Some researchers at the University of Edinburgh are looking for girls aged 11-13½ to participate in some research to understand mental health and puberty in girls as they transition into adolescence and to secondary school.

The findings gained will be used to create booklets for parents/guardians and school staff to support well-being in girls of this age.

Participating girls will be asked to do two 30-minute meetings on zoom over 1 year. In these meetings, girls will answer questions by ticking boxes about mental health, social relationships, camouflaging (tendency to want to blend in) and menstruation. The researcher will be there to help them.

To learn more about the study, or to volunteer to take part, please email the PhD researcher, Ailbhe McKinney at a.m.mckinney@sms.ed.ac.uk