What’s the project?
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) is a mental health service that is a provided by the NHS; a form of talking therapy that is focused on helping you understand and accept difficult feelings, and providing you with the skills to make positive changes in your life.
Researchers from the University of Hertfordshire are aiming for young people who are accessing Dialectical Behavioural Therapy to tell the stories of their lives, and if there are particular stories or ways young people speak about their lives in the context of things such as culture, social media and how young people create meaning in their lives whilst accessing DBT.
The team hope to address the gap in the literature around young people’s perspectives and how young people speak about and make sense of their lives. The research team will conduct narrative interviews, which are guided by the participants and follow up prompts by the researcher, to explore their life stories. The research team will also be developing timelines with the participants to give focus to the interviews and provide prompts for discussion in the interviews.
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The research team are looking for young people to provide feedback on interview setup and questions, and the communications materials such as the research advert and information sheets.
To do this, the team are looking for 1-3 young people to take part in a video call lasting around 1 hour to advise on this project, this is after a brief video call introducing yourselves and the team answering any questions you have about the project. The team are particularly interested in whether the interview questions and terms used are young people friendly, as narrative interviews differ from typical Q&A style interviews with the aim of allowing the participants to speak freely about what they want without too much researcher influence.
- Must be based in the UK
- Young people aged between 13 and 19, if you are below 16 years old agreement will also need to given from a guardian to be involved
- Young people with any lived experience of mental health and accessing mental health services
- Able to attend meetings online – access to a device with stable internet connection
- Young people will be offered a £15 love2shop voucher per hour to thank you for your time
- The team will develop a “You said, We did” based on your feedback, to let you know how your feedback as shaped the project
If you are interested in this opportunity, please email [email protected] with brief answers to the following questions:
- What is your name?
- What is your date of birth?
- If you are aged below 16 years old, do you have a parent/guardian who can also agree to you being involved in a advising on this project?
- Are you based in the UK?
- Do you meet the criteria listed above?
- Sometimes after talking about topics like mental health, people feel they need a little extra support or someone to chat to. What support do you currently have in place (e.g. supportive friends, family, health professionals or mental health charities)? Is there anything that would support you or make your involvement experience better?
- How did you hear about this opportunity?
You are welcome to send your responses in audio or video format if preferred. If you have any questions please get in contact with me by the same email [email protected]
8pm on Wednesday 18th December 2024
Please note that the McPin Foundation regularly promotes opportunities on behalf of other institutions; we are not responsible for the continuation or contents of further correspondence with any project partners where we are not listed as the project main point of contact.
