Significant adults and peers - mapping and understanding transitions in children's support networks over the life course.

这项混合方法研究旨在研究随着时间的推移，重要的成年人和同龄人在儿童生活中扮演的角色。研究结果将有助于更好地了解从幼儿到成年前的支持模式，以及个人对这种支持的叙述结构。先进的定量方法将用于分析苏格兰成长调查（GUS）的调查数据，重点是反映父母和子女依恋，儿童与其他成年人的关系，同伴关系和支持等方面的纵向数据，以及背景数据（例如，学校过渡、青春期、家庭组成等）。此外，通过本次调查的子样本，将对现已成年的调查参与者使用叙事视觉方法，以更深入地了解何时、何地以及为什么重要他人的支持最重要。该项目将提供更细致和以儿童为中心的理解，了解不同的重要他人为不同儿童群体提供的支持。这项研究有可能更好地为针对家庭、在校儿童和青少年的政策干预提供信息，这些政策干预旨在解决儿童的情感发展和行为问题。

This mixed methods study aims to research the roles that significant adults and peers play in children's lives over time. Its findings will help better understand patterns of support from early childhood to pre-adulthood, alongside individuals' narrative constructions of such support.Advanced quantitative methods will be used to analyse survey data from the Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) survey, focusing on longitudinal data reflecting aspects such as parent and child attachment, children's relationships with other adults, peer on peer relationships and support, as well as contextual data (e.g. school transitions, puberty, family composition, etc.). In addition, through a sub-sample of this survey, narrative visual methodologies will be used with the now adult survey participants to gain a deeper understanding of when, where and why support from significant others mattered most.This project will provide a much more nuanced and child-centred understanding about what support different significant others offer for different groups of children. The research has the potential to better inform policy interventions targeted at families, school children and adolescents which seek to address children's emotional development and behaviour.