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• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Religion

Your search returns 8 documents

• 1.   Children of the Troubles: The Impact of Political Violence in Northern Ireland

  This article explores the effects of political violence on children and young people in Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  This article explores the effects of political violence on children and young people in Northern Ireland. The article begins with a brief historical account of the Northern Irish conflict and the recently negotiated Belfast Good Friday Agreement of 1998. This account illustrates, as is the case with many conflicts, its basis is religious, national, economic, and political, despite its more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Social Issues, Vol: 60 Page: 453-468 2004
  Orla T. Muldoon

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• 2.   Children's attitude to war and peace: When a peace agreement means war

  The aim of the study was to examine the impact of the immediate sociocultural context on the attitudes of adolescents to the concepts of war and peace, and their strategies to attain peace.

  

  Abstract:

  Previous research into children's concepts of peace, war and strategies to attain peace suggests that peace and war are developmentally constructed concepts. In order to examine the impact of the immediate sociocultural context, 343 adolescents in Northern Ireland in 2002 were questioned about their concepts of war and peace, and their strategies to attain peace. Comparison with a more...

  International Classification:

  War, violence and conflict

  Categories:

  attitudes to the concepts of war and peace

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  International Journal of Behavioral Development, Vol: 30 Page: 272-279 2006
  Frances McLernon; Ed Cairns

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• 3.   Educational differences in self-perceptions of adolescents in Northern Ireland

  The aim of the study was to compare self-perceptions of children from the integrated school sector in Northern Ireland with those of children attending religiously segregated schools

  

  Abstract:

  Self-perceptions of children from the integrated school sector in Northern Ireland were compared with those of children attending religiously segregated schools. In a cross-sectional study, the self-perceptions of 546 boys and girls aged 11-13 years and 14-15 years, at two integrated comprehensive and five segregated post-primary schools in Northern Ireland, were measured using the more...

  International Classification:

  Psychology - self-perceptions

  Categories:

  self-perceptions

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  International Journal of Behavioral Development, Vol: 27 Page: 513-518 2003
  Carol McClenahan; Paul Irwing; Maurice Stringer; Melanie Giles; Ronnie Wilson

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• 4.   Family, Community, Church and State: Natural Parents Talking about Adoption in Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine women's experiences of relinquishing a child for adoption in Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  This paper documents women's experiences of relinquishing a child for adoption in Ireland. This group have long been silenced and largely invisible. The focus of the research on which this paper is based was to provide a means for the women to share their experiences of the process of concealment and ostracism and to review the socially sanctioned solutions particular to Irish society. more...

  International Classification:

  Adoption

  Categories:

  relinquishing a child for adoption

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  British Journal of Social Work, Vol: 34 Page: 621-648 2004
  Mary Wilson; Nuala Lordan; Audrey Mullender

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• 5.   'It's Better to Stick to Your Own Kind': Teenagers' Views on Cross-Community Marriages in Northern Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of 80 teenagers growing up in one of the most contested localities in Northern Ireland to cross-community marriages, i.e. those between Catholics and Protestants.

  

  Abstract:

  This article presents the attitudes of 80 teenagers—growing up in one of the most contested localities in Northern Ireland—to cross-community marriages, i.e. those between Catholics and Protestants. Research suggests that adults in interface areas continue to exhibit ethno-sectarian prejudices despite wider political developments such as the Good Friday Agreement. The more...

  International Classification:

  Other - cross-community marriage

  Categories:

  cross-community marriages

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies, Vol: 35 Page: 97-113 2009
  Madeleine Leonard

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• 6.   Perceptions of stressful life events in Northern Irish school children: a longitudinal study

  This study examined children's own perceptions of the stressfulness of negative familial, academic and social events as well as events related to the political conflict in Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Adults' perceptions of stressful life events have been acknowledged as important moderators of the stress adjustment relationship. Until recently, however, there has been a lack of research on children's perceptions of negative life events. This study assesses children's own perceptions of the stressfulness of negative familial, academic and social events as well as events more...

  International Classification:

  Longitudinal - Stressfulness of negative familial, academic and social events

  Categories:

  stressfulness of negative familial, academic and social events

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  J Child Psychol Psychiatry, Vol: 44 Page: 193-201 February 2003
  O. T. Muldoon

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• 7.   Religious education

  This article discusses the religious education (RE) of four nations in Great Britain

  

  Abstract:

  The article discusses the religious education (RE) of four nations in Great Britain. In England, all schools are required to teach RE to pupils. However, the parents may legally withdraw their children from RE. Christianity is considered as the main religious and moral education for all children and young people in Scotland. RE has been compulsory in Wales which also abides by the 1996 more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Children & Young People Now, 2008
  Sue Learner

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• 8.   Review of Mother and child: Maternity and child welfare in Dublin, 1922-60

  Book Review: Mother and child: Maternity and child welfare in Dublin,

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book, Mother and child: Maternity and child welfare in Dublin, 1922-60 by Lindsey Earner-Byrne (2007). This publication explores in detail the development of maternity and child welfare services in Dublin during the early decades following independence, is a most valuable contribution to the historiography. Tracing the roles, and interaction, of Church, State, the medical more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Gender Studies, Vol: 17 Page: 177-179 2008
  Myrtle Hill

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