3.9.2 Avoidance Of Harm?

Part I: The legal considerations would be to inform the participants that there would be no harm or risk to the participants. Since the participants are adolescents the researcher needs to obtain a secure informed consent from the parent or guardian before they participate. The researcher’s ethics are to provide full disclosure to the participants. The researcher should be open and honest to the participants regarding the study. The researcher’s ethical consideration is to protect the privacy of each participant. This can be accomplished by ensuring confidentiality and by having the data stored securely. Also, the researcher should

For this study, the first task was to approach three different participants at different times. Then, we gave each participants an informed consent verbally, which consisting of asking them if he or she would like to participant in a study for our research and methods class. Also, we would tell the participants that the study takes about five to ten minutes of their time and there is no risks involved for participating in this study. The participants who answered yes to the verbal informed consent moved to the next step of the study, where the three individuals participating in the study were randomly assigned to one of the three conditions (Foresight, Hindsight A, and Hindsight B). The Foresight, Hindsight A and Hindsight B conditions are the

The informed consent should indicate the participant has read, and understands the details of the study. A statement regarding the maintenance of privacy, confidentiality, and right to decline to participate is included on the consent form, and discussed with each participant prior to the beginning of any interviews. One copy of the consent form is provided to the participant for their records, with the original signed copy is maintained by the researcher in safe

The potential participant must be given the opportunity to give full consideration regarding the decision whether or not to participate in the research study without undue influence from his or her physician, family, or the scientific investigator. No informed consent may contain any exculpatory language by which the participant waives any legal rights or releases the investigator or sponsor from

-Data that is collected should be kept confidentially and the data that is not required for the study should be deleted.

In order to protect the subjects ethically and legally in this research project and in accordance with the ethical principles discussed above, researchers will obtain informed consent by describing all the potential benefits and risks of this study to the participants. The risks would include: 1) the possibility that the participants would have an increased level of distress and anxiety throughout the project, 2) the possibility of being identified as a participant in the research project, 3) the inconvenience of the project and opportunity costs such as using participants own gas to drive to an interview, 4) exploitation such as participants feeling pressurized to participate because of a sense of duty 5) Misrepresentation which means that

This study used a quantitative methodology of data collecting to answer the research questions. The specific research questions studied included the following:

Problems of confidentiality should not be a problem during this study. Data will be gathered confidentially, only the researcher and student will have knowledge of their progress. ___________________________________________________________

However, should you find any part of this experiment objectionable for any reason; it is your right to discontinue participation and to withdraw from the study. Participation in this research project is completely voluntary. You have the right to say no. You may change your mind at any time and withdraw. You may choose not to answer specific questions or to stop participating at any time. If you choose to withdraw at any time from this study you will not receive extra credit.

The data will be stored on a secure database that only UC Irvine researchers and physicians will have access to. (No identifying factors will be provided)

Reliability and validity should be included in all research studies. This study will measure reliability by utilizing the test-retest reliability. The same measurement tool will be utilized multiple times, which will ask the same questions and follow the same research procedure. Validity will be measured by four criteria: face validity, content validity, criterion-related validity, and construct

There is also consideration for the safety of the interviewer because just like the interviewee, the study does not want to jeopardize their safety.

The participants have the right to withdraw from the procedures in the event that they feel uncomfortable or have any concerns regarding the purpose of the research.

To take part in the study subjects were required to give written consent; approved by researchers at the university, who carried out risk assessments prior to the study; part of this was reminding subjects that they were able to withdraw at any time if they felt like they could not physically continue with the study and participants with any leg injuries did not take part. Participant information such as age, gender and weight and thigh circumference were

The use of survey design was done for the study to be able to adopt a quantitative approach. The fact that this survey method has the capability to make data collection from various responding groups more enhanced made it the favorite. Besides, this method didn’t require a lot of investment for the administering and development purposes, it possesses various variables that could easily be studied, and seemed to be very easy comparatively in order to make generalizations (Glasow, 2005; Zikmund, Babin, Carr & Griffin, 2009).