This research explored how young children’s research participation can be enhanced when an interactive narrative approach is embedded within research to enhance children’s consent to participation and their understanding of the research process. The context for this research was a 1-h, science outreach programme delivered into Australian playgroups. An interactive digital story was devised to inform nine children (aged 3–4 years) about the purposes of the research. Across a period of 11–16 weeks and across three occasions, an informing story about the research was used with the children to elicit their descriptions and explanations about their research role. Data gathered from semi-structured interviews with parents and audio- and video-recorded conversations with children also aided in the analyses to understand how children perceived their role as a research participant. Through cross-case analysis, six aspects of meaningful research participation were identified from children’s and parents’ responses: engagement, journeying, authenticity, consequence, ownership, and identity. The research extends current knowledge about young children’s rights to understand their participatory role in research and about the considerations that can be put in place to ensure participation is personally meaningful to children.

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嵌入青少年儿童参与权为研究：如何在互动叙事方法增强有意义的参与

本研究探讨了如何在研究中嵌入互动叙事方法以增强儿童对参与的同意和他们对研究过程的理解时，如何增强幼儿的研究参与。这项研究的背景是一个 1 小时的科学外展计划，该计划提供给澳大利亚游戏小组。设计了一个交互式数字故事，让 9 名儿童（3-4 岁）了解研究的目的。在 11-16 周的时间里，在三个场合中，与孩子们一起使用有关研究的有启发性的故事来引出他们对自己的研究角色的描述和解释。从与父母的半结构化访谈以及与儿童的音频和视频录制对话中收集的数据也有助于分析，以了解儿童如何看待他们作为研究参与者的角色。通过跨案例分析，从儿童和家长的反应中确定了有意义的研究参与的六个方面：参与、旅行、真实性、后果、所有权和身份。该研究扩展了目前关于幼儿权利的知识，以了解他们在研究中的参与作用以及可以采取的考虑因素，以确保参与对儿童具有个人意义。真实性、后果、所有权和身份。该研究扩展了目前关于幼儿权利的知识，以了解他们在研究中的参与作用以及可以采取的考虑因素，以确保参与对儿童具有个人意义。真实性、后果、所有权和身份。该研究扩展了目前关于幼儿权利的知识，以了解他们在研究中的参与作用以及可以采取的考虑因素，以确保参与对儿童具有个人意义。