Question

• Parents' Use of Praise and Criticism in a Sample of Young Children Seeking Mental Health Services by Belcher, Budhathoki, Gross, Ho, Swenson, and Tucker, published in 2015. After analyzing this article, please answer the following questions.
• Was the study approved and monitored by an Institutional Review Board, Research Ethics Board, or other similar ethics review committee?
• Were study participants subjected to any physical harm, discomfort, or psychological distress? Did the researchers take appropriate steps to remove or prevent harm?
• Did the benefits to participants outweigh any potential risks or actual discomfort they experienced? Did the benefits to society outweigh the costs to participants?
• Was any type of coercion or undue influence used to recruit participants?
• Were participants deceived in any way? Were they fully aware of participating in a study and did they understand the purpose and nature of the research?
• Were appropriate informed consent procedures used with all participants? If not, were they reasons valid and justifiable?
• Were adequate steps taken to safeguard participants' privacy? How was confidentiality maintained? Was a Certificate of Confidentiality obtained – and, if not, should one have been obtained?
• Were vulnerable groups involved in the research? If yes, were special precautions instituted because of their vulnerable status?
• Were groups omitted from the inquiry without a justifiable rationale, such as women (or men), or minorities?

Answer 1

1.this study was a secondary analysis of the first bigger study or clinical trial which was approved by John Hopkins institute

2 The study participants were not subject to any harm they were observed during a casual 15 mins play time

4.no undue influence were used to recruit participants

5.t he parents were fully aware that they were a part of the

study .but children all may not be fully aware about the study

6 appropriate consent would have been taken from the parents

7the privacy was maintained through out the study

8 children from 0-5 age group belongs to vulnerable category all efforts were made to safe guard their rights nad prevent from harm

9no women,men,all caste creed religion were involved in the study