Developing Distress Protocols for Research on Sensitive Topics

Two protocols that were developed to address risks related to emotional distress in an ongoing, qualitative, community-based study of adolescent dating violence are presented. The first protocol is for use in telephone screening to identify individuals at high risk of adverse emotional reactions. Th...

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Published in:Archives of psychiatric nursing 2009-10, Vol.23 (5), p.343-350
Main Authors: Draucker, Claire Burke, Martsolf, Donna S., Poole, Candice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Behavioral Research - ethics
Behavioral Research - methods
Clinical Nursing Research - ethics
Confidentiality
Courtship - psychology
Emotional disorders
Emotional distress
Emotional responses
Gender violence
High risk
Humans
Interview, Psychological - methods
Interviews
Medical research
Nursing
Personal relationships
Professional ethics
Protocol
Research Subjects - psychology
Screening
Stress Disorders, Traumatic - diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Traumatic - etiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Telephone
Violence - psychology
Young Adult
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Summary:Two protocols that were developed to address risks related to emotional distress in an ongoing, qualitative, community-based study of adolescent dating violence are presented. The first protocol is for use in telephone screening to identify individuals at high risk of adverse emotional reactions. The second protocol guides interviewer's responses to emotional distress expressed by participants during in-depth research interviews. The study is briefly described, and the process used to develop the protocols is discussed. The process of developing the protocols caused the authors to reconsider some previously held assumptions about human subject protections in research on sensitive topics.
ISSN:0883-9417
1532-8228
DOI:10.1016/j.apnu.2008.10.008