OxWell Study
Sharing findings from the OxWell Student Survey, a self-report study on mental health and well-being conducted in 180 schools across England.
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- Ahead of our national webinar this afternoon, OxWell PI Mina Fazel summarises some of the key areas we're looking into & how we're amplifying young voices to lead to real-world change.
- After a quiet spell here (because it’s been very busy!) — a big #OxWell update 📣🧠 Over 40,000 students have taken part in the 2025 survey so far — THANK YOU to every student who shared their voice 💬💛
- Scenes from our booth today at the Westgate! Great to meet so many #OxWellStudents, families, and teachers; share some early 2025 results & hear what they think we should be doing with the findings. #research
- *New research* from team members @emmasoneson.bsky.social, @minafazeloxford.bsky.social, Puneetha Goli & @simonrwhite.bsky.social on adolescents' concerns about taking part in health & well-being research. Full text here: www.jahonline.org/article/S105... #mentalhealth #research
- We were really pleased that this report engaged so thoughtfully with our findings, making sure #youthvoice really is central in everything we do in children & young people's #mentalhealth. Watch/listen/read to see what @drhollybear.bsky.social & @emmasoneson.bsky.social made of the report ⬇️
- It's been a busy 48 hours for our senior postdocs @drhollybear.bsky.social & @emmasoneson.bsky.social, who were invited by BBC South Today & Radio Oxford to talk about the latest Oxfordshire Director of Public Health Annual Report on Children & Young People's #mentalhealth. Links below👇
- What teens see and do online matters. New research from our team looks at how digital experiences relate to mental health & what we can do about it. A must-read for parents, educators, and mental health researchers and policymakers.
- Our latest paper is now out in Current Psychology: 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... Based on data from over 14,000 adolescents we found: It’s not just how much time young people spend online-it’s what they’re doing & what they’re exposed to that matters.
- Great to see Lea Satala presenting her OxWell findings at the @nihr.bsky.social Undergraduate Internship Programme Celebration Event in London this morning! Lea undertook an 8-wk internship with @oxchildpsych.bsky.social last summer & did some really impactful work around adolescent self-harm.
- Social jetlag = the mismatch between social & biological time ✈️😴 Our new @oxwell.bsky.social study of ~20K #children & #adolescents shows an average jetlag of ~2 hrs 🕑 . ⬆️ jetlag was associated w/ weekend bedtime setting 🛌, & #socialmedia use 📱 and #gaming 🎮 before #sleep Read more below 👇
- With the fantastic Gaby Illingworth, Tanya Manchanda, @drskripka.bsky.social, @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & Felicity Waite!
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- New @oxwell.bsky.social study out today puts the #youthvoice centre stage in understanding the availability, accessibility & acceptability of #mentalhealth support in the UK. PRESS RELEASE ➡️ www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/radical... ARTICLE ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- We found that #adolescents are accessing multiple types of support across informal, semi-formal, and formal spheres w/ substantial variability in perceived helpfulness.
- Today marks @oxwell.bsky.social Programme Manager Shona's last day for a little while... 🐣 Our study wouldn't be the same without her, and we are so grateful for everything she's done over the past few years 🫶 Best of luck in this new adventure, Shona!
- Reposted by OxWell StudyToday @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & @emmasoneson.bsky.social journeyed to London to join colleagues from around the country for a meeting of the Adolescent Health Study. Our team is excited to help shape this major study & ensure it keeps #mentalhealth at its heart!
