SOCITS, referring to SOCial sITuational Systems, is an MRC-funded project to develop a multi-method approach to measuring and modeling stress and loneliness in adolescent mental health.  The methods implemented include social network modeling, agent-based modeling, qualitative psychometrics, and quantitative psychometrics, all assessed in several Scottish secondary schools.  SOCITS team members include staff from UG’s School of Health and Wellbeing and School of Psychology and Neuroscience.  The following article provides an overview of SOCITS and the specific projects performed for it:

Goodfellow, C., Bate, C., Shetty, J.R., Allen, J.M., Letina, S., Long, E., Ncube, N., Riddell, J., Obazee, R.S., Benjamin, M., Garment, A., Duncan, N., White, C., Elsenbroich, C., Barsalou, L., & McCann, M. (2026). Evidencing the relational and situated aspects of complex social systems affecting health: introducing an integrated mixed methods approach to understand school mental health. SSM – Mental Health, 10, 100679.

Later articles will offer more detailed reports on each of the specific methodological tools developed in the larger project and the results obtained with them.