IRB Case Study 2

LEVEL OF IRB

Before I analyzed the case study to discuss risk and benefits to the researcher, participant and society, I needed to decide which level of IRB would be needed to evaluate the study. The three levels of IRBs are exempt, expedited and full. This case study involves 30 participants incarcerated in a Midwestern U.S. correctional facility by random sampling. A full case review would be required. Full case review pertains to non-minimal risk projects that may investigate, for example, sexual orientation, substance abuse, eating disorders, religious identity, illegal activities, veteran or wartime experiences, or which reveal social security numbers, salary, or criminal history or which employ deception; research with children, the homeless, the handicapped, or prisoners (STEP, n.d.).

RISK AND BENEFIT FOR RESEARCHER

There are obvious risks to the researcher interviewing in the correctional facility setting. The interviews are stated to be face-to-face interviews which would place the researcher at a physical harm. Due to the high population of inmates with mental health disorders, psychological harm can also pose as a threat to the research. In addition to the psychological harm, several incarcerated individuals know how to manipulate situations, for example, tell people what they want to hear, which would lead to altered facts affecting the outcomes of the research. A benefit for the researcher in this case study would be beneficence. Beneficence is the promotion of well-being maximizes the benefit to harm ratio, good outweighs the bad (Office, 2018).

RISK AND BENEFIT FOR PARTICIPANTS

The risk for the participants in this case study is the participants ability to comprehend. Incarcerated individuals come from a variety of education levels and cultural upbringings. Comprehension, the subject’s ability to understand is a function of intelligence, rationality, maturity and language (Office, 2018). The participants can decline taking part in the research which gives a dependent person autonomy. The Belmont Report states respect for persons is respect for autonomy and importance of protecting the vulnerable (Office, 2018).

RISK AND BENEFIT FOR SOCIETY

The purpose of this case study is to analyze the relationship between traumatic childhood experiences and the effect on interpersonal relationships in adulthood by collecting demographic data, type of trauma and interpersonal relationship behaviors. The risk to this case study would be misleading, giving society the impression of results based on the average United States citizen. In order to provide justice, the research needs to clarify in the purpose the type of participants included to research fairly. If the purpose of the case study were to read ‘to analyze the relationship between traumatic childhood experiences and the effect on interpersonal relationships in adulthood in Midwestern U.S. incarcerated individuals’, society could then benefit from the study.

References

Office for Human Research Protections, & Ohrp. (2018, January 15). Read the Belmont Report. Retrieved April 3, 2020, from https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/belmont-report/read-the-belmont-report/index.html#xethical

STEP ONE: Before You Begin: INVESTIGATORS’ GUIDE. (n.d.). Retrieved April 3, 2020, from https://jcu.edu/research/irb/investigators-guide/step-one-you-begin

2 Responses

  1. aadeyiga at |

    You did a great job explaining the case study I. I enjoy reading. You explain the risk and benefit of the participants and the researcher. You also explain how it affects society and the benefit of the research in the society.

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