and will do so in a way that is acceptable to young people, thus enhancing participation across socioeconomic and ethnic groups in both the UK and Ireland.

Well-TeenN是一个联合王国-爱尔兰网络，旨在应对联合王国和爱尔兰青少年，即中学青年日益增长的心理健康问题。青春期是心理、社会、认知和生物变化显著的时期。这些发展变化反过来又帮助青少年对他们的能力，独立性和行为的期望变化做出反应。这些日常经历有助于青少年的健康。尽管我们对个人的心理，生物和社会系统有了一定的了解，但我们才刚刚开始了解它们之间的相互作用以及它们如何影响青少年的健康。从长远来看，日常挑战（即与情绪、睡眠、压力有关的挑战）可能导致心理健康问题，因此有必要从青少年的角度理解这些问题，并对其进行科学研究。同样重要的是，要了解与复原力有关的因素。Well-TeenN将从各种角度团结对青少年感兴趣的研究人员，使用生物心理社会方法研究青少年的健康，但也将团结青少年的声音。在赠款的过程中，学校的虚拟网络将扩大到伦敦和科克的学校之外，我们已经在那里有了联系，以包括更多的学校，以准确地代表该地区的多样性和人口统计。学校网络将是接触青少年的一种方式，使他们能够表达自己的经历和对他们重要的问题。这些信息将为研究规划提供信息。我们的合作伙伴关系将为学校提供关于青春期科学的见解-理论和证据-以及围绕青少年问题和全校活动的研讨会形式的应用知识。其附加值是，青少年将与科学家接触，提高他们对科学事业的认识，并了解科学是如何运作的。教育工作者/家长将有机会表达他们的经验，并获得目前的证据基础知识。Well-TeenN将为学者之间的交流创造一个论坛。我们将举办研究方法讲习班，突出与研究青年人和其他数据收集方法有关的特殊需求。这些讲习班将听取青年人自己提出的见解。我们的网站将方便利益攸关方（年轻人、教育工作者/家长）和研究人员使用。在这里，研究人员将强调结果，向小组提出问题，并招募合作者。开始，我们的网络活动将是虚拟的，当这样做变得安全时，我们将转向面对面的交流会议（大约2021年1月）。会议记录可在网站上查阅，以最大限度地发挥其效用。该网络将成为早期职业研究人员（ECR）的培训基地，并为硕士和博士生提供学术交流机会。我们将设立一个奖学金，通过这项建议提供资金，使研究生的旅行和参与。我们将使用“沙坑”讨论技术制定共同的研究议程。Well-TeenN的研究人员将有机会参与彼此正在进行的研究活动，包括硕士项目的机会。我们的传播活动将包括通过两个PI和ECR之间的合作以及在国家和国际会议上的联合研究报告进行同行评审的论文。我们将开发并提交一个为期3年的联合研究计划的纵向研究使用生物心理社会的方法来检查青少年的健康在生态环境中的全额补助金投标。将改进适合青年人的方法和数据收集技术。该提案将针对对年轻人重要的主题，并将以年轻人可以接受的方式进行，从而加强联合王国和爱尔兰的社会经济和族裔群体的参与。