Grant Information
The Belfast Youth Development Study (BYDS) Overview
The Belfast Youth Development Study (BYDS) is a longitudinal study, has followed a group of approximately 5,800 individuals beginning in their first year of post-primary education. The study has a wide range of areas of investigation, including substance use, trauma, social networks, family and community dynamics, risk-taking and anti-social behaviours, and engagement with law enforcement. Because the study has followed the same participants over its duration, it has allowed researchers to look at the longer-term outcomes associated with adolescent experiences on later life.
BYDS participants are now in their mid-30s, and the research team is working to contact them to participate in another wave of data collection. For participants who consent, we will also be linking their study data with prescription records for medications to manage psychiatric conditions like mood disorders and schizophrenia. We will also invite 30 to conduct interviews with members of the study team, asking them questions about their experiences relevant to the study topics.
Both current and future data from BYDS allow for important examination of the factors associated with important social issues like substance use and trauma, as well as their long-term outcomes in a person’s life.
Current Grant Information
Grant Funder: HSC Research & Development
Grant Award: £249,332
Grant Team: Higgins, K. (PI), Percy, A. (CoI), Mulholland, C. (CoI), Jordan, J-A. (CoI), McCartan, C. (CoI), Morse, A D (CoI), Dyer, K. (CoI)
Grant Duration: 01/08/24-28/2/26
Historical Grant Information (Selection)
|
Funder |
Title |
Year Awarded |
Amount |
|
HSC Research & Development |
Tracing the longitudinal Belfast Youth Development Study Cohort |
2018 |
£45,012 |
|
Public Health Agency |
Prescription drug use in prison |
2017 |
£12,148 |
|
National Institute for Health Research |
Variation and determinants of novel psychoactive substance (NPS) use |
2017 |
£59,242 |
|
HSC Research & Development |
Harmonising alcohol-related outcomes |
2016 |
£39,783 |
|
National Institute for Health Research |
Variation and determinants of novel psychoactive substance (NPS) use |
2015 |
£293,375 |
|
Economic & Social Research Council |
Using smartphone applications to enhance longitudinal survey methods |
2013 |
£196,726 |
|
HSC Research & Development |
Parental alcohol use and resilience |
2012 |
£117,327 |
|
Alcohol Change UK |
Parental monitoring |
2012 |
£25,033 |
|
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister |
Offending behaviour amongst young people in NI: a study of neighbourhood, family, school, and peer processes |
2012 |
£266,652 |
|
Alcohol Change UK |
Social-economic inequalities in alcohol-related harm |
2011 |
£4,653 |
|
HSC Research & Development |
R&D: family influence on adolescent substance use |
2002 |
£214,131 |