Methodological and ethical challenges associated with child self-report of maltreatment - Solutions implemented by the LongSCAN consortium
Methodological and ethical challenges associated with child self-report of maltreatment - Solutions implemented by the LongSCAN consortium
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DOI：
10.1177/088626000015007006
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发表时间：
2000-07-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Hunter, W
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作者：
Knight, ED;Runyan, DK;Hunter, W
在儿童虐待和忽视领域进行研究可能是社会科学研究中最困难的任务之一。有效研究的一个要求是了解暴露的类型和数量。事实证明，官方报告严重低估了虐待发生的频率，而家长报告的用处有限。LongSCAN是一个关于虐待和忽视的纵向研究联盟，它决定让孩子们自我报告，但由于有五个独立的研究中心，它们具有独特的研究-样本关系，从道德上讲，实施这一选择需要定制的参与者协议。本文描述了该联盟在12岁时要求儿童直接报告的方法，相关的方法和伦理挑战，以及与5个研究地点中的4个机构审查委员会制定的解决方案。讨论了同意的措辞和向儿童保护服务机构报告的议定书的变化。
The conduct of research in the area of child abuse and neglect may be one of the most difficult tasks in social science research. One requirement for valid research is knowledge of the type and amount of exposure. Official reports have been demonstrated to provide a serious undercount of the frequency of maltreatment, and parent report is of limited usefulness. LongSCAN, a consortium of longitudinal studies of abuse and neglect made the decision to ask children for self-report, but with five independent study sires with unique study-to-sample relationships, ethically implementing this choice demanded customized participant protocols. This article describes the consortium's approach to asking children for direct reports at age 12, the relevant methodological and ethical challenges, and solutions developed with institutional review boards at 4 of the 5 study sites. The wording of consents and the variations in protocol related to reporting to Child Protective Services are discussed.