The “snowflakes” of modern society: a qualitative investigation of female university students' anxiety about adulting

Amelia Talbot is a medical sociologist and qualitative methodologist in the Medical Sociology and Health Experiences Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford. She has worked on a series of health-related projects including ones on endometriosis and high-risk pregnancies, but her main interests are in mental health. As of October 2020, she has begun a Rosamund Snow DPhil in the department.

Dr Michelle O'Reilly is an Associate Professor of Communication in Mental Health for the University of Leicester, and a Research Consultant and Quality Improvement Advisor for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. Michelle is a Chartered Psychologist in Health. Michelle specialises in research in child and adolescent mental health such as family therapy and mental health assessments. Her research covers a range of seldom heard groups, such as homeless adolescents, refugee minors and looked after children.

Professor Nisha Dogra is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry Education for the University of Leicester. Nisha is also an external lecturer for the MMedSci Medical Education Masters at the University of Nottingham. Prior to retirement Nisha worked as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and her current work focusses on the relationship between mental health and social media and her international work is in psychiatry and diversity.