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Individual predictors of adolescent adjustment to maternal cancer: The role of perceived stress, coping, social support, attachment and self-efficacy
(Wiley, 2018-10-30)
Background
Cancer is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality around the world. The National Cancer Registry of Ireland reported in 2015 that there were 9312 new cases of female cancers per year, breast cancer ...
Methodological challenges of sensitive topic research with adolescents.
(Emerald, 2018)
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the methodological challenges in the design and implementation of an emotionally sensitive topic involving research with adolescents based on a study evaluating the experiences ...
Adolescent adjustment to maternal cancer: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)
(Emerald, 2018-03-04)
Purpose
As an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), the purpose of this paper is to provide an in-depth understanding of adolescent experiences of maternal cancer to identify the individual and contextual factors ...
“It’s your turn to step into their shoes”: The role of empathy in adolescents experiencing maternal cancer
(Emerald, 2019-01-04)
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of empathy in adolescents coping with maternal cancer to identify passive and active empathy forms and the role of these in adolescent coping at a challenging ...
Selective sharing: The impact of patterns of communication in young people experiencing maternal cancer
(Wiley, 2018-10-09)
Background
Adolescents that experience parental cancer can have significant difficulties and may be at a greater risk of emotional and behavioural problems; however, some studies have found that this experience can also ...
Exploring the role of practitioner confidence in prevention and early intervention in child welfare: A case study of Irish youth workers in Meitheal
(Routledge, 2020-06-05)
This study analyses the role of youth workers’ confidence in Meitheal: an Irish model of prevention and early intervention in child welfare.
This study had an exploratory mixed methods design. Semi-structured interviews ...
Listen to them! The challenge of capturing the true voice of young people within early intervention and prevention models; a youth work perspective
(Elsevier, 2018-11-14)
This paper aims to explore the challenges to youth work in capturing the voices of young people in a meaningful way within Meitheal and the Child and Family
Support Networks model (Meitheal). This is a prevention and early ...
Introduction to domestic violence, abuse and coercive control for counsellors: An evaluation of the impact of training
(Wiley, 2020-11-06)
In the context of a global pandemic which has witnessed a
significant increase in domestic violence, and therefore has
also increased the demand for support provision; this
article is reporting on the impact of a domestic ...