Raquel Bosó Pérez
email: r.boso-perez.1@research.gla.ac.uk
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
University of Glasgow
99 Berkeley Street, G3 7HR
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7342-4566
Research title: What do young people understand by ‘sexual wellbeing’ and how do they seek to attain it?
Research Summary
Sexual wellbeing is an important but overlooked dimension of wellbeing. This project builds on recent efforts to define and conceptualize sexual wellbeing, focusing specifically on how sexual wellbeing is experienced during adolescence and emerging adulthood. As part of this exploratory PhD, I will firstly carry out a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (QES) to bring together evidence on the domains of sexual wellbeing in relation to young people. Secondly, I will draw on a qualitative multi-modal approach involving repeat interviews and diary methods to gain an understanding of the lived sexuality-related experiences of young people who score across a continuum in Natsal-SW, a population measure of sexual wellbeing included in the fourth British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyle (Natsal-4). I will consider what individual narratives and biographies tell us about how sexual wellbeing is shaped by formative experiences, and how these influence future expectations of sexual wellbeing. I plan to engage approximately 25 young people across Britain over a 6 to 12 month period.
Funder:
Medical Research Council
Research interests:
Young people; sexual health and wellbeing; intimate relationships
Supervisors
Conference
Boso Perez, R., Lewis, R., Littlejohn, J., Willis, M., and Mitchell, K. R. (2023, September 13-15) Young people's sexual wellbeing: a qualitative evidence synthesis [Poster Presentation]. Medical Sociology Conference 2023, Brighton.
Boso Perez, R., Lewis, R., and Mitchell, K. R. (2021, October 19-21) Feeling rules in youth breakup cultures: Implications for health promotion [Conference Presentation]. Sex, Drugs and Scotland's Health, Virtual Conference.
Boso Perez, R., Lewis, R., and Mitchell, K. R. (2021, August 31 – September 3) Breaking up is hard to do: Negotiating feeling rules in youth breakup cultures [Conference Presentation]. RN11 Sociology of Emotions European Sociological Association 15th Conference, Virtual conference.