ABSTRACT

There is limited guidance about whether and how to provide psychological assessment results to research participants. This paper considers several ethical challenges associated with offering individual research results in psychological assessment research.

Additionally, the process used to return individual results within a study examining neurodevelopmental effects of anesthesia exposure in children and adolescents is described. Almost all participants requested to know if results were concerning; however, only around a third of those with concerning findings sought additional feedback. Ongoing research and guidance are necessary to establish evidence-based practices and manage challenges that may emerge when disclosing such results.

摘要

关于是否以及如何向研究参与者提供心理评估结果的指导有限。本文考虑了与在心理评估研究中提供个人研究结果相关的几个伦理挑战。

此外，还描述了用于在一项研究中返回个人结果的过程，该研究检查了儿童和青少年麻醉暴露对神经发育的影响。几乎所有参与者都要求知道结果是否令人担忧；然而，只有大约三分之一的调查结果令人担忧，他们寻求额外的反馈。持续的研究和指导对于建立循证实践和管理披露此类结果时可能出现的挑战是必要的。