Purpose

To help reduce suicide and other forms of self-harm, research with youth and their exposure to self-directed violence is critical. Yet, we know little about how participants feel about taking part in a survey that asks about such exposure. The present article aims to understand the survey experience of youth and young adult participants in a study about exposure to self-directed violence.

Methods

A total of 990 participants, aged 13–23 years, were recruited through study advertisements on Facebook and Instagram between November 27, 2020, and December 4, 2020. Data for this cross-sectional study were collected in the United States.

Results

A total of 37.6% of participants felt somewhat upset from their survey experience, and 14.9% were upset or extremely upset with the highest levels of upset reported by cisgender sexual minority girls and gender minority youth. Lower odds of saying one's contributions were valuable were noted for cisgender sexual minority boys and gender minority youth compared to cisgender heterosexual boys, as well as youth who reported exposure to self-directed violence. Eight in 10 youth felt it was important to ask questions about self-directed violence exposure in surveys.

Conclusions

The research and practitioner communities should be particularly mindful of high-risk populations and identify innovative ways to better support and encourage their voice in research, as well as highlight the value of their participation. The results provide some guidance for those conducting research with youth on this topic.

中文翻译：

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年轻人对参与关于暴露于自我导向的暴力的研究的看法

目的

为帮助减少自杀和其他形式的自残，对青年及其遭受自我暴力的研究至关重要。然而，我们对参与者对参与询问此类暴露的调查的感受知之甚少。本文旨在了解青年和青年参与者在一项关于暴露于自我导向的暴力的研究中的调查经验。

方法

2020 年 11 月 27 日至 2020 年 12 月 4 日期间，通过 Facebook 和 Instagram 上的研究广告招募了 990 名年龄在 13-23 岁之间的参与者。这项横断面研究的数据是在美国收集的。

结果

共有 37.6% 的参与者对他们的调查经历感到有些不安，14.9% 的参与者对顺性别性少数女孩和性别少数青年报告的最高水平的不安感到不安或极度不安。与顺性别异性恋男孩相比，顺性别性少数男孩和性别少数青年以及报告遭受过自我暴力的青年表示自己的贡献有价值的几率较低。十分之八的年轻人认为在调查中询问有关自我导向的暴力暴露的问题很重要。

结论

研究和从业人员社区应特别注意高风险人群，并确定创新方法以更好地支持和鼓励他们在研究中发表意见，并强调他们参与的价值。研究结果为那些针对这一主题对青年进行研究的人提供了一些指导。