Protecting Participants from Harm

PSY 496 Week 2 DQ 1 Protecting Participants from Harm

Protecting Participants from Harm
In considering past research, it is sometimes easier to see when physical harms are occurring as opposed to psychological harms.

If you were conducting research on a psychologically sensitive topic, what steps might you need to follow to ensure that no psychological harm was occurring? In other words, how do you know if psychological harm is occurring during a research study? If you were to discover the occurrence of psychological harm, what would be your next steps as a researcher?

Protecting Participants from Harm Guided Response:

Review several of your classmates’ posts.  Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers. What, if any, additional steps would you recommend to ensure the safety of the participants? Explain your reasoning.  Why are these steps important in protecting human and animal participants from harm?