Table 1 Survey questions and response options
Question | Response options | |
|---|---|---|
Research and job details | Position/job title | Undergraduate student, Postgraduate taught Masters student, Postgraduate research Masters student, PhD student, Postgraduate researcher (research assistant/associate post without PhD), Postdoctoral researcher (research associate/fellow with PhD), Lecturer, Other (please state) |
Number of years of research experience in total | ||
What is your research primarily concerned with? a | Mental health, Self-harm, Suicide, Other (please state) | |
What is your youth/adult involvement work primarily concerned with? a | Mental health, Self-harm Suicide, Other (please state) | |
Does your supervisor/line manager undertake youth and/or adult involvement work? | Yes, No, Don’t know | |
Does your institution(s) undertake youth and/or adult involvement work? | Yes, No, Don’t know | |
Value of youth/adult involvement | To what extent do you personally feel that youth/adult involvement is valuable? | 1 (not at all valuable) to 10 (extremely valuable) |
To what extent do you personally feel YOUR current youth/adult involvement work is valuable? | 1 (not at all valuable) to 10 (extremely valuable) | |
To what extent do you feel the organisation(s)/institution(s) you are associated with value youth/adult involvement? | 1 (not at all valuable) to 10 (extremely valuable) | |
To what extent do you feel the department(s) you are associated with value youth/adult involvement? | 1 (not at all valuable) to 10 (extremely valuable) | |
Current youth and adult involvement in research | Please indicate all of the ways in which young people and/or adults are involved in your current work a | Identifying research topics, Prioritising research questions, Preparing research applications, Design of research, Management of research (e.g. steering/advisory group), Developing participant information resources, Undertaking/analysing research (e.g. member of research team), Contributing to the reporting of the study report, Dissemination of research findings, Other (please state) |
How often are young people and/or adults are involved in YOUR work? | Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Always | |
How often are young people and/or adults are involved in YOUR ORGANISATION’s work? | Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Always, Don’t know | |
Barriers and facilitators | What are the biggest barriers to increased youth and adult involvement in your research? | Free response |
What would help you to better undertake youth and adult involvement work in your research? | Free response | |
Is funding available for your youth and/or adult involvement work? | Yes No | |
If yes, what is the source of this funding? | ||
How confident do you feel when engaging with young people and/or adults during work related to mental health/self-harm/suicide? | 1 (not at all) to 10 (extremely) | |
How supported do you feel when engaging with young people and/or adults during work related to mental health/self-harm/suicide? | 1 (not at all) to 10 (extremely) | |
How knowledgeable do you feel when engaging with young people and/or adults during work related to mental health/self-harm/suicide? | 1 (not at all) to 10 (extremely) |