Understanding young people's experiences of their early obsessive-compulsive signs emerging at 4-10 years
About the study
For some individuals with OCD, while diagnosis is a struggle over many years, they already noticed certain signs in the early years of life that OCD might be emerging. Sometimes, these signs were noticed by family members, and sometimes you might have felt them within yourself.
Research in child mental health shows that early prevention is most effective, so this research seeks to gain a better understanding of the early signs of OCD.
The purpose of this research is to carry out interviews to understand these early stages from the young person’s experience when they speak retrospectively. This interview would be based on previous experience from when you were between the ages of 4 and 10.
What will it involve?
Taking part would involve a 45-60 minute confidential interview. There are also 3 questionnaires which will take a total of 30-45 minutes to complete. These can either be completed online or on paper. The total duration of participation in the study (interview + questionnaires) is expected to be between 1 hour and 15 minutes and 1 hour and 45 minutes.
James Dilks
PhD Student
Hi! My name is James and I am a PhD student at the University of Manchester. I am grateful for the opportunity to advertise my research, where I will be interviewing parents in order to gain a better understanding of very early OCD signs among young children. Thank you.
Research conducted by: The University of Manchester