Innovative ethics: Using animated videos when soliciting informed consent of young people for online surveys.

McInroy, L. B. (2017). Innovative ethics: Using animated videos when soliciting informed consent of young people for online surveys. Social Work Research, 41(2), pp.121-128. This research note discusses the potential of animated video to enhance the informed consent process in on-line research involving young people and the author shares an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOzvDAwnmaI Please view the […]

A randomized study of a method for optimizing adolescent assent to biomedical research.

Annett, R. D., Brody, J. L., Scherer, D. G., Turner, C. W., Dalen, J., & Raissy, H. (2017). A randomized study of a method for optimizing adolescent assent to biomedical research. AJOB Empirical Bioethics, 8(3), pp. 189-197. Abstract: Purpose: Voluntary consent/assent with adolescents invited to participate in research raises challenging problems. No studies to date […]

In the details: The micro-ethics of negotiations and in-situ judgements in participatory design with marginalised children.

Spiel, K., Brulé, E., Frauenberger, C., Bailley, G., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2020). In the details: the micro-ethics of negotiations and in-situ judgements in participatory design with marginalised children. CoDesign, 16(1), pp.45-65. In this article the authors share 7 ‘mice-ethical’ (or situated / in-stu) moments that arose during the course of participatory co-design research with young […]

The complexities and contradictions in participatory research with vulnerable children and young people: A qualitative systematic review.

Bradbury-Jones, C., Isham, L., & Taylor, J. (2018). The complexities and contradictions in participatory research with vulnerable children and young people: A qualitative systematic review. Social Science & Medicine, 215, pp. 80-91. Abstract: Participatory research carried out by or with children, has become a well-established and valuable part of the research landscape investigating children’s lives, […]

Ethics in categorizing ethnicity and disability in research with children.

Thorjussen, I. M., & Wilhelmsen, T. (2020). Ethics in categorizing ethnicity and disability in research with children. Societies, 10(1). Abstract: The use of categories is a contested subject in social sciences. The use of social categories allows researchers to explore similarities, differences, and inequalities between groups of people. However, by using social categories, researchers run […]

Disability language in adapted physical education: What is the story?

Spencer, N. L., Peers, D., & Eales, L. (2020). Disability language in adapted physical education: What is the story? In J. A. Haegele, Hodge, S.R., Shapiro, D.R. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Adapted Physical Education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. This chapter builds upon other work by the authors in this space and discusses the conceptual frameworks underpinning […]

‘I actually felt like I was a researcher myself.’ On involving children in the analysis of qualitative paediatric research in the Netherlands.

Luchtenberg, M. L., Maeckelberghe, E. L. M., & Verhagen, A. E. (2020). ‘I actually felt like I was a researcher myself.’ On involving children in the analysis of qualitative paediatric research in the Netherlands. BMJ Open, 10(8), e034433. Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of a new approach to paediatric research whereby we involved children […]

Use of a reference group in researching children’s views of psychotherapy in Malta.

Mercieca, D., & Jones, P. (2018). Use of a reference group in researching children’s views of psychotherapy in Malta. Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 44(2), pp. 243-262. This paper offers a critical examination of the positive and negative issues inherent in the nature and conduct of a children’s research advisory group in the context of practitioner […]