Index

Ethics and Integrity in Research with Children and Young People

ISBN: 978-1-80043-401-1, eISBN: 978-1-80043-400-4

ISSN: 2398-6018

Publication date: 4 November 2021

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(2021), "Index", Spencer, G. (Ed.) Ethics and Integrity in Research with Children and Young People (Advances in Research Ethics and Integrity, Vol. 7), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 233-241. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2398-601820210000007022

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Academic writing with child researchers

challenges of collaborative writing with child researchers
, 220–222

collaborative academic writing with young researchers in childhood studies
, 215–220

collectivistic, process-oriented model of academic writing with children
, 222–224

intergenerational research
, 224–225

Access, recruitment and
, 76–77, 126

Acting
, 218

Additional snowball technique
, 50

Adeptness
, 44

Adivasi Gond community
, 90

Adivasi identities
, 90

Adivasi youth ‘voices’ in village community

construction of childhood, youth and young voices
, 92–94

ethics of Navi gating research context
, 94–97

ethics review
, 91–92

study aims and context
, 90–91

teasing out ethical tensions
, 97–100

Adult gatekeepers
, 14

Adult-centric frameworks
, 30

Adult-imposed research agenda
, 201

Adult/Child power relations and positionality
, 5–6

Adultescents
, 46

Adulthood
, 58, 188

age-determined constructions of childhood/adulthood status
, 58–59

Adultist/scientific approach
, 125

Age

age-appropriate information
, 16

age-determined constructions of childhood/adulthood status
, 58–59

and migration status
, 192–193

Agentic potential
, 217

Anonymity
, 2, 34, 63–64, 229

Antisocial behaviour
, 106

in Scotland
, 110–112

Anxiety
, 66

Appreciation payments
, 49

Appropriate child-centred methods
, 124

Appropriate methodologies
, 1

Arts
, 1

arts-based methods
, 2, 17

arts-based research approach
, 200, 223

project
, 112

Assent
, 2, 30, 47, 126–128, 229

Audience
, 160

Augmentative communication software
, 81

Augmented forms of communication
, 76

Authenticity ethics in ethnodrama and ethnotheatre
, 204–205

Balanced approach

communicating research ethics
, 115–116

research vision and reality
, 116–117

working towards
, 115

writing ethics and doing ethics
, 115

Benefits
, 18

Best outcomes
, 156

British Educational Research Association
, 30

British Sociological Association
, 30

Careful attention
, 48

Case-study design
, 92

Census
, 81

Child migrants

ethics of research with child migrants in Ghana
, 186–192

in Ghana
, 186–187

research ethics and integrity in research with
, 192–194

Child rights-based/protectionist approach
, 125

Child street traders, research with

research with child street traders in Nigeria
, 125–131

trust, power and rights in childhood research
, 123–124

Child-centred frameworks
, 30

Child-centred research (see also Drama-based research method; Youth-centred research)

conceptualisations of childhood and children’s rights
, 169–170

dissemination
, 177–178

ethical considerations in research with children
, 170–172

ethics of representing children’s data in analyses
, 176–177

flexibility and responsiveness key for ethical research
, 176

modifying methods for ethical, meaningful engagement and robust data
, 172–176

participation vs. protection in dissemination
, 178–179

Child-centred techniques
, 14

Child-led methodologies
, 107

Child-led research
, 220

participation
, 216

Child–adult academic writing
, 221

Childhood
, 58

age-determined constructions of childhood/adulthood status
, 58–59

collaborative academic writing with young researchers in
, 215–220

conceptualisations of
, 169–170

construction of
, 92–94

negotiating trust in
, 139–145

studies
, 153

and youth-focussed research
, 1–2

‘Childhoodnature Companion’
, 223

Children

actively giving and withdrawing consent
, 32–34

in arts-based research activities
, 201

children’s reflections on participation in research
, 37–39

co-expertise
, 161–162

co-producing and co-analysing field notes
, 34–37

as co-researchers
, 152, 155–156

co-working sessions
, 157–159

and disability
, 81–82

ethics of research with children
, 160–161

ethnographic research with children and centrality of trust
, 136–137

improving informed consent process with
, 25

informed consent in research
, 30–31

as knowledge producers
, 6–8

movement
, 125

positionality in family research
, 145–146

public exposure and reward
, 159–160

research design
, 31

social competence
, 23

transdisciplinary approach to school journey
, 152–155

visual methods
, 31–32

and young people’s participation in research
, 3–5

Children’s Assessment of Participation Enjoyment (CAPE)
, 173

Children’s consent

challenges of
, 15–16

strategy to support
, 16–18

Children’s rights
, 30, 34, 152

conceptualisations of
, 169–170

‘Children’s Voices in Polish Canon Wars’
, 214

Citizenship
, 216

Co-design case study
, 176

Co-expertise
, 161–162

Co-researchers
, 160

Co-working sessions
, 157–159

Collaborative academic writing with young researchers
, 215

participatory research with children
, 215–216

Collaborative writing with child researchers, challenges of
, 220–222

Collective creation
, 206–210

Collectivistic model of academic writing with children
, 222–224

Communicate-listen-respond model
, 216

Communication skills
, 117

Community, dissemination to
, 178

Competence
, 16

Competency framework
, 30

Compositional approach
, 224

Confidentiality
, 2, 4–5, 16, 19, 34, 48, 63–64, 91–92, 136, 143, 229

participant
, 143–145

Consent
, 19, 30, 47, 61–62, 107, 126–128, 139–145

actively giving and withdrawing
, 32–34

processes with children
, 20–24

Constructivist approaches
, 200

Contemporary anxieties
, 46

Continuing colonial imperialism
, 108

COVID-19 pandemic
, 1, 230

Creating process
, 204

Creative methods
, 2

Creative strategies
, 17

Critical disability studies
, 75

employing as theory and analytical framework
, 75

Critical ethical reflexivity
, 3

Critical reflexivity
, 125

Decision-making processes
, 14

Democracy
, 202

Deviancy
, 106

Devised theatre
, 206–210

Diamond Ranking activity
, 158, 160–161

Digital devices
, 45

Digital gatekeepers
, 50

Digital technologies
, 2, 50

young people and
, 44

Disability
, 74

children and
, 81–82

and ethically informed quantitative research approaches
, 81

evolving frameworks related to
, 83

theory
, 75

Disabled childhoods
, 75

Disabled children
, 74

differing categorisations of children and disability
, 81–82

disability and ethically informed quantitative research approaches
, 81

employing critical disability studies as theory and analytical framework
, 75

ethical dilemmas
, 74–75

ethics of research with
, 76–78

evolving frameworks related to disability
, 83

qualitative methodologies for reducing power inequities
, 79

as research participants
, 75–76

safeguarding methods to avoid eliciting further trauma
, 79–80

thinking ethically around research methods and forms of analysis
, 78–79

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
, 60

Dissemination
, 177–178

participation vs. protection in
, 178–179

Doing ethics
, 115

Dominant international development
, 92

Drama-based dissemination approaches
, 201

Drama-based research method
, 200–202

ethnodrama and ethnotheatre
, 202–205

moving forward
, 210–211

play-building, devised theatre and collective creation
, 206–210

readers’ theatre
, 205–206

Drawings
, 31, 76

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
, 58

Educational research
, 153

Educational theories
, 30

Emancipatory principles
, 74

Emotional relationships
, 106

Emotions
, 3, 5–6, 58, 65–67

Empathy
, 130

Empowerment
, 202

Ethical approval
, 125

Ethical briefing
, 114

Ethical concepts
, 16, 18

Ethical considerations

in participatory play-building research
, 208–210

in research with children
, 170–172

Ethical principles
, 184–185

Ethical reflexivity
, 3, 230

and youth research
, 109–110

Ethical research
, 16, 122

Ethical research in prison environment
, 62–64

Ethical Research Involving Children
, 2

Ethically informed quantitative research approaches, disability and
, 81

Ethically sensitive research

age-determined constructions of childhood/adulthood status
, 58–59

consent
, 61–62

emotions
, 65–67

engaging participants
, 64–65

ethical research in prison environment
, 62–64

ethics in research with incarcerated children
, 59–60

negotiating access
, 60–61

Ethics
, 5–6, 229

antisocial behaviour and young people in Scotland
, 110–112

of authenticity and representation in ethnodrama and ethnotheatre
, 204–205

ethical reflexivity and youth research
, 109–110

in ethnography
, 107

informed consent
, 77–78

of Navi gating research context
, 94–97

recruitment and access
, 76–77

of representation and research dissemination
, 6–8

of representing children’s data in analyses
, 176–177

research ethics and young people
, 107–108

of research with child migrants in Ghana
, 186–192

of research with children
, 160–161

of research with disabled children
, 76

in research with incarcerated children
, 59–60

in research with young migrants
, 185–186

review of Adivasi youth ‘voices’
, 91–92

review processes
, 229

walking tightrope
, 108–110

working towards balanced approach
, 115–117

young people and happiness in Laos
, 112–114

Ethnodrama
, 202–205

Ethnographic research
, 107

with children and centrality of trust
, 136–137

methods
, 92

Ethnographic study, children engagement in

actively giving and withdrawing consent
, 32–34

children’s reflections on participation in research
, 37–39

co-producing and co-analysing field notes
, 34–37

informed consent in research
, 30–31

research design
, 31

visual methods
, 31–32

Ethnography
, 107

ethics in
, 107–117

Ethnotheatre
, 202–205

Exploratory approach
, 106

Eye-gaze technology
, 81

Families in confidential research processes
, 74

Family research, negotiating trust in
, 139–145

Feminist theories
, 100

Fieldwork, 109, 146n3

Financial ‘inducements’
, 48–49, 172, 191

Financial compensation
, 48–49, 194

Financial payments
, 191

Fit for purpose
, 168

Focus group discussions (FGDs)
, 91–92, 96

Focus groups
, 1, 3

Formal ethical approval processes
, 125

Formal ethics review procedures
, 109

Gatekeepers
, 61, 126, 139–145

Gendered power dynamics
, 51

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
, 38

Global positioning system (GPS)
, 173

Go-along walking interviews
, 173–176

Gubar’s kinship model of childhood
, 217

Happiness
, 106

Health and social sciences
, 1

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons (HMCIP)
, 58

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons/Probation (HMIP)
, 58, 65

Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), 68n3

Heterogeneity of migrants
, 184

Hierarchy of Impairment, 82, 84n1

Historical calendars
, 188

Humanities
, 1

Identity
, 90

markers
, 48

Igbo language
, 52

Impressions
, 65

Imprisonment
, 59

In-depth interviews
, 92

Inaccessible research methods
, 76

Independent Research Fund Denmark
, 138

Individualisation
, 93

Indonesian children

challenges of children’s consent
, 15–16

development and use of story and storytelling for supporting informed consent
, 18–20

ethical research with children
, 14–15

improving informed consent process with children
, 25

narrative–interactive approach
, 16–18

reflections on opportunities and challenges of narrative–interactive approach
, 20–24

Influence
, 160

Information disclosure
, 47

Informed assent process
, 47–48, 77, 172

Informed consent process
, 2, 14, 16, 42, 47–48, 77–78, 91, 124, 189, 229

development and use of story and storytelling for supporting
, 18–20

improving informed consent process with children
, 25

Inherent imbalance
, 122

Inherent power dynamics
, 65

Inquiry
, 200

Insensitivity
, 108

Institutional ethical protocols
, 106

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)
, 2

Integrity
, 229

in research with child migrants
, 192–194

in research with young migrants
, 185–186

Interdisciplinary approach
, 152

International Childhood and Youth Research Network (INCRYNet)
, 216

International development and economics
, 1

International Journal of Qualitative Methods
, 219

Internet
, 45

Interpersonal trust
, 137

Interviews
, 1, 3

Kidults
, 46

Language problem
, 52

Left-Wing Extremism
, 90

Lego models
, 31

Light-bulb moment
, 214

Longitudinal ethnography
, 31

Maoist movement
, 91

Marginalisation
, 51

Material violence
, 136

Mayne’s approach
, 15

Media, young people and
, 45–46

Middle Place, The
, 203

Middle youth
, 46

Middle-class children
, 220

Migrant groups
, 184

Migration

and childhood status
, 186–189

ethical principles
, 184–185

ethics and integrity in research with young migrants
, 185–186

ethics of research with child migrants in Ghana
, 186–192

patterns
, 184

research
, 184

research ethics and integrity in research with child migrants
, 192–194

Ministries of Education
, 50

Mixed methods approach
, 49, 58

Motivation and Justice
, 208, 210

Naming disability
, 75

Narrative–interactive approach
, 16–18

reflections on opportunities and challenges of
, 20–24

National Offender Management Service (NOMS)
, 60

National Research Committee (NRC)
, 60

Naturalistic inquiry
, 90

Negotiating access
, 60–61

Negotiating trust in childhood and family research
, 139–145

New Zealand (NZ)
, 168

Nigeria

access and recruitment
, 126

consent, assent and participation
, 126–128

research with child street traders in
, 125

researcher positionality
, 130–131

sensitive research
, 128–130

Nigerian Pidgin English (NPE)
, 127

Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)
, 91, 189

Non-maleficence
, 48

Non-verbal techniques
, 17, 76

Observation
, 3, 31

techniques
, 1

Online platforms
, 2

Online video
, 18

Ontology
, 76

Oral communication
, 76, 156

Other Backward Class communities (OBC communities)
, 90–91

Ownership
, 50

Parental consent
, 30, 189

Parents/legal guardians, absence of
, 189–190, 193

Participants
, 107, 123–124, 126–128, 136

confidentiality
, 143–145

in dissemination
, 178–179

dissemination to
, 177–178

emotions
, 106

engaging
, 64–65

observations
, 31

Participatory data collection methods
, 152

Participatory methods
, 2, 30, 79, 152

Participatory play-building research, ethical considerations in
, 208–210

Participatory research
, 108

Participatory visual methods
, 31

Participatory youth-led play creation process
, 207

Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group
, 90

People with Disabilities Australia (PWDA)
, 75

Performance
, 201

Performative inquiry
, 200

Performative methods
, 2

Photo-elicitation
, 2

Photovoice
, 76

Physical violence
, 136

Planners, dissemination to
, 178

Play-building
, 206–210

Playwrights
, 205

Policymakers, dissemination to
, 178

Polish Ministry of National Education
, 214

Popularisation of participatory approaches
, 108

Positionality
, 90, 106

adult/child power relations and
, 5–6

Post-transition
, 58

interviews
, 61, 66

Postcolonial Indian context
, 90

Postcolonial theories
, 100

Poststructuralism
, 100

Power
, 106, 122

in childhood research
, 123–124

imbalances
, 51

qualitative methodologies for reducing
, 79

relations
, 81

Practical approaches
, 58

Pre-transition
, 58

interview
, 66

Precarity
, 90

Preferences for activities with children scale (PAC)
, 173

Principals
, 76

Principles
, 156

Prisons
, 59, 61–62

Privacy
, 2, 4–5, 18–19, 34, 46, 64, 136, 143, 229

Procedural ethics
, 108

Procedural research ethics
, 3, 229

Process-oriented model of academic writing with children
, 222–224

Productive Remembering of Polish Childhoods’
, 215

Protection
, 123–124

in dissemination
, 178–179

Provision
, 123

Psychological violence
, 136

Psychology
, 1

Public exposure and reward
, 159–160

Qualitative methodologies
, 75

for reducing power inequities
, 79

Qualitative research
, 108, 137, 200

Qualitative studies
, 74

Quantitative collection tool
, 81

Quantitative methodologies
, 75

Questionnaires
, 3, 81

Re-framing impairment
, 83

Readers theatre
, 205–206

Reciprocity
, 210

Recruitment

and access
, 76–77, 126

processes
, 171–172

Reflections of Tomorrow
, 207

Reflexivity
, 109–110, 130

Representation ethics
, 171–172

in ethnodrama and ethnotheatre
, 204–205

Research dissemination
, 177, 207

Research ethics
, 2, 47

communicating
, 115–116

in research with child migrants
, 192–194

and young people
, 107–108

Research Ethics Boards
, 83

Research Ethics Committees (RECs)
, 2, 106, 108

Research literacy
, 124

Research methodology
, 75

Research methods
, 49–50

Research participants, disabled children as
, 75–76

Research skills
, 161

Research vision and reality
, 116–117

Research with children

ethical considerations in
, 170

ethics of
, 160–161

ethics of representation
, 171–172

financial ‘inducements’
, 172

informed assent/consent
, 172

project conception
, 170–171

research context
, 170

Research-based play
, 203–204

Researcher positionality
, 130–131, 141–143

implications for
, 97–100

Rights in childhood research
, 123–124

Rights-based approaches
, 125, 156

Risks
, 16, 18, 137

Ruang Publik Terpadu Ramah Anak (RPTRA)
, 15, 20

Safeguarding methods to avoid eliciting further trauma
, 79–80

Sampling
, 49–50

Scheduled Tribe (ST)
, 90–91

School-based ethnography
, 107

School-based recruitment processes
, 171

Secure training centres (STCs), 68n2

Self-awareness
, 117

Semi-structured in-depth interviews
, 91

Sensitive research
, 128–130

trust in
, 136–146

Sensitivities in research with child migrants
, 190–192

Shaming stories
, 80

Sign language
, 76, 172

Situated ethics
, 184

Skills
, 44

Social justice
, 208

Social media
, 45

Socio-cultural norms
, 186

Sociological theories
, 30

South Africa
, 47

Space
, 160

Stigmatisation
, 210

Story for supporting informed consent
, 18–20

Storytelling
, 21, 25

process
, 17–18

for supporting informed consent
, 18–20

Stress
, 223

Sub-Saharan Africa
, 124

Survey
, 81

Tackling Ableism
, 178

Task based activities
, 107

Teachers
, 17, 49

Techno-shame
, 45, 53

Technology
, 45

Tick box mentality
, 53, 110

Traditional research methods
, 1

Transdisciplinary collaborative research
, 152

Transdisciplinary research
, 152

Transforming Experience
, 206

Transitions
, 58

Trauma
, 66

Trust
, 3, 122, 136

building of
, 5–6

in childhood research
, 123–124

children’s positionality in family research
, 145–146

context and methods
, 138–139

ethnographic research with children and centrality of
, 136–137

negotiating trust in childhood and family research
, 139–145

Trustworthiness
, 124

Truth
, 200

Tweenagers
, 46

Union territory (UT), 101n1

United Nations (UN)
, 1, 46

United Nations Convention on Rights of Child (UNCRC)
, 1, 14, 46, 123, 168–169, 187, 229

Universal logics
, 93

Variable-sum model
, 106

Verbal consent
, 91

Vice-principals
, 76

Vignette structure
, 207

Violence
, 136, 139

Visual and creative methods
, 3

Visual methods
, 31–32, 139

Visual resources
, 172

Visual stories
, 25

Voice
, 160

Voluntariness
, 16, 18

Vulnerability
, 66

in research with child migrants
, 190–192

Vulnerable groups
, 108

Warm approach
, 48

Whilst impairment
, 75

Writing ethics
, 115

Writing process
, 216–218

sustainability of
, 220–221

Written forms of communication
, 76

Young ‘voices’
, 90

Young migrant
, 184

ethics and integrity in research with
, 185–186

Young Offenders’ Institutions (YOIs)
, 58, 61, 63–64

Young participants, negotiating access to
, 50–51

Young people
, 106

and happiness in Laos
, 112–114

as knowledge producers
, 6–8

and media
, 45–46

research ethics and
, 107–108

in Scotland
, 110–112

Young voices, construction of
, 92–94

Youth, construction of
, 92–94

Youth research
, 108

ethical reflexivity and
, 109–110

Youth-centred research, 44–45 (see also Child-centred research; Drama-based research method)

confidentiality
, 48

ethical considerations
, 47

ethical moments, dilemmas and potential solutions
, 51–53

financial compensation and inducements
, 48–49

information disclosure
, 47

informed assent and consent
, 47–48

negotiating access to young participants
, 50–51

potential harm to participants and institutions
, 48

potentials of
, 46–47

research methods and sampling
, 49–50

young people and digital technologies
, 44

young people and media
, 45–46

YouTube
, 18

Prelims
Introduction: Ethics and Integrity in Research with Children and Young People
Part I: Children and Young People's Participation in Research – Navigating Tricky Ethical Moments
Chapter 1: Beyond Agree or Disagree: A Consent Story and Storytelling for Indonesian Children
Chapter 2: Assent or Consent? Engaging Children in Ethnographic Study
Chapter 3: Negotiating Youth-centred Research: Ethical Reflections on Research with Young People in Rural and Urban Spaces in Nigeria
Chapter 4: Ethically Sensitive Research with ‘Children’ and ‘Adults’ in Custody
Chapter 5: Ethical Considerations for Doing Research with, and in Relation to, Disabled Children
Part II: Adult/Child Power Relations and Positionality – Ethics, Emotions and the Building of Trust
Chapter 6: Ethics of Positionality in Capturing Adivasi Youth ‘Voices’ in a Village Community in India
Chapter 7: A Balanced Approach to Ethics in Ethnography
Chapter 8: Research with Child Street Traders: Building Trust and Sensitivity
Chapter 9: A Spy in the Family: Trust in Sensitive Research with Children
Part III: Children and Young People as Knowledge Producers and the Ethics of Representation and Research Dissemination
Chapter 10: Children as Co-researchers: A Transdisciplinary and Participatory Process
Chapter 11: Conducting Research with Children, Ethically and Effectively, to Inform Public Policy
Chapter 12: Children and Young People who Migrate – Representing and (Re)producing Vulnerabilities through Research
Chapter 13: Ethical Considerations in Drama-based Research with Children and Young People
Chapter 14: A Meta-critical Reflection on Academic Writing with Child Researchers
Conclusion: Meeting the Ethical Challenges in Research with Children and Young People
Index