Five points and a lament about Range and Cotton's "Reports of assent and permission in research with children: illustrations and suggestions.

Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9102086 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1050-8422 (Print) Linking ISSN: 10508422 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Ethics Behav

Publication: Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Original Publication: Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1991-

Behavioral Research* ; Child* ; Informed Consent* ; Parental Consent* ; Psychology* ; Research* ; Research Personnel* ; Third-Party Consent*; Age Factors ; Child Development ; Codes of Ethics ; Data Collection ; Editorial Policies ; Ethics Committees ; Ethics Committees, Research ; Ethics, Professional ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Federal Government ; Government ; Government Regulation ; Guidelines as Topic ; Human Experimentation ; Humans ; Literature ; Publishing ; Research Design ; Research Subjects ; Scientific Misconduct ; Social Control, Formal ; Social Responsibility ; Societies ; Societies, Scientific ; United States ; United States Dept. of Health and Human Services

This comment responds to an article by Range and Cotton (1995) on reporting of parental permission and child assent procedures in published articles for 4 psychology journals. Issue is taken with the assumptions, methodology, interpretations, and implications of listing researchers in the Range and Cotton article. There is no evidence researchers failed in their ethical obligations or that children were put at risk. Reporting permission/assent in publications is not an ethical requirement. Listing researchers as "failing" to do something not part of an ethical code is lamentable. Too many unfortunate implications and problems can be derived from Range and Cotton's analysis and conclusions.

Indexing Agency: KIE Local ID #: 49980.
Keywords: American Psychological Association; Biomedical and Behavioral Research; Empirical Approach; Journal of Clinical Child Psychology; Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Note: KIE BoB Subject Heading: behavioral research/informed consent Note: KIE BoB Subject Heading: behavioral research/minors Note: KIE BoB Subject Heading: informed consent/minors Note: 18 refs.

Date Created: 19950101 Date Completed: 19960619 Latest Revision: 20071115

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