Trial reportJournal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE2016
Ethics of Online Assent: Comparing Strategies to Ensure Informed Assent Among Youth.
Trial report in Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Missing assent: a global systematic review of ethical practices in HIV research with men who have sex with men (MSM) under 18.BMC medical ethics · 2026Pooled it
- Ethical Aspects of Personalized Research and Management of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Improving assent in health research: a rapid systematic review.BMC medical research methodology · 2020Pooled it
- Validation of the youth version of the Alimetry® Gut-Brain Wellbeing Survey: a mental health scale for young people with chronic gastroduodenal symptoms.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2026Article
- Young people's perspectives on integrating physical activity interventions into youth substance use treatment practice: a mixed-methods study.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- Adherence to and Motivations for Complying With Public Health Measures Among Adolescents During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic in Canada.Psychological reports · 2025Article
- Young People's Intentional and Unintentional Encounters with Internet Pornography in Australia.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Assessment of Consent Comprehension Among Kenyan Adolescents, Young Adults, and Parents: Comparison of Enhanced and Standard Consenting Procedures.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Article
- Ethical issues in using the internet to engage participants in family and child research: A scoping review.PloS one · 2018Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors.
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Abstract
Individuals, including youth, often participate in online research without understanding the characteristics of studies they have agreed to be part of. We assessed the impact of including questions as part of the assent process by randomizing 568 youth to one of three groups: (a) asking youth to only read study information and then indicate their willingness to participate, (b) requiring youth to answer two questions about the study's risks and voluntary nature as part of the assent process, and (c) requiring youth to answer seven questions. Participants in the two- and seven-question groups, compared with the no-question group, were less likely to complete the assent process but, among those who did complete it, were more likely to read and understand study information.
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