1. Developing distress protocols for research on sensitive topics.
- Author
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Draucker CB, Martsolf DS, and Poole C
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Behavioral Research methods, Clinical Nursing Research ethics, Confidentiality, Humans, Stress Disorders, Traumatic etiology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Telephone, Young Adult, Behavioral Research ethics, Courtship psychology, Interview, Psychological methods, Research Subjects psychology, Stress Disorders, Traumatic diagnosis, Violence psychology
- Abstract
Two protocols that were developed to address risks related to emotional distress in an ongoing, qualitative, community-based study of adolescent dating violence are presented. The first protocol is for use in telephone screening to identify individuals at high risk of adverse emotional reactions. The second protocol guides interviewer's responses to emotional distress expressed by participants during in-depth research interviews. The study is briefly described, and the process used to develop the protocols is discussed. The process of developing the protocols caused the authors to reconsider some previously held assumptions about human subject protections in research on sensitive topics.
- Published
- 2009
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