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Innovative qualitative research with children and young people

Callaghan, J. (2013) Innovative qualitative research with children and young people. Symposium presented to: Children and Young People's Mental Health: Improving Outcomes, Widening Access and Tackling Stigma in an Age of Austerity, The University of Northampton, 03-05 July 2013. (Unpublished)

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Abstract: This symposium draws together four papers exploring innovative approaches to qualitative research with children and young people. The ‘standard’ method of qualitative research has historically been the semi-structured interview. However, the recent turn from ‘talk text’ to explorations of space, embodiment and non-verbal experience has resulted in qualitative researchers in children’s mental health developing new and interesting ways to explore young people’s experiences. In ‘Four Paths towards understanding children’s wellbeing’, Judith Sixsmith explores the use of multiple methods in qualitative research with children and young people, including experiential walks, daily diaries, artwork and personal accounts. Sarah Crafter discusses the use of children’s drawings in research around young people in CAMH services and their experience of space and place. Jane Callaghan explores research in online spaces as a way of understanding young people’s mental health, with a specific focus on the internet as a performative space within which concerns about eating and weight management are negotiated. John Horton and Sophie Hadfield-Hill discuss the use of geographical methods in exploring young people’s accounts of the everyday, with a particular focus on the use of GPS and mapping techniques in understanding young peoples’ lives
Uncontrolled Keywords: Qualitative methods, children, young people, CAMHS
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ767 Children. Child development
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > H62 Study and teaching. Research
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ499 Mental disorders. Child psychiatry
Creators: Callaghan, Jane
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > The Centre for Children and Youth
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Group > Social and Cultural Research in Psychology Group
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > School of Social Sciences (to 2016)
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology
Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology
Research Centres > Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences
Date: 3 July 2013
Date Type: Presentation
Event Title: Children and Young People's Mental Health: Improving Outcomes, Widening Access and Tackling Stigma in an Age of Austerity
Event Dates: 03-05 July 2013
Event Location: The University of Northampton
Event Type: Conference
Language: English
Status: Unpublished
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URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/5564

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