A research study on the relationship between traumatic childhood experiences and the effect on interpersonal relationships in adulthood has its risks and benefits. Some of the risks and benefits of this kind of a study to the participants, the researcher and the society will be discussed below:
Risks of the study to the participants: The study was conducted using face to face interview so the participants would have to share their traumatic childhood experiences with the interviewer and this may remind them of unpleasant events they went through which may cause anger, shame, and emotional distress to them. The participants may have gotten over their traumatic experiences but reliving it again may cause emotional distress to them. There is also the risks of privacy and confidentiality issues (Seedat et al., 2004). Some participants might not feel comfortable sharing their experiences in a direct interview. The participants in the case study were chosen by random sampling. Even though, they were given the opportunity to decline, some of the participants might still consider the chosen method as invasion of their privacy. Also, some cultures are more private than others and direct interview might be considered a risk of invading their privacy. Invasion of privacy and breach of confidentiality may result in embarrassment within the participant’s social group. Some social and behavioral research may yield information about the participants that could “label” or “stigmatize” them especially since the participants are considered vulnerable group (Privacy and Confidentiality, 2019) .
Risks of the study to the researcher: The researcher faces the risk of bias. Bias can happen during any phase of research including data collection, data analysis and publication stage. Researcher’s bias might lead to a bias conclusion which can generate errors in the research. Some of the participants might have gone through traumatic childhood experiences that have affected their interpersonal relationship as adults; so, the researcher while conducting direct face-to-face interview must be matured and professional to handle the data collection and analysis without being biased. There is also the risk of safety because the researcher has to go to the correctional facility in order to conduct the face-to-face interview and the safety of the researcher can be at stake (Pannucci & Wilkins, 2010).
Risk of the study to the society: There may be risk of the participants not being truthful during the interview and this may affect the knowledge and benefits to be gained from the research. In other words, if the result of the research is not accurate, there will be no benefit to the society in terms of gaining new knowledge to help other people in similar situation.
Benefits of the study to the participants: By talking about their traumatic childhood experiences and the effect on interpersonal relationships in adulthood, participants may get relief from it. The participants by talking with the researcher would have an opportunity to express their minds and this might make them feel better (Seedat et al., 2004) . The participants might also derive a sense of purpose by sharing their experiences with the researcher knowing that the information might be used to create awareness in the society and help other people in similar situation (Hutchinson et al., n.d.).
Benefits of the study to the researcher: This particular study involves direct interview with the participants, and this enables the researcher to clarify any issues that may arise during the interview (Bolderston, 2012). There will be high response rate on this study because it involves direct interview with the participants and the researcher will be able to gather in-depth information during the interview. Also, the researcher or the interviewer will be able to pick on non -verbal cues of the participants in a face-to-face interview (The Pros and Cons of Data Collection Methods, n.d.).
Benefits of the study to the society: The result of the study is beneficial to the society by the increased knowledge derived from it. The knowledge may be used for further research and new findings (Report on Ethical and Policy Issues in Research Involving Human Participants Volume I – Report and Recommendations, 2016). The knowledge gained from the research can be used to help other people in similar situation by getting them the help they might need.
Level of IRB approval needed: The level of IRB approval needed is the full-board review. Full-board review is when the IRB committee convened to review the research study. The full-board review will be used for this study because of the vulnerable population involved in the study. The participants are from correctional facility and they are considered vulnerable population, hence the need for a full-board review (Full Board, n.d.) .

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