Reporting Participants in Research Studies to Child Protective Services: Limited Risk to Attrition

This study examines the impact of Child Protective Services (CPS) reports made by research study staff on participant retention and discusses human subjects protocols that may minimize either the need to make such reports or the negative impact of reporting on participants and on participant retenti...

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Published in:Child maltreatment 2006-08, Vol.11 (3), p.257-262
Main Authors: Knight, Elizabeth Dawes, Smith, Jamie B., Dubowitz, Howard, Litrownik, Alan J., Kotch, Jonathan B., English, Diana, Everson, Mark D., Runyan, Desmond K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attrition
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse - ethics
Child Abuse - legislation & jurisprudence
Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Child Abuse, Sexual - ethics
Child Abuse, Sexual - legislation & jurisprudence
Child Abuse, Sexual - statistics & numerical data
Child maltreatment
Child welfare
Child Welfare - ethics
Child Welfare - legislation & jurisprudence
Child, Preschool
Data Collection - statistics & numerical data
Ethical dilemmas
Ethics, Research
Female
Human subjects
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mandatory Reporting - ethics
Medical sciences
Methodology. Experimentation
Patient Dropouts - statistics & numerical data
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Research Ethics
Research Personnel - ethics
Research Subjects - legislation & jurisprudence
Research Subjects - psychology
Risk
Socioeconomic Factors
Techniques and methods
United States
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Summary:This study examines the impact of Child Protective Services (CPS) reports made by research study staff on participant retention and discusses human subjects protocols that may minimize either the need to make such reports or the negative impact of reporting on participants and on participant retention. Among 1, 354 primary caregiver-child pairs in the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN) studies, a total of 15 were reported to CPS by study staff. Within this group, rates of study-generated reports and study participation subsequent to having been reported by researchers were examined. There was an overall retention rate of 93% across a minimum of three interview waves in this sample. Reporting research participants to CPS may have little impact on attrition.
ISSN:1077-5595
1552-6119
DOI:10.1177/1077559505285786