Neelakantan Lakshmi, Fry Deborah, Florian Lani, Silion Doriana, Filip Madalina, Thabeng Mildred, Te Kathlyn, Sunglao Jun Angelo, Lu Mengyao, Ward Catherine L, Baban Adriana, Jocson Rosanne M, Peña Alampay Liane, Meinck Franziska
Population Mental Health Unit, Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Apr;162(Pt 1):106931. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106931. Epub 2024 Jul 6.
Current evidence on adolescent participation in violence research has primarily measured distress, harm or upset using quantitative methods. There are relatively few studies which have employed qualitative methods to understand adolescent emotional experiences, and to articulate the experiences of participation from their own perspective.
This study aimed to assess adolescents' experiences of participating in research on violence in different contexts, namely Romania, South Africa, and the Philippines.
A purposive sample of adolescents (N = 53, 51 % female) were recruited from rural, urban, and peri-urban areas in Romania, the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and Metro Manila, Philippines. Semi-structured one-on-one in-depth interviews and drawings sought adolescent perspectives on their experiences of participation, including the emotions they felt, and their perceptions of research on violence.
Drawing on analysis of interviews and drawings, adolescents reported a layered emotional experience, ranging from sadness, anger, apprehension, and upset, to joy, relief, and laughter. Their emotional experiences were driven by participation as a relational encounter, both with the researchers involved, as well as with other children and young people they encountered. Adolescents emphasized participation as enabling disclosure of difficult experiences, and the creation of awareness of violence.
Adolescent perspectives of participation in research on violence are nuanced and encompass their lived experience as well as the fundamentally relational nature of participation. Adolescents experienced increased awareness of topics in violence and perceived research participation as enabling disclosure and possible help-seeking. Measures of participation impact developed along with adolescents, which reflect this complexity, are needed.
目前关于青少年参与暴力研究的证据主要是使用定量方法来衡量痛苦、伤害或困扰。相对较少的研究采用定性方法来理解青少年的情感体验，并从他们自己的角度阐述参与的经历。
本研究旨在评估青少年在不同背景下（即罗马尼亚、南非和菲律宾）参与暴力研究的经历。
从罗马尼亚的农村、城市和城郊地区、南非东开普省以及菲律宾马尼拉大都会选取了一个有目的的青少年样本（N = 53，51%为女性）。通过半结构化一对一深度访谈和绘图来探寻青少年对其参与经历的看法，包括他们所感受到的情绪以及对暴力研究的认知。
通过对访谈和绘图的分析，青少年报告了一种多层次的情感体验，从悲伤、愤怒、担忧和困扰到喜悦、宽慰和欢笑。他们的情感体验是由作为一种关系性接触的参与所驱动的，这既涉及与参与研究的人员，也涉及与他们遇到的其他儿童和年轻人的接触。青少年强调参与有助于披露困难经历，并提高对暴力的认识。
青少年对参与暴力研究的看法是细微的，涵盖了他们的生活经历以及参与的基本关系性质。青少年对暴力相关主题的认识有所提高，并认为参与研究有助于披露信息和可能寻求帮助。需要制定与青少年一同发展的、反映这种复杂性的参与影响衡量标准。
