Metadata for Study: Nature-based interventions supporting young people in precarious situations in Ireland

This is the metadata for a study examining the perspectives and experiences of young people who had participated in a nature-based intervention in Ireland.
This study is one of fifteen PhD research projects in the ASTRA Project: Applying Sustainability Transition Research in Social Work tackling Major Societal Challenge of Social Inclusion, aiming to tackle the major societal challenges faced in the practice of social work.
This research project consists of two case studies to explore two types of nature-based interventions more deeply and to apply both the capability approach and the ecosocial approach in social work to the study. Four organisations providing nature-based interventions were separated by the type of services they provide into two cases.
Case one contains data collected from three outdoor-based personal development programmes across Ireland, including seven interviews and nine hours of participant observations.
Case two contains data collected from one organisation providing equine-assisted services, including one interview and thirty-five hours of participant observations. In total, the data set contains 8 semi-structured interviews and participant observations of approximately 30 people observed over 41 hours. The interviews took place in 2022 and 2023 and the observations took place over a 3-week period in May 2023.
The data was collected from young people in Ireland aged 15-29 who self-reported as experiencing a precarious situation and who were currently or previously engaged in a nature-based intervention in Ireland.
Due to the sensitive nature of the data and the inability to fully anonymise the data, only the metadata will be published from this project. This is explained further in the attached document.
This study is relevant for research in social work, and could also benefit other disciplines such as environmental psychology, youth work, outdoor education and human development.
For questions about the study or the collected data, please contact Rebecca Conway: [e-mail]

本数据集为一项研究的元数据，该研究旨在调研爱尔兰境内参与过自然干预项目的青年群体的看法与经历。
本研究为ASTRA项目下设的15项博士研究课题之一。ASTRA项目全称为「将可持续转型研究应用于社会工作以应对社会包容重大社会挑战」，旨在解决社会工作实践中面临的各类重大社会议题。
本研究包含两项案例研究，旨在深入探究两类自然干预项目，并将社会工作领域的能力方法（capability approach）与生态社会方法（ecosocial approach）应用于本次研究中。本次研究根据服务类型，将4家提供自然干预服务的机构划分为两组案例。
案例一的数据采集自爱尔兰境内3项户外个人发展项目，包含7次访谈与9小时的参与式观察（participant observations）记录。
案例二的数据采集自1家提供马术辅助服务（equine-assisted services）的机构，包含1次访谈与35小时的参与式观察记录。本数据集总计包含8次半结构化访谈（semi-structured interviews），以及针对约30名观察对象累计41小时的参与式观察资料。访谈开展于2022年与2023年，观察工作则于2023年5月的3周周期内完成。
本次数据的采集对象为爱尔兰境内15至29岁的青年群体，这些受访者自述处于不稳定处境，且目前或此前曾参与过爱尔兰的自然干预项目。
鉴于本数据集涉及敏感内容且无法实现完全匿名化，本项目仅公开其元数据，相关详细说明详见附件文档。
本研究对社会工作领域的研究具有参考价值，同时亦可惠及环境心理学、青年工作、户外教育与人类发展等其他学科。
若需咨询本研究或采集数据相关事宜，请联系Rebecca Conway：[e-mail]