Dear Monica and Denise, in my dissertation research I interviewed teenagers as young as 17 years about their uses of a Swedish web community for religious purposes. In the Swedish ethical recommendations, teenagers between 15-18 years old can give their own consent if the individual can be seen as having "understood the implications of the research for her- och himself". If not, parental consent is required. Regards Mia Lövheim, researcher sociology of religion, Sweden 2007-01-31 kl. 06.26 skrev Monica Barratt:
We are conducting a online survey with an adult population, including 16-17 year olds. We were able to convince our ethics committee that 16-17 year olds would be able to give their own consent - especially since the survey involves questions about illicit drug taking which we could hardly expect participants to involve their parents.
We used the following article in arguing the case: Sanci, L. A., Sawyer, S. M., Weller, P. J., Bond, L. M., & Patton, G. C. (2004). Youth health research ethics: Time for a mature-minor clause? Medical Journal of Australia, 180(7), 336-338.
Regards Monica
Monica Barratt PhD Student National Drug Research Institute Australia
On 31/01/07, Denise Bortree <dbortree@bellsouth.net> wrote:
I'm planning to conduct an online survey of teen volunteers (ages 16-17), and I'm looking for suggestions on ways to secure parental consent. I would be interested to hear from those who have conducted online research with teens. What was your process for securing consent from both parent and teen?
My IRB has indicated openness to collecting consent online if a suitable process can be identified. I would love to hear suggestions.
Thanks. Denise Bortree Doctoral Candidate University of Florida dbortree@jou.ufl.edu
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