“They say ‘yes, I’m doing it… .and I’m fine’ ”: the lived experience of supporting teenagers who misuse drugs

Maynard, Emma; Pycroft, Aaron; Spiers, Johanna

doi:10.1080/02650533.2019.1697868

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“…The homogeneity of this group (Smith, 2011) is brought to bear by shared experience of parenting and the social care system, its structures, priorities and power imbalances (Keddell, 2014) which are experienced as real (Fletcher, 2016;Maynard et al, 2019;Maynard et al, 2022). We note that the identification of these families as incurring complex social experiences reflects the professional categorisation, and illustrates the importance of nuanced, person centered analysis.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Despite being termed early help, needs at this level are in fact very complex (Hood et al, 2020). While sometimes being preventative, early help is often either a step-down from social services, a latest episode in a case history, or, a 'new' child in a family -in none of these cases would family needs be 'early' (Maynard et al, 2019). Put simply, we suggest early help means the needs of the family appeared less serious than others at the most recent point of contact with services, and that severity of need may fluctuate over time, denoting the fluctuating nature of family need between prevention and protection at tiers 3 and 4 (Hood et al, 2020) as reflected by our sample.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Family stories: investigating trauma-informed narratives, change behaviours and environments in complex family experiences

Maynard

Sims‐Schouten

Fairchild

et al. 2023

Families, Relationships and Societies

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This article presents our Family Stories model identifying self-reported change behaviours and environments by families developed from our two-phase research in an inner-city area in the south of England. The research focused on parents whose families had experienced complex issues affecting the behaviour, wellbeing, learning and/or safety of children, and who had received social care support from services that had broadly adopted a trauma-informed approach. We identified parents’ self-reported change behaviours and environments, in the context of the high rate of families relapsing and returning for multiple episodes of support. We also identify key challenges to securing long-term positive change, including the barriers to nurturing a strong and successful parenting identity, in which parents are more able to sustain positive change. Our model identifies four enablers, evident in the self-reported change behaviours narrated by our participants: community, allyship, strategy and mastery.

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confidence: 86%

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confidence: 99%

Family stories: investigating trauma-informed narratives, change behaviours and environments in complex family experiences

Maynard

Sims‐Schouten

Fairchild

et al. 2023

Families, Relationships and Societies

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“…Each individual case narrative was then analysed fully before undertaking a further analysis where the researchers identified themes of descriptive, dialectal and conceptual importance through (Smith et al , 2009). Initial ideas were captured and clustered into themes for each participant that were then compared and for convergence and divergence (Maynard et al , 2019).…”

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Understanding women’s help-seeking for problematic and unhealthy alcohol use through the lens of complexity theory

Cane

Newton

Foster

2022

ADD

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Purpose It is well established that women face multiple barriers accessing treatment for problematic and unhealthy alcohol use, but less is known about how their interconnected problems affect how they seek help from, and access, alcohol-treatment services. This study aims to explore the dynamic nature of women’s help-seeking for problematic and unhealthy alcohol use and how this can be compounded by unsuitable treatment services, especially when women present with complex needs. Design/methodology/approach Thirteen semi-structured interviews with women who had accessed alcohol-support services were conducted, audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically using the complexity theory. Findings For women with complex needs, the process of seeking help may trigger unpredictable behaviours, health or social problems and intermittent serial access to treatment. Current services do not always address women’s holistic needs. Unless services focus on addressing interconnected problems – including historic trauma – they may compound the complexity of women’s problems. Complexity theory offers novel insights into this process, a concept not applied to problematic and unhealthy alcohol use treatment previously. Research limitations/implications Services should adopt the complexity-focused perspective featured in this study. While the authors acknowledge the increase in gender-responsive provision, the limitations of this study include a small sample size, the self-selecting nature of the sample and retrospective reporting. Participants were recruited and selected by service staff resulting in gatekeeping and possible sampling bias. Practical implications Services should adopt non-linear approaches to treatment. Implementing complexity approaches to treating women’s problematic and unhealthy alcohol use should capture the dynamics, complexity and non-linear nature of women’s help-seeking journeys as well as their internal and external responses that may result in relapse. The authors recommend complexity-focused, multiple-component and integrated collaborative strategies to address not only addiction but also all components of women’s needs, including past trauma. Originality/value Applying complexity-thinking to help-seeking experiences for alcohol treatment and recovery services is novel and proved useful in understanding the variety of women’s experiences and how these interact with their help-seeking behaviours, including treatment environments.

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“…Gaining children's consent (or rather, assent) is complex in itself. At age ten to twelve, children are not necessarily Gillick-Competent (also known as Fraser Ruling/Competent) (Cornock 2007;Maynard, Pycroft, and Spiers 2019), and cannot legally give their consent. Thus, our consent process required a two-fold consent from their parent/ carer, and active assent from the children themselves (Morgan et al 2002;Thomas and O'Kane 1998).…”

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Because ‘grown-ups don’t always get it right’: Allyship with children in research – from research question to authorship

Maynard

Barton

Rivett

et al. 2020

Qualitative Research in Psychology

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This study engaged children as research allies throughout the research process from developing research questions to authorship. Our approach recognises children's right to participation under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child by developing a form of inquiry that invited children's critique of adult knowledge and authority. The project was fully coconstructed with children, with adults who guided them through planning, analysis and authorship. We discuss our reflections on the children's lived experience of Allyship itself, with the issues raised by children in focus groups and interviews illuminating this methodological approach. We conclude that children see and accept adult failings and seek to contribute to social worlds, and that these priorities have been enacted in their lived experience of this project. Our approach provides a platform for further endeavours in Allyship with children in the fields of qualitative psychology and childhood studies. Words; 146

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“They say ‘yes, I’m doing it… .and I’m fine’ ”: the lived experience of supporting teenagers who misuse drugs

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

Family stories: investigating trauma-informed narratives, change behaviours and environments in complex family experiences

Family stories: investigating trauma-informed narratives, change behaviours and environments in complex family experiences

Understanding women’s help-seeking for problematic and unhealthy alcohol use through the lens of complexity theory

Because ‘grown-ups don’t always get it right’: Allyship with children in research – from research question to authorship

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