Rights to privacy in research: adolescents versus parents.

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-

Adolescent* ; Behavioral Research* ; Confidentiality* ; Disclosure* ; Mandatory Reporting* ; Mental Disorders* ; Parental Consent* ; Parental Notification* ; Parents* ; Privacy* ; Psychology* ; Referral and Consultation* ; Research* ; Third-Party Consent*; Altruism ; Beneficence ; Child Abuse ; Coercion ; Family Planning Services ; Female ; Freedom ; HIV Seropositivity ; Human Rights ; Humans ; Informed Consent ; Jurisprudence ; Mandatory Programs ; Mental Competency ; Mothers ; Parent-Child Relations ; Personal Autonomy ; Preventive Medicine ; Reference Standards ; Research Personnel ; Risk ; Risk Assessment ; Social Justice ; Substance-Related Disorders ; Women

Conducting research on adolescents raises a number of ethical issues not often confronted in research on younger children. In part, these differences are due to the fact that although assent is usually not an issue, given cognitive and social competencies, the life situations and behavior of youth make it more difficult to balance rights and privacy of the adolescents. In this article, the three ethical principles of beneficence, justice, and respect for persons are discussed in terms of their application to the study of adolescents. Then, seven vignettes are presented to illustrate how these principles apply to real-life situations. How to balance the rights of adolescents and their parents is discussed, using adolescent girls and their parents for illustrative purposes.

Indexing Agency: KIE Local ID #: 45305.
Keywords: Biomedical and Behavioral Research; Mental Health Therapies
Note: KIE BoB Subject Heading: behavioral research/informed consent Note: KIE BoB Subject Heading: behavioral research/minors Note: KIE BoB Subject Heading: confidentiality Note: 21 refs.

Date Created: 19940101 Date Completed: 19950309 Latest Revision: 20140325

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