Too vulnerable to participate? Challenges for meaningful participation in research with children in alternative care and adoption.
Garcia-Quiroga, M., & Agoglia, I. S. (2020). Too vulnerable to participate? Challenges for meaningful participation in research with children in alternative care and adoption. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 19 Published Online Ahead of Print. This article analyses many of the challenges of undertaking research with children living in alternative care and offers ways to […]
Consent for research on violence against children: Dilemmas and contradictions.
Martins, P. C., & Sani, A. I. (2020). Consent for research on violence against children: Dilemmas and contradictions. Societies, 10(1), 15. Abstract: The increasing visibility of violence involving children has led to a recognition of the need to research its underlying dynamics. As a result, we now have a better understanding of the complexities involved […]
Children’s participation in research on sensitive topics: Addressing concerns of decision-makers.
Powell, M. A., Graham, A., McArthur, M., Moore, T., Chalmers, J., & Taplin, S. (2020). Children’s participation in research on sensitive topics: Addressing concerns of decision-makers. Children’s Geographies, 18(3), pp. 325-338. Abstract: Although there is general agreement about children?s engagement in social research, some researchers continue to experience challenges when seeking approval and support for […]
Children and young people’s decision-making in social research about sensitive issues.
Moore, T., McArthur, M., Graham, A., Chalmers, J., Powell, M. A., & Taplin, S. (2020). Children and young people’s decision-making in social research about sensitive issues. Children’s Geographies, 19(6), pp. 689-704. Abstract: Limited attention has been given to what motivates and informs children and young people’s decision to participate (or not) in social research, especially […]
Interviewing young people on sensitive topics: An iterative approach. By Tim Moore, Jodi Death & Steven Roche
You can download this case study as pdf here. In 2015, a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was established to understand the nature and extent of sexual abuse that occurred in Australian institutions and to determine ways that past failures might be avoided into the future. In addition to private sessions […]
Reconsidering assent for randomised control trials in education: Ethical and procedural concerns.
McPherson, A., Saltmarsh, S., & Tomkins, S. (2020). Reconsidering assent for randomised control trials in education: Ethical and procedural concerns. British Educational Research Journal, 46(4), pp. 728-746. Abstract: Despite ongoing disagreement about what kinds of evidence are most valuable to education, there continues to be an increasing push to make a narrow group of scientific […]
Conducting research on nonsuicidal self-injury in schools: Ethical considerations and recommendations.
Hasking, P. A., Lewis, S. P., Robinson, K., Heath, N. L., & Wilson, M. S. (2019). Conducting research on nonsuicidal self-injury in schools: Ethical considerations and recommendations. School Psychology International, 40(3), pp. 217-234. This article addresses six key ethical concerns associated with researching non-suicidal self-injury in schools. It offers recommendations to assist researchers, ethics committees […]
Does the risk outweigh the benefits? Adolescent responses to completing health surveys.
Shaw, T., Runions, K. C., Johnston, R. S., & Cross, D. (2018). Does the risk outweigh the benefits? Adolescent responses to completing health surveys. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28(2), pp. 412-426. This paper shares adolescents experiences of completing research surveys in the school setting on several potentially distress-evoking topics. Please view the full abstract […]
