Dirk Schubotz
Biographic Data
| ID | 227371 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dirk Schubotz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dirk |
| FAMILY NAME | Schubotz |
| SIGNATURE | SCHUBOTZ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1040-9200 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Romantic Relationships of Young People in a Divided Society. Evidence from a Large-Scale Probability Survey of 16-Year-Olds
This study investigates how 16 years olds navigate forming romantic relationships in Northern Ireland, a society highly divided by religion, utilising the 2023 Young Life and Times to run multinominal regression analysis examining what characteristics influence the likelihood of dating someone of a different religion (same, different, or don’t know). The findings suggest religious identity, religiously segregated social environments, and where th…
Theorising Respect and Disrespect by and About Children and Young People: A Qualitative Systematic Literature Review
Respect is a foundational moral and social value, yet its conceptualisation by and about children and young people remains underexplored. This systematic qualitative literature review examines how respect and disrespect are theorised, defined or conceptualised in relation to children and young people, and the extent to which their perspectives are represented in schools, higher education, care and community settings. Guided by PRISMA protocols, 1…
Parental physical activity, parental mental health, children’s physical activity, and children’s mental health
These findings suggest that including support for parental physical activity and children's physical activity should be a routine component of family focused mental health interventions. It is important to acknowledge that there may be additional barriers to engaging in physical activity for families where a parent is experiencing mental health problems, and these should also be explored and addressed
Young people with LGB identity and their sense of belonging: Evidence from Northern Ireland – A society emerging from violent social conflict
In 2023 Northern Ireland celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement (GFA) which is regarded as a milestone of the Northern Ireland peace process. Via the 1998 Northern Ireland Act, the peace process saw equality and anti-discrimination legislation being implemented in Northern Ireland that legislates that public authorities must carry out their duties with due regard to equality of opportunity, including between persons …
Young People’s Understanding of Coercive Control in Northern Ireland
Coercive control and related research have progressed significantly in the past number of years, with an ever-growing evidence base adding to its construct. However, currently there is a lack of evidence on young people's knowledge and understanding of coercive control. We included a module of questions in the 2020 Northern Ireland Young Life and Life and Times survey ( n = 2,069) with the aim of capturing baseline measurable data on understandin…
A Mental Health Pandemic? Assessing the Impact of Covid-19 on Young People’s Mental Health
Background: Research indicates that young people have been a particularly vulnerable group when it comes to negative mental health outcomes following COVID-19, with some authors warning of a ‘mental health pandemic’. Materials and Method: Using a survey approach, this study explored the effects of lockdowns on the mental health of 1995 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland. Respondents completed the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire …
Life Under Coronavirus: Children’s Views on their Experiences of their Human Rights
Children have a right to have their views sought and given due weight on all matters affecting them, including at times of emergency and crisis. This article describes the process and findings of the ground-breaking CovidUnder19 survey (“Life Under Coronavirus”) which was co-designed with children for children, capturing the experiences of over 26,000 children in 137 countries as to the realisation of their human rights during the first six month…
Participatory Research: Why and How to Involve People in Research
Young men’s experiences of violence and crime in a society emerging from conflict
Previous studies have consistently established young men’s over representation in the criminal justice system particularly in relation to interpersonal violence. Despite this, the voice of young men are seldom heard, reducing our understanding of young men’s experience of crime and violence. As Northern Ireland emerged from the longest conflict in contemporary European history following the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, a new generation of young…
Exploring young people’s understanding of culture: A study from Northern Ireland
This article highlights the need for greater understanding of the role that historical, socio-cultural and political context play in shaping perceptions of culture and cultural value. Findings draw on the annual attitudinal survey of 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland, Young Life and Times (2016), and four follow-up focus group discussions. Results complement existing cultural participation research, which relates forms of engagement with intersect…
Shared future – shared values? Taking stock of the peace process in Northern Ireland: Teenagers’ perspectives
Although preceded by years of political and policy developments, the signing of the Good Friday Agreement (or Belfast Agreement) in 1998 is generally regarded as marking the end of conflict and the beginning of the transition to peace. However, this transition has been neither linear nor straightforward. Divisions, both physical and symbolic, reflecting collective identities and ‘otherness’, remain resistant to change and continue to foster secta…
Commercial sex, clients, and Christian morals: Paying for sex in Ireland
This article reports on the results of a study on men who pay for sex across Ireland. In presenting a detailed picture of the diverse group of sex workers’ clients, their motives and attitudes, we debunk the prevalent stereotypes about men who pay for sex, as continuously used in the public discourse about sex work on both sides of the Irish border: we show that the majority of clients do not fit the image of violent, careless misogynists. We arg…
Young people's self-reported experiences of sexual exploitation and sexual violence: A view from Northern Ireland
The issue of young people's experiences of sexual exploitation and sexual violence has received increasing political and media attention within recent years. However, whilst many studies have identified this to be an emerging issue of concern, the collation of prevalence data on the extent of these issues is still very much in its infancy. In this article we report on the findings of a large-scale project on the sexual exploitation of young peopl…
Segregation Preferences of Urban and Rural 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland
Sectarian violence in the Northern Ireland is often perceived to be mostly confined to cities. The aim of this paper is to explore statistically what factors contribute to segregation preferences among young people living in rural and urban areas, using the 2005–2009 Young Life and Times (YLT) survey – an annual attitudes survey of 16-year-olds. The findings show that religious and national identities are the strongest predictors of segregation p…
A Shared Future? Exclusion, Stigmatization, and Mental Health of Same-Sex-Attracted Young People in Northern Ireland
For more than a decade the Peace Process has fundamentally changed Northern Irish society. However, although socioreligious integration and ethnic mixing are high on the political agenda in Northern Ireland, the Peace Process has so far failed to address the needs of some of the most vulnerable young people, for example, those who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Public debates in Northern Ireland remain hostile to same-sex-attracted people…
Young children returning home from care: The birth parents' perspective
While a wide range of literature exists on the experiences of children in foster care or adoption, much less is known about children who return home from care to their birth parents. This paper focuses on the perspectives of a small sample of birth parents of young children who returned home from care. It draws on findings from the Northern Ireland Care Pathways and Outcomes Study that has been following a population ( n = 374) of children who we…
Prevalence of self-harm and help-seeking behaviours among young people in Northern Ireland
Background Compared to other parts of the British Isles, until recently there has been little information on rates of self-harm in Northern Ireland. Objectives To investigate the rates of self-harming among adolescents, help seeking behaviour among self-harmers, and risk factors associated with these behaviours in Northern Ireland. Design Two large scale surveys based on the Northern Ireland adolescent population were undertaken that contained qu…
Demonstrating the Merits of the Peer Research Process: A Northern Ireland Case Study
This article discusses the benefits and challenges of involving peer researchers in social research projects. A research project on pupil participation in policy making on school bullying in Northern Ireland's schools was commissioned by the Office of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People and undertaken by the National Children's Bureau in conjunction with researchers from Queen's University Belfast in fourteen schools a…
Auf dem Weg zum Mainstream? Integrative Schulen in Nordirland am Scheideweg.
Nordirland ist ein relativ kleines Land. Beim letzten Zensus im Jahre 2001 wurden nicht einmal 1,7 Millionen Einwohner gezählt. Das gemessen an der Grüße des Landes verhältnismäßig starke internationale Interesse an Nordirland beruht auf der Tatsache, dass in Nordirland einer der letzten offenen und gewalttätigen gesellschaftlichen Konflikte in Westeuropa andauert. Der hier vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der erfolgreichen Etablierung ei…
Same sex attraction, homophobic bullying and mental health of young people in Northern Ireland
This article reports on the relationship between same-sex attraction, experience of bullying in school and mental health measured using the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12). A random sample of 16 year olds, drawn from the Child Benefit Register, was invited to take part in the 2005 Young Life and Times survey, which is a postal survey carried out in Northern Ireland every year. Eight hundred and nineteen 16 year olds re…
Sex education in Northern Ireland schools: A critical evaluation
To date there has been little research on young people and sexuality in Northern Ireland. This paper draws on the first major study in this area to analyse the delivery of formal sex education in schools. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to access young people's opinions about the quality of the sex education they had received at school. Overall, they reported high levels of dissatisfaction, with notable variations in relation …
Sexual behaviour of young people in Northern Ireland: First sexual experience
Two National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles in Britain (Natsal) were conducted, one in 1990 and one in 2000. Northern Ireland was excluded from both studies. Now, for the first time, comparable data about sexual attitudes and lifestyles of young people (14- to 25-year-olds) in Northern Ireland are available. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires, one-to-one interviews and focus-group discussions. As in Natsal 19…
The first time: Young people and sex in Northern Ireland
The sexual health of people, particularly young people, in Northern Ireland is currently poor. Yet there has been little research conducted on sexual attitudes and lifestyles. This paper is based on data from the first ever major research project in this field in Northern Ireland. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, it targeted young people aged 14–25. A combination of a self‐administered survey questionnaire, focus group discussions and …
Researching Young People and Sex in Northern Ireland
This paper reports on the first substantive attempt to accomplish in Northern Ireland what has been done in a number of other societies: namely, the investigation of the sexual attitudes and lifestyles of young people. Co-managed by the Family Planning Association Northern Ireland and the University of Ulster, the three-year research project focused on young people in Northern Ireland aged 14–25 years. In this paper we present some baseline resul…
Young children returning home from care: The birth parents' perspective
While a wide range of literature exists on the experiences of children in foster care or adoption, much less is known about children who return home from care to their birth parents. This paper focuses on the perspectives of a small sample of birth parents of young children who returned home from care. It draws on findings from the Northern Ireland Care Pathways and Outcomes Study that has been following a population ( n = 374) of children who we…
Same sex attraction, homophobic bullying and mental health of young people in Northern Ireland
This article reports on the relationship between same-sex attraction, experience of bullying in school and mental health measured using the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12). A random sample of 16 year olds, drawn from the Child Benefit Register, was invited to take part in the 2005 Young Life and Times survey, which is a postal survey carried out in Northern Ireland every year. Eight hundred and nineteen 16 year olds re…
Young men’s experiences of violence and crime in a society emerging from conflict
Previous studies have consistently established young men’s over representation in the criminal justice system particularly in relation to interpersonal violence. Despite this, the voice of young men are seldom heard, reducing our understanding of young men’s experience of crime and violence. As Northern Ireland emerged from the longest conflict in contemporary European history following the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, a new generation of young…
Young people's self-reported experiences of sexual exploitation and sexual violence: A view from Northern Ireland
The issue of young people's experiences of sexual exploitation and sexual violence has received increasing political and media attention within recent years. However, whilst many studies have identified this to be an emerging issue of concern, the collation of prevalence data on the extent of these issues is still very much in its infancy. In this article we report on the findings of a large-scale project on the sexual exploitation of young peopl…
Life Under Coronavirus: Children’s Views on their Experiences of their Human Rights
Children have a right to have their views sought and given due weight on all matters affecting them, including at times of emergency and crisis. This article describes the process and findings of the ground-breaking CovidUnder19 survey (“Life Under Coronavirus”) which was co-designed with children for children, capturing the experiences of over 26,000 children in 137 countries as to the realisation of their human rights during the first six month…
A Shared Future? Exclusion, Stigmatization, and Mental Health of Same-Sex-Attracted Young People in Northern Ireland
For more than a decade the Peace Process has fundamentally changed Northern Irish society. However, although socioreligious integration and ethnic mixing are high on the political agenda in Northern Ireland, the Peace Process has so far failed to address the needs of some of the most vulnerable young people, for example, those who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Public debates in Northern Ireland remain hostile to same-sex-attracted people…
Demonstrating the Merits of the Peer Research Process: A Northern Ireland Case Study
This article discusses the benefits and challenges of involving peer researchers in social research projects. A research project on pupil participation in policy making on school bullying in Northern Ireland's schools was commissioned by the Office of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People and undertaken by the National Children's Bureau in conjunction with researchers from Queen's University Belfast in fourteen schools a…
Exploring young people’s understanding of culture: A study from Northern Ireland
This article highlights the need for greater understanding of the role that historical, socio-cultural and political context play in shaping perceptions of culture and cultural value. Findings draw on the annual attitudinal survey of 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland, Young Life and Times (2016), and four follow-up focus group discussions. Results complement existing cultural participation research, which relates forms of engagement with intersect…
The first time: Young people and sex in Northern Ireland
The sexual health of people, particularly young people, in Northern Ireland is currently poor. Yet there has been little research conducted on sexual attitudes and lifestyles. This paper is based on data from the first ever major research project in this field in Northern Ireland. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, it targeted young people aged 14–25. A combination of a self‐administered survey questionnaire, focus group discussions and …
Researching Young People and Sex in Northern Ireland
This paper reports on the first substantive attempt to accomplish in Northern Ireland what has been done in a number of other societies: namely, the investigation of the sexual attitudes and lifestyles of young people. Co-managed by the Family Planning Association Northern Ireland and the University of Ulster, the three-year research project focused on young people in Northern Ireland aged 14–25 years. In this paper we present some baseline resul…
Sexual behaviour of young people in Northern Ireland: First sexual experience
Two National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles in Britain (Natsal) were conducted, one in 1990 and one in 2000. Northern Ireland was excluded from both studies. Now, for the first time, comparable data about sexual attitudes and lifestyles of young people (14- to 25-year-olds) in Northern Ireland are available. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires, one-to-one interviews and focus-group discussions. As in Natsal 19…
The first time: Young people and sex in Northern Ireland
The sexual health of people, particularly young people, in Northern Ireland is currently poor. Yet there has been little research conducted on sexual attitudes and lifestyles. This paper is based on data from the first ever major research project in this field in Northern Ireland. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, it targeted young people aged 14–25. A combination of a self‐administered survey questionnaire, focus group discussions and …
Sex education in Northern Ireland schools: A critical evaluation
To date there has been little research on young people and sexuality in Northern Ireland. This paper draws on the first major study in this area to analyse the delivery of formal sex education in schools. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to access young people's opinions about the quality of the sex education they had received at school. Overall, they reported high levels of dissatisfaction, with notable variations in relation …
Auf dem Weg zum Mainstream? Integrative Schulen in Nordirland am Scheideweg.
Nordirland ist ein relativ kleines Land. Beim letzten Zensus im Jahre 2001 wurden nicht einmal 1,7 Millionen Einwohner gezählt. Das gemessen an der Grüße des Landes verhältnismäßig starke internationale Interesse an Nordirland beruht auf der Tatsache, dass in Nordirland einer der letzten offenen und gewalttätigen gesellschaftlichen Konflikte in Westeuropa andauert. Der hier vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der erfolgreichen Etablierung ei…
Same sex attraction, homophobic bullying and mental health of young people in Northern Ireland
This article reports on the relationship between same-sex attraction, experience of bullying in school and mental health measured using the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12). A random sample of 16 year olds, drawn from the Child Benefit Register, was invited to take part in the 2005 Young Life and Times survey, which is a postal survey carried out in Northern Ireland every year. Eight hundred and nineteen 16 year olds re…
Demonstrating the Merits of the Peer Research Process: A Northern Ireland Case Study
This article discusses the benefits and challenges of involving peer researchers in social research projects. A research project on pupil participation in policy making on school bullying in Northern Ireland's schools was commissioned by the Office of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People and undertaken by the National Children's Bureau in conjunction with researchers from Queen's University Belfast in fourteen schools a…
Young children returning home from care: The birth parents' perspective
While a wide range of literature exists on the experiences of children in foster care or adoption, much less is known about children who return home from care to their birth parents. This paper focuses on the perspectives of a small sample of birth parents of young children who returned home from care. It draws on findings from the Northern Ireland Care Pathways and Outcomes Study that has been following a population ( n = 374) of children who we…
Prevalence of self-harm and help-seeking behaviours among young people in Northern Ireland
Background Compared to other parts of the British Isles, until recently there has been little information on rates of self-harm in Northern Ireland. Objectives To investigate the rates of self-harming among adolescents, help seeking behaviour among self-harmers, and risk factors associated with these behaviours in Northern Ireland. Design Two large scale surveys based on the Northern Ireland adolescent population were undertaken that contained qu…
A Shared Future? Exclusion, Stigmatization, and Mental Health of Same-Sex-Attracted Young People in Northern Ireland
For more than a decade the Peace Process has fundamentally changed Northern Irish society. However, although socioreligious integration and ethnic mixing are high on the political agenda in Northern Ireland, the Peace Process has so far failed to address the needs of some of the most vulnerable young people, for example, those who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Public debates in Northern Ireland remain hostile to same-sex-attracted people…
Segregation Preferences of Urban and Rural 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland
Sectarian violence in the Northern Ireland is often perceived to be mostly confined to cities. The aim of this paper is to explore statistically what factors contribute to segregation preferences among young people living in rural and urban areas, using the 2005–2009 Young Life and Times (YLT) survey – an annual attitudes survey of 16-year-olds. The findings show that religious and national identities are the strongest predictors of segregation p…
Young people's self-reported experiences of sexual exploitation and sexual violence: A view from Northern Ireland
The issue of young people's experiences of sexual exploitation and sexual violence has received increasing political and media attention within recent years. However, whilst many studies have identified this to be an emerging issue of concern, the collation of prevalence data on the extent of these issues is still very much in its infancy. In this article we report on the findings of a large-scale project on the sexual exploitation of young peopl…
Commercial sex, clients, and Christian morals: Paying for sex in Ireland
This article reports on the results of a study on men who pay for sex across Ireland. In presenting a detailed picture of the diverse group of sex workers’ clients, their motives and attitudes, we debunk the prevalent stereotypes about men who pay for sex, as continuously used in the public discourse about sex work on both sides of the Irish border: we show that the majority of clients do not fit the image of violent, careless misogynists. We arg…
Shared future – shared values? Taking stock of the peace process in Northern Ireland: Teenagers’ perspectives
Although preceded by years of political and policy developments, the signing of the Good Friday Agreement (or Belfast Agreement) in 1998 is generally regarded as marking the end of conflict and the beginning of the transition to peace. However, this transition has been neither linear nor straightforward. Divisions, both physical and symbolic, reflecting collective identities and ‘otherness’, remain resistant to change and continue to foster secta…
Young men’s experiences of violence and crime in a society emerging from conflict
Previous studies have consistently established young men’s over representation in the criminal justice system particularly in relation to interpersonal violence. Despite this, the voice of young men are seldom heard, reducing our understanding of young men’s experience of crime and violence. As Northern Ireland emerged from the longest conflict in contemporary European history following the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, a new generation of young…
Exploring young people’s understanding of culture: A study from Northern Ireland
This article highlights the need for greater understanding of the role that historical, socio-cultural and political context play in shaping perceptions of culture and cultural value. Findings draw on the annual attitudinal survey of 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland, Young Life and Times (2016), and four follow-up focus group discussions. Results complement existing cultural participation research, which relates forms of engagement with intersect…
Participatory Research: Why and How to Involve People in Research
Life Under Coronavirus: Children’s Views on their Experiences of their Human Rights
Children have a right to have their views sought and given due weight on all matters affecting them, including at times of emergency and crisis. This article describes the process and findings of the ground-breaking CovidUnder19 survey (“Life Under Coronavirus”) which was co-designed with children for children, capturing the experiences of over 26,000 children in 137 countries as to the realisation of their human rights during the first six month…
Young People’s Understanding of Coercive Control in Northern Ireland
Coercive control and related research have progressed significantly in the past number of years, with an ever-growing evidence base adding to its construct. However, currently there is a lack of evidence on young people's knowledge and understanding of coercive control. We included a module of questions in the 2020 Northern Ireland Young Life and Life and Times survey ( n = 2,069) with the aim of capturing baseline measurable data on understandin…
A Mental Health Pandemic? Assessing the Impact of Covid-19 on Young People’s Mental Health
Background: Research indicates that young people have been a particularly vulnerable group when it comes to negative mental health outcomes following COVID-19, with some authors warning of a ‘mental health pandemic’. Materials and Method: Using a survey approach, this study explored the effects of lockdowns on the mental health of 1995 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland. Respondents completed the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire …
Parental physical activity, parental mental health, children’s physical activity, and children’s mental health
These findings suggest that including support for parental physical activity and children's physical activity should be a routine component of family focused mental health interventions. It is important to acknowledge that there may be additional barriers to engaging in physical activity for families where a parent is experiencing mental health problems, and these should also be explored and addressed
Young people with LGB identity and their sense of belonging: Evidence from Northern Ireland – A society emerging from violent social conflict
In 2023 Northern Ireland celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement (GFA) which is regarded as a milestone of the Northern Ireland peace process. Via the 1998 Northern Ireland Act, the peace process saw equality and anti-discrimination legislation being implemented in Northern Ireland that legislates that public authorities must carry out their duties with due regard to equality of opportunity, including between persons …
Romantic Relationships of Young People in a Divided Society. Evidence from a Large-Scale Probability Survey of 16-Year-Olds
This study investigates how 16 years olds navigate forming romantic relationships in Northern Ireland, a society highly divided by religion, utilising the 2023 Young Life and Times to run multinominal regression analysis examining what characteristics influence the likelihood of dating someone of a different religion (same, different, or don’t know). The findings suggest religious identity, religiously segregated social environments, and where th…
Theorising Respect and Disrespect by and About Children and Young People: A Qualitative Systematic Literature Review
Respect is a foundational moral and social value, yet its conceptualisation by and about children and young people remains underexplored. This systematic qualitative literature review examines how respect and disrespect are theorised, defined or conceptualised in relation to children and young people, and the extent to which their perspectives are represented in schools, higher education, care and community settings. Guided by PRISMA protocols, 1…
Psychology (19 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Northern ireland (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works)