Do undergraduate student research participants read psychological research consent forms? examining memory effects, condition effects, and individual differences

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-350

  Pedersen, Eric R ^a   Neighbors, Clayton ^b   Tidwell, Judy ^b   Lostutter, Ty W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Consent form; Recall; Recognition; Research informed consent; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960353589     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2011.585601     Document Type: Article

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