Social Research on Children and Adolescents

Ethical Issues

Barbara Stanley, Joan E. Sieber, Barbara Stanley, Joan E. Sieber

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 1991
• Print ISBN: 9780803943346, 9780803943339
• eBook ISBN: 9781452253299
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Developmental Psychology
• Index: Psychology

A first in its field, this timely volume effectively bridges the gap between the legal requirements that govern research on minors and the research methodology literature in adolescent psychology. The editors skillfully bring together the insights of a group of leading researchers and scholars to address and resolve the following issues: what theory and research on human development can tell researchers about adolescents? vulnerability to several kinds of risk research and how to reduce that vulnerability; what the law says about young peoples? rights to privacy; how the relevant ethical theory or guidelines should apply to minors approaching adulthood; under what circumstances parental consent does not protect children?s rights; and how one explains the research process to a young adult. Social Research on Children and Adolescents reaches a wide audience from professionals in development psychology, family studies, and education to researchers in evaluation, research methods, and sociology to students in the above fields; all will undoubtedly benefit from this book. "Social Research on Children and Adolescents is an invaluable resource for researchers who confront questions such as how to assess risks and benefits within a developmental framework, what legal constraints and ethical principles guide research practice, and how to explain research participation to youth who differ greatly in their comprehension of the enterprise. . . . The major strength of this book, aside from its effective integration of developmental theory and research ethics, is the repeated examination of concrete research problems in light of ethical principles and legal requirements. . . . [This book] will be a useful addition to the library of any social scientist who conducts psychological research with children." --Death Studies

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Ethics of Social Research on Children and Adolescents
• Chapter 2 - Legal Constraints on Social Research With Children
• Part I - The Developmental Process
• Chapter 3 - Developmental Changes in Research Risk and Benefit: A Changing Calculus of Concerns
• Chapter 4 - Respecting Boundaries: Minors, Privacy, and Behavioral Research
• Chapter 5 - Autonomy, Beneficence, and Child Development: An Ethical Analysis
• Part II - The Consent Process
• Chapter 6 - Minors' Assent to Behavioral Research Without Parental Consent
• Chapter 7 - Assent Processes
• Part III - Research on High-Risk Behavior
• Chapter 8 - Protecting Children's Rights in AIDS Research
• Chapter 9 - Community Intervention Research on Minors
• Epilogue
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• About the Authors