My aim for this presentation is first to give a little bit background to why I came up with a research project on YC&A with sexual behaviour problems. Following that, I will share some of the essentials to my original proposal to the study of YC&A with range of sexual behaviour problems. And then, I will include some of the early findings and responds to my initial proposal to show the dilemma that I have experienced to pursue with the original project. That basically has brought me to a new proposal to the study of YC&A with sexual behaviour problems and in this presentation, I will share with the audience the changes that I have made to the earlier proposal. And finally I will finish with a brief conclusion about the dilemma that I have experienced in the early stage of my research study

1. Roslinya Latip, Applied Social Science
Post Graduate Research Forum, Lancaster University
20 June 2013
Researching Young Children & Adolescents with Sexual
Behaviour Problems: A Researcher’s Dilemma

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Aim of this presentation
Introduction to the study1
Researching YC&A with SBPs:
theory vs. reality2
Revised methodology
3
Conclusion
4

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Introduction to the study
Statistics
 young people aged between 10 and 17 (the
majority of them male) contribute to a
significant percentage of all reported sexual
offence cases
 young children aged below 10 are continuously
being referred to different agencies for having
SBPs (Hackett, et al. 2003)

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PROBLEM
Empirical research and interventions
aiming at younger children with
SBPs remain scant, with the majority
of the studies focusing on
schoolchildren and adolescents
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PROBLEM
To define and to distinguish between
concerning sexual behaviour and normal
sexual development is getting more
challenging in the era of technology
Introduction to the study

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WHAT
WHY HOW
WHY
WHAT
To understand the different
accounts of sexual behaviour
problems among young people
Introduction to the study

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Researching YC&A with SBPs:
in theory
… assure to the child who is
capable of forming his or her own
views the right to express those
views freely in all matters
affecting the child, the views of
the child being given due weight
in accordance with the age and
maturity of the child. - Article 12,
UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child
… assure to the child who is
capable of forming his or her own
views the right to express those
views freely in all matters
affecting the child, the views of
the child being given due weight
in accordance with the age and
maturity of the child. - Article 12,
UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child
Recognition of children’s and
adolescent’s voices is agreed
to be a key aspect in
promoting their sense of
autonomy through the
acknowledgment of their
right to express their own
views and perspectives
Recognition of children’s and
adolescent’s voices is agreed
to be a key aspect in
promoting their sense of
autonomy through the
acknowledgment of their
right to express their own
views and perspectives
There are relatively few
studies looking at the
perspective of YC&A with
range of SBPs particularly
concerning their experiences
and feelings about people
around them and their socio-
environments
There are relatively few
studies looking at the
perspective of YC&A with
range of SBPs particularly
concerning their experiences
and feelings about people
around them and their socio-
environments
Researcher’s
statement
Researcher’s
statement
Support from
the literature
Support from
the literature
Support from
the literature
Support from
the literature

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YC&A –
Active participants
Accounts
of SBPs
YC&A
Feelings
YC&A
voice
Research question
Total understanding
Research method
Assumptions&
generalization
Researching YC&A with SBPs:
in theory

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Ethical concerns Gatekeepers
“I am not sure if
we could allow
you to talk to the
children here... “
Barnado’s Taith
Service Ethics
Committee
“I wish I could at
least allow you to
observe the
session, but you
know…” YOT
Practice Manager
Building up rapport
“It takes a while
for a young
person to start
telling the true
story… “ YOT
worker
“It’s been 2
years and I had
to return the
case back to the
court..” YOT
worker
“How are you going to obtain
consent from a child?”
“How can you be sure it is a true
consent?”
“What will you do is a child
disclose incident of abuse,
involving his/her own parent?”
Researching YC&A with SBPs:
in reality
Consent, Disclosure of
abuse, Confidentiality
Managers,
Ethics
Committee
Adult-YP
relationship,
Sensitive topic

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The alternative road
Talking to the
PRACTITIONERS WHO WORK
DIRECTLY WITH YC&A WITH SBPs
Practitioners
as the 1st
informants
Method
Interviews
One-on-one interview
Group interview
Skype/video interview
On-site interview
Researching YC&A with SBPs:
revised methodology

10. Conclusion
Researching YC&A is a challenging
task, but…
researching YC&A who had been
identified with SBPs further
heightens the challenge.
But it’s ok to not being able to talk to
YC&A with SBPs

11. Roslinya Latip, Applied Social Science
r.a.latip@lancs.ac.uk