Ethical issues concerning consent in obtaining children's reports on their experience of violence

Cashmore, Judy

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.05.004

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“…Moreover, adolescents and children have rights to freedom of expression, and bear the right of participation in matters affecting them. While there remains no consensus on the most justifiable approach to confidentiality and welfare [87][88][89][90], we assert that studies can adopt robust measures to balance imperatives of attaining sufficient study participation, while ensuring participant welfare and confidentiality. While confidentiality is a foundational principle in these studies, the exception to this, conveyed to youth participants at the outset, that cases of current or imminent significant risk of danger may be referred to welfare authorities, has been found not to affect response rates [38,53].…”

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Improving measurement of child abuse and neglect: A systematic review and analysis of national prevalence studies

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Objectives Child maltreatment through physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and exposure to domestic violence, causes substantial adverse health, educational and behavioural consequences through the lifespan. The generation of reliable data on the prevalence and characteristics of child maltreatment in nationwide populations is essential to plan and evaluate public health interventions to reduce maltreatment. Measurement of child maltreatment must overcome numerous methodological challenges. Little is known to date about the extent, nature and methodological quality of these national studies. This study aimed to systematically review the most comprehensive national studies of the prevalence of child maltreatment, and critically appraise their methodologies to help inform the design of future studies. Methods Guided by PRISMA and following a published protocol, we searched 22 databases from inception to 31 May 2019 to identify nationwide studies of the prevalence of either all five or at least four forms of child maltreatment. We conducted a formal quality assessment and critical analysis of study design. Results This review identified 30 national prevalence studies of all five or at least four forms of child maltreatment, in 22 countries. While sound approaches are available for different settings, methodologies varied widely in nature and robustness. Some instruments are more reliable and obtain more detailed and useful information about the characteristics of the maltreatment, including its nature, frequency, and the relationship between the child and the person

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“…A particularly contentious issue is the dilemma concerning limits of confidentiality when researchers suspect unsafe or criminal activity, such as a child being harmed or threatening to harm her/himself or another person (Schenk and Williamson, ); or having a communicable or sexually transmitted disease requiring notification (Avard and others, ). Opinions and practice about breaching confidentiality to report suspected child abuse are divergent (Cashmore, ). Respect for the child's autonomy and right to confidentiality may directly conflict with the researcher's ethical responsibilities to ensure children's protection or comply with mandatory reporting requirements.…”

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Ethical Research Involving Children: Encouraging Reflexive Engagement in Research with Children and Young People

2014

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Research involving children raises complex and well-documented ethical questions and challenges that extend far beyond the reach of formal review and governance systems, where these exist. However, researchers collectively have a wealth of knowledge and experience in applying universal ethical principles in diverse social, cultural and methodological settings, which offers much potential for understanding how ethical concerns are responded to in situ. Through extensive consultation and research, the Ethical Research Involving Children (ERIC) project, discussed in this article, has drawn on this collective knowledge in generating evidence-based resources that highlight best practice while grounding ethical decision-making in lived experience.

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“…There can be an extra aspect to confidentiality when doing fieldwork with children who experience domestic violence. In such cases, confidentiality must be weighed against the researcher's "obligation to report" to the child welfare office any disclosure by the child of abuse or harm from another person (Cashmore, 2006, Kinrad, 1985. In Norway, this obligation to report is mandated as a "personal duty" (meldeplikt) (Øverlien, 2015).…”

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Children with multiple stays at Nordic refuges for abused women: conclusions, challenges, and causes for concern

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Överlien

2014

Nordic Social Work Research

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This research was funded by ExtraStiftelsen ([grant number 2012/2/0246]) in collaboration with the Norwegian Council for Mental Health (Råde for psykisk helse). The research was hosted at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies in Oslo and affiliated with the University of Bergen (Department of Education). I was also fortunate to join the National Research School for Teacher Education during my research process. Thank you for a knowledgeable and amazing three years. A special thanks to the children of this study, their mothers, and the refuges for allowing and supporting this research. I owe these children my deepest gratitude for sharing their thoughts and stories. Your voices provided valuable knowledge about the lives of children living multiple relocations at refuges for abused women, which is a great asset for schools, refuges, and other support agencies as well as policymakers. I would like to thank my supervisor, Associate Professor Carolina Øverlien, for her support and complete engagement. Thank you for your constant advice, inspiration, guidance, and challenging encouragement throughout this research. I have enjoyed all the academic opportunities you offered and the intellectual discussion you provided along the way. I am fortunate to have had you as my adviser! I also thank my second adviser, Professor Arild Raaheim, for his support, interesting discussions, positive feedback, and continuous encouragement. It has been a pleasure working with you. I am also grateful to Anne Solberg and Ingrid Helleve for their time and interest in my research. Thank you for inspiring discussions and feedback. A special thanks to Hayat and Luma for all the technical and reading support you have provided overseas. Thanks to Alexander Hauglin for saving my dissertation documents when my PC decided to crash. This thesis would not have been possible without the love and support of my beloved husband Kjetil and my children Serin, Elma and Adam, whom I have neglected the past couple of years. Thank you for being patient, thank you for encouraging me all the way, and thank you for all the help you gave me without asking. I couldn't have done this without you and for that I am forever grateful! My dear family on both sides! Thank you for your help when life was difficult to bear alone. My dear friends! My dear neighbors! And dear parents of my children's friends! Thank you for all the support and care you have provided me and my family during my studies.

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Ethical issues concerning consent in obtaining children's reports on their experience of violence

Cited by 38 publications

References 21 publications

Improving measurement of child abuse and neglect: A systematic review and analysis of national prevalence studies

Improving measurement of child abuse and neglect: A systematic review and analysis of national prevalence studies

Ethical Research Involving Children: Encouraging Reflexive Engagement in Research with Children and Young People

Children with multiple stays at Nordic refuges for abused women: conclusions, challenges, and causes for concern

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