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'It's just one big vicious circle': young people's experiences of highly visual social media and their mental health.
Health Educ Res
May 2022
School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queens University Belfast, 6 College Park Avenue, Belfast BT7 1PS, UK.
Highly visual social media (HVSM) platforms, such as Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok, are increasingly popular among young people. It is unclear what motivates young people to engage with these specific highly visual platforms and what impact the inherent features of HVSM have on young people's mental health. Nine semi-structured focus group sessions were conducted with males and females aged 14 and 15 years (n = 47) across five secondary schools in Northern Ireland.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRisk perception, changing social context, and norms prevent transition to regular injection among people who smoke heroin.
Drug Alcohol Depend
March 2020
School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, 6 College Park Avenue, Belfast, BT7 1PS, United Kingdom. Electronic address:
Background: There is a lack of research examining what prevents people who smoke heroin from transitioning to regular injection. This qualitative study aims to improve understanding of environmental influences preventing people who smoke heroin from transitioning to regular injection.
Methods: In-depth, semi-structured interviews (n = 15) were conducted with people who currently smoked heroin but never injected (n = 10) and those who injected on a few occasions but did not transition to regular injection (n = 5) in Northern Ireland.