Library
The ERIC library contains over 900 peer-reviewed academic and NGO / industry publications on undertaking ethical research involving children. New publications are added regularly. Browse the most recent additions below.
The challenges and opportunities of conducting PhD participatory action research on sensitive issues: Young people and sexting.
York, L., MacKenzie, A., & Purdy, N. (2021). The challenges and opportunities of conducting PhD participatory action research on sensitive issues: Young people and sexting. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 20(2), pp.
Adolescents’ experiences of participating in sensitive research: A scoping review of qualitative studies.
Neelakantan, L., Fry, D., Florian, L., & Meinck, F. (2023). Adolescents’ experiences of participating in sensitive research: A scoping review of qualitative studies. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 24(3), pp. 1405-1426. This scoping
Exploring inequalities in health with young people through online focus groups: Navigating the methodological and ethical challenges.
Woodrow, N., Fairbrother, H., Crowder, M., Goyder, E., Griffin, N., Holding, E., & Quirk, H. (2022). Exploring inequalities in health with young people through online focus groups: navigating the methodological and ethical
The ethics of gatekeeping: How guarding access influences digital child and youth research.
Fecke, M., Fehr, A., Schlütz, D., & Zillich, A. F. (2022). The ethics of gatekeeping: How guarding access influences digital child and youth research. Media and communication, 10(1), pp. 361-370. Abstract: Digital
A spy in the family: Trust in sensitive research with children.
Henze-Pedersen, S. (2021). A spy in the family: Trust in sensitive research with children. In Spencer, G. (Ed.). Ethics and Integrity in Research with Children and Young People: Advances in Research Ethics
Embodying the least-adult role.
Garratt, L. (2021). Embodying the least‐adult role. British Educational Research Journal, 47(5), pp. 1194-1208. Abstract: The aim of this article is to emphasise physicality and embodiment in child-centred research, fieldwork and intellectual
Methods, ethics, and cross-language considerations in research with ethnic minority children.
Chatham, R. E., & Mixer, S. J. (2021). Methods, ethics, and cross-language considerations in research with ethnic minority children. Nursing Research, 70(5), pp.383-390. This paper shares knowledge gained from conducting an ethnonursing
Research relationships and responsibilities: ‘Doing’ research with ‘vulnerable’ participants: Introduction to the special edition.
Von Benzon, N., & Van Blerk, L. (2019). Research relationships and responsibilities: ‘Doing’ research with ‘vulnerable’ participants: Introduction to the special edition. Social & Cultural Geography, 18(7), pp. 895-905. This article introduces
18 years of ethics in child-computer interaction research: A systematic literature review.
Van Mechelen, M., Baykal, G. E., Dindler, C., Eriksson, E., & Iversen, O. S. (2020, June). 18 years of ethics in child-computer interaction research: A systematic literature review. In Proceedings of the
“This is not me”–A critical discussion about methodological issues concerning agency and participatory sense-making in qualitative research with children.
Bjorbækmo, W. S., Greve, A., & Asbjørnslett, M. (2022). “This is not me”–A critical discussion about methodological issues concerning agency and participatory sense-making in qualitative research with children. International Journal of Qualitative
Responding reflexively, relationally, and reciprocally to unequal childhoods.
Sinha, P. (2023). Responding reflexively, relationally, and reciprocally to unequal childhoods. In Richards, S., & Coombs, S. (Eds.). Critical Perspectives on Research with Children (pp. 42-62). Bristol University Press: Bristol. Chapter Abstract:
The ethics of child maltreatment surveys in relation to participant distress: Implications of social science evidence, ethical guidelines, and law.
Mathews, B., MacMillan, H. L., Meinck, F., Finkelhor, D., Haslam, D., Tonmyr, L., Gonzalez, A., Afifi, T.O., Scott, J.G., Pacella, R.E., Higgins, D.J., Thomas, H., Collin-Vézina, D., & Walsh, K. (2022). The
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