Research Ethics with Youth

Research Ethics with Youth

Background

Researchers should be aware of the study’s purpose, data confidentiality, and the use of participant audio or video recordings when conducting research with children or adolescents. Other ethical concerns may include parental consent, participant assent, and the right of children not to answer questions if they do not want to. Different studies have different ethical concerns. The research should not cause harm to the participants and the benefits should outweigh the risks. Ethical research guidelines must always be followed, including special protections for minors.

Research Ethics with Youth

Instructions

Choose two key points from the ethical conduct list in Subpart D, from the U.S. Office for Human Research Protections then choose the topic you would like to apply those points to and create a podcast transcript. Your audience for the podcast is senior year psychology students who will undertake a case study with children under the age of 18.

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Some points to address in your podcast:

What are the ethical issues using minor (under age 18) participants in research regarding gender development issues?

How do you discuss gender non-conformity in age-appropriate ways with children and adolescents?

How to address parental concern when involving children and adolescents in research?

Include a discussion of informed consent

Make sure that your content is informed by scholarly sources rather than personal opinions or anecdotes.

Length: This assignment should include a 3-4-page transcript, not including the reference and title page; APA 7th edition.

Research Ethics with Youth

Researchers should be aware of the study’s purpose, data confidentiality, and the use of participant audio or video recordings when conducting research with children or adolescents. Other ethical concerns may include parental consent, participant assent, and the right of children not to answer questions if they do not want to. Different studies have different ethical concerns. The research should not cause harm to the participants and the benefits should outweigh the risks. Ethical research guidelines must always be followed, including special protections for minors.