Jade Davies (she/her)
@jadedavies.bsky.social
PhD researcher at @uomseed.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social.
Interested in understanding and addressing disparities in mental health. Currently researching social media use and adolescent mental health. http://so-me-study.org.
Interested in understanding and addressing disparities in mental health. Currently researching social media use and adolescent mental health. http://so-me-study.org.
Excited to share the first paper from my PhD! 🥳
Media coverage reflects and shapes people's attitudes on important topics. It tells us which issues are important and how we should think about them. We reviewed >300 newspaper articles to understand how they discuss young people's social media use.
Media coverage reflects and shapes people's attitudes on important topics. It tells us which issues are important and how we should think about them. We reviewed >300 newspaper articles to understand how they discuss young people's social media use.
The representation of adolescent social media use: a systematic review and content analysis of UK newspaper articles
rdcu.be
September 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Excited to share the first paper from my PhD! 🥳
Media coverage reflects and shapes people's attitudes on important topics. It tells us which issues are important and how we should think about them. We reviewed >300 newspaper articles to understand how they discuss young people's social media use.
Media coverage reflects and shapes people's attitudes on important topics. It tells us which issues are important and how we should think about them. We reviewed >300 newspaper articles to understand how they discuss young people's social media use.
📣 Calling all education professionals working in/with Greater Manchester schools and colleges!
Join us online for our next Mental Health & Wellbeing in Education network meeting, where Dr Charlotte Bagnall will be discussing all things transition. Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/GYVEN8CsD8
Join us online for our next Mental Health & Wellbeing in Education network meeting, where Dr Charlotte Bagnall will be discussing all things transition. Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/GYVEN8CsD8
July 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
📣 Calling all education professionals working in/with Greater Manchester schools and colleges!
Join us online for our next Mental Health & Wellbeing in Education network meeting, where Dr Charlotte Bagnall will be discussing all things transition. Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/GYVEN8CsD8
Join us online for our next Mental Health & Wellbeing in Education network meeting, where Dr Charlotte Bagnall will be discussing all things transition. Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/GYVEN8CsD8
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Hello! I'm looking for teachers to take part in upcoming research projects for my PhD. If you're a teacher interested in taking part the link is here: york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
I'd appreciate it if you could share with any teachers you know too who might be interested!
I'd appreciate it if you could share with any teachers you know too who might be interested!
June 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Hello! I'm looking for teachers to take part in upcoming research projects for my PhD. If you're a teacher interested in taking part the link is here: york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
I'd appreciate it if you could share with any teachers you know too who might be interested!
I'd appreciate it if you could share with any teachers you know too who might be interested!
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📣 New Comment on reporting of research with #Adolescents and #Youth engagement as part of the
@thelancet.com Commission on #AdolescentHealth
Comment here 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#YouthHealth #MedSky @jasonmnagata.bsky.social
Lancet Commission here 👉 bit.ly/4k14Vgo
@thelancet.com Commission on #AdolescentHealth
Comment here 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#YouthHealth #MedSky @jasonmnagata.bsky.social
Lancet Commission here 👉 bit.ly/4k14Vgo
Reporting of research with adolescent and youth engagement
Active engagement of adolescents and youth in adolescent-focused studies aims to improve
the quality of research and the translation of findings into everyday care, and to
give researchers a greater u...
www.thelancet.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
📣 New Comment on reporting of research with #Adolescents and #Youth engagement as part of the
@thelancet.com Commission on #AdolescentHealth
Comment here 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#YouthHealth #MedSky @jasonmnagata.bsky.social
Lancet Commission here 👉 bit.ly/4k14Vgo
@thelancet.com Commission on #AdolescentHealth
Comment here 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#YouthHealth #MedSky @jasonmnagata.bsky.social
Lancet Commission here 👉 bit.ly/4k14Vgo
My Masters research on supporting autistic students in the transition to university is free to access until 2nd May!
Really pleased to see part 1 of the full special issue out, and looking forward to sitting down with a brew and reading the other papers in the issue 🫖🥰
Really pleased to see part 1 of the full special issue out, and looking forward to sitting down with a brew and reading the other papers in the issue 🫖🥰
SPECIAL ISSUE ON POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION: thematic analysis by @jadedavies.bsky.social & colleagues reports barriers remain despite staff dedication. Universal design principles could alleviate pressure on services @uomseed.bsky.social
NEW, FREE to 2 May
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
NEW, FREE to 2 May
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
April 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My Masters research on supporting autistic students in the transition to university is free to access until 2nd May!
Really pleased to see part 1 of the full special issue out, and looking forward to sitting down with a brew and reading the other papers in the issue 🫖🥰
Really pleased to see part 1 of the full special issue out, and looking forward to sitting down with a brew and reading the other papers in the issue 🫖🥰
Reposted by Jade Davies (she/her)
New article out on @theconversation.com on why many Autistic adults don't like puzzle pieces symbols being used to represent us:
theconversation.com/why-the-auti...
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic
theconversation.com/why-the-auti...
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic
Why the autism jigsaw puzzle piece is such a problematic symbol
To many autistic people, the puzzle piece represents stigma, exclusion and a harmful push to make them conform.
theconversation.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
New article out on @theconversation.com on why many Autistic adults don't like puzzle pieces symbols being used to represent us:
theconversation.com/why-the-auti...
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic
theconversation.com/why-the-auti...
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic
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Young people's opportunities vary significantly depending on where they live. 📍
Our updated Youth Opportunity Index gives a relative measure of education and employment opportunities for young people across England's local and combined authorities.
Explore our interactive map and tables. ⬇️
Our updated Youth Opportunity Index gives a relative measure of education and employment opportunities for young people across England's local and combined authorities.
Explore our interactive map and tables. ⬇️
Youth Opportunity Index 2025 - Learning and Work Institute
learningandwork.org.uk
April 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Young people's opportunities vary significantly depending on where they live. 📍
Our updated Youth Opportunity Index gives a relative measure of education and employment opportunities for young people across England's local and combined authorities.
Explore our interactive map and tables. ⬇️
Our updated Youth Opportunity Index gives a relative measure of education and employment opportunities for young people across England's local and combined authorities.
Explore our interactive map and tables. ⬇️
Wanted to reshare this paper I'm super proud of, on Autistic identity!
We found that external acceptance and support are critically important for developing a positive Autistic identity, which is in turn linked to better mental health. Read the full paper, for free, here: doi.org/10.1002/aur....
We found that external acceptance and support are critically important for developing a positive Autistic identity, which is in turn linked to better mental health. Read the full paper, for free, here: doi.org/10.1002/aur....
Autistic identity: A systematic review of quantitative research
We reviewed existing research on Autistic identity and its links to mental health and wellbeing. We found that having a positive Autistic identity is important for mental health, and that having supp...
doi.org
April 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Wanted to reshare this paper I'm super proud of, on Autistic identity!
We found that external acceptance and support are critically important for developing a positive Autistic identity, which is in turn linked to better mental health. Read the full paper, for free, here: doi.org/10.1002/aur....
We found that external acceptance and support are critically important for developing a positive Autistic identity, which is in turn linked to better mental health. Read the full paper, for free, here: doi.org/10.1002/aur....
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One of our #BeeWell headline findings for Greater Manchester this year is girls’ physical activity.🧵
1 in 3 young people in Year 10 are meeting the recommended 1 hour of physical activity per day, but this drops to 23% of girls (just less than 1 in 4), compared to 44% of boys.
1 in 3 young people in Year 10 are meeting the recommended 1 hour of physical activity per day, but this drops to 23% of girls (just less than 1 in 4), compared to 44% of boys.
April 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
One of our #BeeWell headline findings for Greater Manchester this year is girls’ physical activity.🧵
1 in 3 young people in Year 10 are meeting the recommended 1 hour of physical activity per day, but this drops to 23% of girls (just less than 1 in 4), compared to 44% of boys.
1 in 3 young people in Year 10 are meeting the recommended 1 hour of physical activity per day, but this drops to 23% of girls (just less than 1 in 4), compared to 44% of boys.
A bit late to be posting, but better late than never! Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending the 7th IAYMH conference in Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦🍁
#IAYMH2025
#IAYMH2025
March 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
A bit late to be posting, but better late than never! Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending the 7th IAYMH conference in Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦🍁
#IAYMH2025
#IAYMH2025
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The last 20 years of campaigning around mental ill-health, distress and trauma focused too little on changing the material circumstances of those who live with mental ill-health as disability. In answering the question 'what is the place of those unwell in society?' the answer is now 'marginalised'
March 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The last 20 years of campaigning around mental ill-health, distress and trauma focused too little on changing the material circumstances of those who live with mental ill-health as disability. In answering the question 'what is the place of those unwell in society?' the answer is now 'marginalised'
Reposted by Jade Davies (she/her)
New paper alert
“I did what I could to earn some money and be of use”: A qualitative exploration of autistic people’s journeys to career success and fulfilment.
A summary:
crae.ioe.ac.uk/i-did...
#AutRes
1/2
“I did what I could to earn some money and be of use”: A qualitative exploration of autistic people’s journeys to career success and fulfilment.
A summary:
crae.ioe.ac.uk/i-did...
#AutRes
1/2
December 20, 2024 at 12:31 PM
New paper alert
“I did what I could to earn some money and be of use”: A qualitative exploration of autistic people’s journeys to career success and fulfilment.
A summary:
crae.ioe.ac.uk/i-did...
#AutRes
1/2
“I did what I could to earn some money and be of use”: A qualitative exploration of autistic people’s journeys to career success and fulfilment.
A summary:
crae.ioe.ac.uk/i-did...
#AutRes
1/2
GREAT news on my final working day of the year – the final paper I worked on at @craeioe.bsky.social is live in @journalautism.bsky.social 🥳
Free to read, here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Free to read, here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
‘I did what I could to earn some money and be of use’: A qualitative exploration of autistic people’s journeys to career success and fulfilment - Jade Davies, Rachel Melinek, Adam Livesey, Estelle Kil...
Employment contributes to well-being, yet many autistic people who want to work face barriers to meaningful employment. Much research focuses solely on employme...
journals.sagepub.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:28 AM
GREAT news on my final working day of the year – the final paper I worked on at @craeioe.bsky.social is live in @journalautism.bsky.social 🥳
Free to read, here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Free to read, here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Jade Davies (she/her)
For anyone working in adolescent mental health: I *really* recommend reading this important paper about the most commonly used questionnaires (inc SDQ)
In short: most of them have poor psychometric properties, so do we even know what they are measuring?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(cont)
In short: most of them have poor psychometric properties, so do we even know what they are measuring?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(cont)
December 5, 2024 at 10:30 AM
For anyone working in adolescent mental health: I *really* recommend reading this important paper about the most commonly used questionnaires (inc SDQ)
In short: most of them have poor psychometric properties, so do we even know what they are measuring?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(cont)
In short: most of them have poor psychometric properties, so do we even know what they are measuring?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(cont)
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Fascinating critical insight into the world of adolescent mental health, social media and research methodology last night with @jadedavies.bsky.social. Voice of CYP in SM/MH research and policy must be taken seriously, especially when SM is a sphere of supportive interactions for many.
November 29, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Fascinating critical insight into the world of adolescent mental health, social media and research methodology last night with @jadedavies.bsky.social. Voice of CYP in SM/MH research and policy must be taken seriously, especially when SM is a sphere of supportive interactions for many.
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In light of Australia’s social media ban, here a brief reminder why bans do not address the core issues they are meant to solve, w @margaritap.bsky.social.
eiko-fried.com/social-media...
eiko-fried.com/social-media...
Social media bans don't address youth mental health problems » Eiko Fried
I co-wrote this piece with the fantastic Margarita Panayiotou, Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester who’s work focuses on psychometrics, measurement, social media & adolescent mental health...
eiko-fried.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:20 AM
In light of Australia’s social media ban, here a brief reminder why bans do not address the core issues they are meant to solve, w @margaritap.bsky.social.
eiko-fried.com/social-media...
eiko-fried.com/social-media...
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Good to see #retirement being addressed.
It’s often wrongly assumed #Autistic people don’t have #careers so this isn’t an issue. It is!
Researching autistic people’s experiences of retiring with @jadedavies.bsky.social et al encouraged me to plan & prepare discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
#AutRes
It’s often wrongly assumed #Autistic people don’t have #careers so this isn’t an issue. It is!
Researching autistic people’s experiences of retiring with @jadedavies.bsky.social et al encouraged me to plan & prepare discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
#AutRes
discovery.ucl.ac.uk
November 24, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Good to see #retirement being addressed.
It’s often wrongly assumed #Autistic people don’t have #careers so this isn’t an issue. It is!
Researching autistic people’s experiences of retiring with @jadedavies.bsky.social et al encouraged me to plan & prepare discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
#AutRes
It’s often wrongly assumed #Autistic people don’t have #careers so this isn’t an issue. It is!
Researching autistic people’s experiences of retiring with @jadedavies.bsky.social et al encouraged me to plan & prepare discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
#AutRes
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Update: version with image descriptions thanks to @thinkingautism.bsky.social
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/07/neur...
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/07/neur...
Neurodiversity Is About Everyone — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Understanding the difference between neurodiverse and neurodivergent is much more important than just splitting hairs over linguistics.
thinkingautismguide.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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Maybe, and just hear me out for a moment... National health / human rights / technology legislation shouldn't be based on a poorly researched pop psych book?
Labor’s Social Media Ban for kids bill is a masterclass in incompetence.
The bill tells social media companies to take ‘reasonable steps’ to determine age without ever defining what that means.
That’s not governance, that’s a dereliction of duty.
Look at some of this mess.👇
The bill tells social media companies to take ‘reasonable steps’ to determine age without ever defining what that means.
That’s not governance, that’s a dereliction of duty.
Look at some of this mess.👇
November 21, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Maybe, and just hear me out for a moment... National health / human rights / technology legislation shouldn't be based on a poorly researched pop psych book?
"The right support is life-changing and the wrong support is life-ending” – powerful words from an autistic young person in our new study, published yesterday in Autism in Adulthood.
Free for 30 days: authorcite.com/view.aspx?doi=… #autreses
Free for 30 days: authorcite.com/view.aspx?doi=… #autreses
https://authorcite.com/view.aspx?doi=…
November 1, 2024 at 5:49 PM
"The right support is life-changing and the wrong support is life-ending” – powerful words from an autistic young person in our new study, published yesterday in Autism in Adulthood.
Free for 30 days: authorcite.com/view.aspx?doi=… #autreses
Free for 30 days: authorcite.com/view.aspx?doi=… #autreses
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What scale development and cognitive interview prep looks like. From a critical reading of Normal People's chapter on responding to a depression measure, to lunch at the best place on campus. @jadedavies.bsky.social @reihaneh-farzinnia.bsky.social
October 11, 2024 at 1:31 PM
What scale development and cognitive interview prep looks like. From a critical reading of Normal People's chapter on responding to a depression measure, to lunch at the best place on campus. @jadedavies.bsky.social @reihaneh-farzinnia.bsky.social