TY - JOUR
T1 - Youth participation in qualitative research
T2 - Challenges and possibilities
AU - Schelbe, Lisa
AU - Chanmugam, Amy
AU - Moses, Tally
AU - Saltzburg, Susan
AU - Williams, Lela
AU - Letendre, Joan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2014
PY - 2015/7/22
Y1 - 2015/7/22
N2 - Research often excludes youth participants, omitting their social and psychological realities, undermining their rights to participate and benefit from research, and weakening the validity of research. Researchers may be discouraged from including youth due to logistical (e.g. gaining access) or ethical (e.g. coercion risks based on developmental level) concerns. Increased discussion is needed around appropriate methods to use with child and youth participants that manage challenges related to developmental capacities, legal status, power differentials, and unpredictable aspects of qualitative research. This paper pools experiences of six researchers, describing solutions we have developed in studies employing varied qualitative methodologies with varied vulnerable youth subpopulations. We detail successful approaches to access, compensation, consent, assent, and confidentiality. Social work researchers are wellsuited to navigate the challenges, and we share our examples with the aim of facilitating increased youth participation in research.
AB - Research often excludes youth participants, omitting their social and psychological realities, undermining their rights to participate and benefit from research, and weakening the validity of research. Researchers may be discouraged from including youth due to logistical (e.g. gaining access) or ethical (e.g. coercion risks based on developmental level) concerns. Increased discussion is needed around appropriate methods to use with child and youth participants that manage challenges related to developmental capacities, legal status, power differentials, and unpredictable aspects of qualitative research. This paper pools experiences of six researchers, describing solutions we have developed in studies employing varied qualitative methodologies with varied vulnerable youth subpopulations. We detail successful approaches to access, compensation, consent, assent, and confidentiality. Social work researchers are wellsuited to navigate the challenges, and we share our examples with the aim of facilitating increased youth participation in research.
KW - Youth participation
KW - ethics
KW - human rights
KW - qualitative research
KW - young people
KW - youth
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U2 - 10.1177/1473325014556792
DO - 10.1177/1473325014556792
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84931068508
SN - 1473-3250
VL - 14
SP - 504
EP - 521
JO - Qualitative Social Work
JF - Qualitative Social Work
IS - 4
ER -