Young Minds: Our Future is a national study looking at how common mental health issues are among Australian children and adolescents.
It provides the opportunity to see how things have changed over the last 10 years and find answers to important questions raised in the last survey, called Young Minds Matter.
The goal is to better understand how young people are feeling and what support they might need — now and in the future.
Families with kids aged 4 to 17 years who live in selected areas might be invited to take part in a national survey. This helps make sure the results reflect families from all across Australia.
If your family is chosen, someone from Roy Morgan will drop a letter and brochure in your mailbox before they visit your home. The letter explains what’s happening, and the brochure gives more details about the survey.
The parent survey will be approximately 60 minutes, and the youth survey will take up to 45 minutes.
Parents/carers taking part in the survey will be given a $100 EFTPOS gift card for their time.
Young people taking part will be given a $50 EFTPOS gift card.
The surveys will happen at home if that works for your family.
Parents will do a face-to-face interview with a trained staff member who asks questions in person.
Young people aged 11 to 17 years will complete their part using a tablet — it’s an online questionnaire they fill out themselves.
Young people aged 11-17 will be randomly chosen to take part in completing a 30 minute survey. This will be done at the same time as the parent or carer is doing their face-to-face survey.
The adolescent survey will include question on the following:
– internet use and social media
– anxiety,
– depression
– service use
– youth risk behaviours such as bullying, smoking
– gender and sexuality
– problem eating behaviours
– protective and risk factors such as sleeping, family support
– child maltreatment
– wellbeing
– positive childhood experiences
youngminds@curtin.edu.au
(08) 9266 4590
Young Minds: Our Future is proudly funded by the Australian Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and is conducted in partnership with Curtin University, The University of Queensland, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research and Roy Morgan.
