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The consent process and children.

M E Broome1, K A Stieglitz

  • 1Department of Maternal-Child Nursing, College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL 60612.

Research in Nursing & Health
|April 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary

Informed consent and assent procedures for child research participants vary widely. This article discusses child development and its implications for refining consent and assent processes for minors in research.

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Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Child Psychology
  • Research Methodology

Background:

  • Current recommendations for obtaining consent and assent from children in research lack institutional consistency.
  • This inconsistency stems from a lack of consensus on the definition of informed consent for individuals under 18 years of age.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To discuss the concepts of consent and assent in the context of child and adolescent development.
  • To explore the implications of developmental characteristics for consent and assent procedures in research involving minors.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and conceptual analysis of developmental theories.
  • Discussion of existing recommendations and procedures for informed consent and assent.

Main Results:

  • Developmental theories offer a basis for questioning the arbitrary 18-year age limit for informed consent.
  • Variations in cognitive and emotional maturity influence a child's capacity to consent or assent.

Conclusions:

  • Revising consent and assent procedures based on developmental stages is necessary for ethical research with children.
  • A nuanced approach considering developmental characteristics will improve the protection of minors participating in research.
Keywords:
Biomedical and Behavioral Research

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