In case study #2, 30 random participants in a Midwestern United States correctional facility were interviewed via face to face questionnaire about traumatic childhood experiences and the effect on interpersonal relationships in adulthood after given option to decline and consent obtained.
Risk and Benefits to participant: When asking about trauma in any form, it could potentially have negative affects on the emotional state of the participant. The participant may have suppressed the memories of the trauma and when ask questions about it on the questionnaire all the emotions of when it happened could come back up to them. A benefit would be that sometimes talking about the trauma of the past, helps to move past it. Also, could help the researchers make suggestions on how to deal with the trauma or supply resources for the correctional facility to provide for the participant.
Risk and Benefits to researcher: Benefit to the researcher by doing a face to face interview via questionnaire is to verify the demographic information to make sure their data is valid. Also having to build a rapport with the participant is both a benefit and a risk to the researcher. If they are unable to build the rapport, it could cause false information or no information to be given on the questionnaire therefore not having enough data for study. On the other hand it’s a benefit when the rapport is built and the participants can open up to the researcher. Whenever interviewing someone about sensitive information, there is also the risk to researcher if the participant becomes agitated or aggressive due to the emotions that are coming out due to the questions. (Elmir R et al., 2010, p. xx)
Risk and Benefits to society: I feel the risk to society would just be the emotional toll it could take on the participants and then if because of the emotions they are unable to be come productive members of society again when released. A benefit would be what the research shows and potentially helping learn how to help those with childhood trauma develop skills for interpersonal relationships. Could also help those participants learn how to mend relationships.
The IRB review would be minimal. This research study is done with face to face questionnaires to a random participant at a correctional facility. What makes this minimal and not full review, is the participants are allowed to decline being part of the study and consent is obtained from the participants before conducting study. (STEP ONE, 2020)
References
Elmir R, Schmied V, Jackson D, Wilkes l (2011) Interviewing people about potentially sensitive topics. Nurse Researcher. 19, 1, 12-16., R., Schmied, V., Jackson, D., & Wilkes, I. (2010). Interviewing people about potentially sensitive topics. Nurse Researcher, 19(1), 12-16. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiDl9D45YHqAhVtVzABHfYPCrUQFjAMegQICBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpdfs.semanticscholar.org%2Fec96%2F86a8d09b019e6919f4e790160d5f11740074.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2KDCSgEMCjDyLrAbxtB2mx
STEP ONE: Before you begin. (2020). John Carroll University. https://jcu.edu/research/irb/investigators-guide/step-one-you-begin
How can you support your standpoints with ethical guidelines like the Belmont report? Do you think a questionnaire is an appropriate data collection method for this case?
Through the respect for persons: they are able to remain their autonomy by being able to opt out of doing the questionnaire. They are also able to be protected with their consent.
Their beneficence is protected through the consenting for the study. I can see where the justice could be unethical as the participants are confined to an institution and therefore a more vulnerable population.(Office for Human Research Protections, 2018)
I feel that the questionnaire is a good data collection cause participants to answer yes or no questions. However, it could hurt the study by participants not answering questions or the questions being to vague to make a conclusion to the relationship between trauma and interpersonal relationships.
Office for Human Research Protections. (2018, January 15). Read the Belmont report. HHS.gov. https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/belmont-report/read-the-belmont-report/index.html