Participants' understanding of the process of psychological research: Informed consent

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-298

  Brody, Janet L ^a   Gluck, John P ^a   Aragon, Alfredo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Informed consent; Research participants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EVALUATION; FREEDOM; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECUMBENCY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COERCION; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; CONSENT FORMS; DATA COLLECTION; DECEPTION; DISCLOSURE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FREEDOM; HISTORY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0031297308     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb0704_1     Document Type: Article

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