The transition to secondary school for young people with burn injuries
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A qualitative analysis of the experience of young people with a burn injury and their parents of the transition to secondary school
IRAS ID
211036
Contact name
Kristina Soon
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London, Joint Research Office
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Z6364106/2016/07/55 social research, University College London Data Registration
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 4 months, 26 days
Research summary
This qualitative study will explore the experience of the transition to secondary school of young people with burn injuries. Both young people with a burn injury (aged 12-14 years) and at least one parent will be interviewed for up to one hour using a semi-structured interview schedule. The study will last for approximately four months and will involve 15-20 parent-adolescent pairs.\n\nStarting secondary school is a significant transition in a young person’s developmental trajectory. A recent meta-analysis has shown that children experiencing adjustment difficulties were less likely to settle well in secondary school and then subsequent to transition these young people attained lower academic attainment levels and had higher drop-out rates (Riglin et al, 2013). Lower academic attainment has been correlated with poor later life outcomes including lower income, unemployment, mortality and poor health status (Mirowsky & Ross, 2003; U.S. Department of Education, 2005). The move to secondary school is an important point of transition for young people. The nature of the transition can influence the developmental trajectories of young people in terms of creating new opportunities and/or the encountering of new risks as the adolescent and family adjusts to their new social, academic and institutional contexts. \n\nClinical experience suggests that the move to secondary school is often anticipated with concern by both young people with burn injuries and their parents, however to date there has been no research which has explored this process directly. This study will seek to identify a range of factors associated with facilitating and/or impeding a successful transition in order to help inform future research in this area and also identify areas of focus for the development of clinical interventions to support young people with burn injuries to maximise their opportunities for a successful transition to secondary school.\n
REC name
London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/1967
Date of REC Opinion
2 Dec 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion