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Davies, Hayley (2009) Reflexivity in research practice: informed consent with children at school and at home. Sociological Research Online, Vol.13 (No.4). Article no. 5. doi:10.5153/sro.1775
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.1775
Abstract
Informed consent is a key consideration in ethical research, particularly research conducted with children. Devising an approach to and obtaining informed consent is a complex task involving multiple considerations. The examples used in this paper are derived from a study investigating how children constitute family members and close relationships. The paper is divided into two sections. The first section suggests that researchers should take a reflexive approach to their professional research practice and addresses how a researcher's professional location determines their particular ethical approach. Consideration is given to how the researcher's particular ethical approach can be achieved in consultation with academic thought and research ethics guidelines, which often offer contradictory advice on important ethical issues. The second section of the paper addresses how researchers negotiate their approach to informed consent in particular research contexts which offer challenges to the researcher's thinking about research participants or chosen procedures for obtaining and maintaining that informed consent is upheld. The paper concludes by arguing that the researcher can incorporate academic thought and aspects of the research ethics guidelines in an approach to informed consent that simultaneously values the research participants and the ethical practices operating in the research setting. Such an approach involves careful negotiation and consideration of the interests of all stakeholders in the research process.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Sociological Research Online | ||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 1360-7804 | ||||
| Official Date: | 7 July 2009 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.13 | ||||
| Number: | No.4 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 16 | ||||
| Page Range: | Article no. 5 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.5153/sro.1775 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) |
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