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Ethical and safe: Research with children about domestic violence

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Morris, Anita, Hegarty, Kelsey, Humphreys, Cathy·2012·Research Ethics

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Ethics applications to conduct research with children who have experienced domestic violence will frequently raise a red flag to ethics committees about the potential for risk and re-traumatization. On the other hand, such sensitive research can enable a hidden, marginalized population to have their voices heard. It can deliver findings about children’s lives that can inform otherwise adult-centric research, policy and practice initiatives. The authors highlight ethical concerns and practical solutions using examples from domestic violence, family law and child abuse research with children. Ethical planning is explored according to methodologies, context and whether the violence has been named. Also discussed are consent procedures, confidentiality and the development of protocols for disclosure, distress, safety and risk assessment, which support ethical and safe research with children.

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  • Several steps were taken to protect children involved in the research, including ensuring they understood the focus of the research, had access to questions before the interview, structuring interviews to take into account the developmental level of the young person, and ensuring children were only interviewed if they had left situations of domestic abuse and if professionals assessed them to be安全

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    From Children’s embodied experience of living with domestic violence: “I’d go into my panic, and shake, really bad” (2016) · cites this paper as Morris et al., 2012

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  1. Preston N (ed.) (2001) Understanding Ethics, 2nd edn. Leichhardt, NSW: Federation Press.

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Authors
Morris, A., Hegarty, K., & Humphreys, C.
Affiliations
The University of Melbourne (AU)
Corresponding author
Morris, Anita
Venue
Research Ethics
Published
2012-06
Volume
8
Issue
2
Pages
125-139
ISSN
  • 1747-0161 (ISSN-L)
  • 2047-6094
OpenAlex
W2133021627
Cited by
102
References
72
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Research Ethics (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Children's Rights and Participation
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
Keywords
children exposed to domestic violence, retraumatization, risk assessment, confidentiality, child abuse research, marginalized communities

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