Research participants telling the truth about their lives: The ethics of asking and not asking about abuse

American Psychologist

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 218-226

  Becker Blease, Kathryn A ^a   Freyd, Jennifer J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Experimental ethics; Human participants; Institutional review boards; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SURVIVOR; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SURVIVORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33646341232     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.61.3.218     Document Type: Article

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