摘要:

This paper attempts to provide an overview of ethical issues related to social research with children. It sets the discussion in the context of current debates about researching children in the UK, and explores the extent to which children should be regarded as similar to, or different from, adults in social research, focusing on how children are positioned as vulnerable, incompetent and relatively powerless in society in general, and how this conceptualisation of children needs to be taken into account in social research. The paper concludes with some practical and methodological suggestions.

ISSN:0951-0605    

DOI:10.1111/j.1099-0860.1996.tb00461.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This paper is based on a qualitative research study, Children, Parents and Risk. This study looks at the ways in which risks to children are understood and managed by children and parents. The paper focuses on two areas of the research—gaining access and interviewing—in order to show how the research process itself has constituted an important source of data on childhood and r

ISSN:0951-0605    

DOI:10.1111/j.1099-0860.1996.tb00462.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article notes that an increasing number of researchers are seeking to carry out studies which engage with children rather than use them as passive sources of data. Often there need to be compromises between ideals of participation and requirements of research sponsors. Some of the relevant methodological issues are illustrated with reference to a qualitative study of children's perceptions of their emotional needs and well‐being. The authors describe some of the benefits of combining focus group discussions and individual interviews. Examples are given of a range of techniques that proved helpfu

ISSN:0951-0605    

DOI:10.1111/j.1099-0860.1996.tb00463.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The appropriateness and desirability of researching children have been issues of some debate. Children may be perceived as non‐competent or vulnerable, and proxies have been used as children's representatives. Increasingly researchers are speaking to children directly. Why is this so and what are the methodological and ethical implications of researching children's views? In this paper the authors draw on their own experiences of researching children in the fields of child carers and the impact of the Child Support Act 1991. A number of social, political and legal trends are identified which form a background to the growing interest in children as potential and actual participants in the research process. The theoretical, methodological, ethical and practical issues involved are then identified and described, using examples from two separate studies conducted by the author

ISSN:0951-0605    

DOI:10.1111/j.1099-0860.1996.tb00464.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The authors of this article identify and discuss some of the practical and ethical issues of qualitative research with children. The problems are illustrated through a research study about children's experience of asthma, and the way in which they perceive and interpret their condition. It is shown that social research with children has inherent difficulties relating to access, ethical and developmental issues. Researchers do not only have to gain parental permission but also want the child to enter the research voluntarily. Because of the children's stage of development and the asymmetrical relationship between researcher and informants, adequate safeguards and awareness of these problems are essential.

ISSN:0951-0605    

DOI:10.1111/j.1099-0860.1996.tb00465.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The principle that children should be heard as well as seen—that they have a right to be consulted over decisions affecting them and to have their views taken into account by the adults working with or for them—now has general currency. One consequence is that increasing numbers of children and young people are now appearing on conference platforms or are included on the executive councils of charities or participate in working parties. Such events are often effective, but sometimes they can be embarrassing or counter‐productive to all concerned. Amanda Allard considers the lessons to be learnt from a successful initiative to involve young people in policy adv

ISSN:0951-0605    

DOI:10.1111/j.1099-0860.1996.tb00466.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY