Helping them decide: A scoping review of interventions used to help minors understand the concept and process of assent.
Weisleder, P. (2020). Helping them decide: A scoping review of interventions used to help minors understand the concept and process of assent. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 8. This mini review article reviews the concepts of assent and dissent in relation to their
‘It’s never okay to say no to teachers’: Children’s research consent and dissent in conforming schools contexts.
Kirby, P., (2020). ‘It’s never okay to say no to teachers’: Children’s research consent and dissent in conforming schools contexts. British Educational Research Journal, 46(4), pp. 811-828. Abstract: This article examines the limits to children giving research consent in everyday school
The challenge of conducting ethical research in preschool.
Larsson, J., Williams, P. & Zetterqvist, A. (2021). The challenge of conducting ethical research in preschool. Early Child Development and Care, 191(4), pp.511-519. Abstract: Formal ethical issues for conducting research are highlighted in national and international guidelines. Even if such
Using a picture book to gain assent in research with young children.
Pyle, A. & Danniels, E. (2016). Using a picture book to gain assent in research with young children. Early Child Development and Care, 186(9), pp.1438-1452. Abstract: There has been a shift in perspective from viewing children as adults-in-the-making to individual agents,
Supporting children to make informed decisions about research participation
Julia Truscott It is now standard practice across most disciplines not only to seek consent from parents/carers but to honour children’s rights and dignity by informing them directly about research participation and seeking their own consent to take part. However, providing
Qualitative research with primary school-aged children: Ethical and practical considerations of evalutaing a safeguarding programme in schools.
Jackson-Hollis, V. (2019). Qualitative research with primary school-aged children: Ethical and practical considerations of evalutaing a safeguarding programme in schools. Journal of Children’s Services, 14(3), pp. 194-204. Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the ethical
Facilitating future benefit when a participant has a degenerative illness and cannot give consent. Andrew Williams
You can download this ERIC case study as a pdf in English, français, español, 한국어, Türkçe and Bahasa Indonesia. Very often a child with a severe fixed, or an evolving, neurodegenerative condition cannot give meaningful consent to research. The child’s age
‘I want to share this video with you today.’ Children’s participation rights in childhood research.
Huser, C. (2019). ‘I want to share this video with you today.’ Children’s participation rights in childhood research. Human Rights Education Review, 2(2), pp. 45-63. Abstract: The Convention on the Rights of the Child foregrounds the right to participate. Contributing to
To stop or not to stop: Dissent and undue burden as reasons to stop participation in paediatric research.
Bos, W., Westra, A., de Beaufort, I., & van de Vathorst, S. (2017). To stop or not to stop: Dissent and undue burden as reasons to stop participation in paediatric research. Journal of Medical Ethics, 43(8), pp. 519-523.
Assent and dissent: Ethical considerations in research with toddlers.
Brown, H. R., Harvey, E. A., Griffith, S. F., Arnold, D. H., & Halgin, R. P. (2017). Assent and dissent: Ethical considerations in research with toddlers. Ethics & Behavior, 27(8), pp. 651-664.