2017/05/02 by Tim Moore, Morag McArthur, Debbie Noble‐Carr · 1 voice · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Children's Rights and Participation #Child Abuse and Trauma #Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
paper · doi:10.1177/1468794117700708
openalex publication_date 2017/05/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Informed consent is critical in research with children. Although much has been written about the need to see consent as an ongoing process, less has considered how to do it in practice. This article reflects on the authors’ experiences of conducting a piece of research focusing on children’s experiences of safety from abuse within institutional contexts. It draws on feedback provided by participants and the guidance of three Children’s Reference Groups. The importance of presenting information in accessible and appropriate ways, of providing opportunities for participants to negotiate their participation and for in-the-moment challenges be dealt with collaboratively and reflexively are stressed. To illustrate our approach, we provide a number of consent tools and describe how they were utilised.