Despite an increasing emphasis on adolescents’ participation rights, there are concerns about their participation in research on sensitive topics, such as trauma and violence. This review reports findings of a scoping review that examined the nature and extent of qualitative studies conducted with adolescents about their experiences of participating in research on sensitive topics. Studies were identified by searching electronic databases and grey literature and reported on qualitative and mixed-methods studies eliciting adolescents’ experiences of participating in research on sensitive topics. Seventeen (17) studies were included after screening 4426 records. The scoping review revealed significant adolescent benefits from participation, relating to positive emotions, skill acquisition and enhanced self-efficacy and interpersonal relationships. To a lesser extent, participants also experienced burdens relating to negative emotions, concerns about confidentiality and privacy and inconvenience of participation, which were mitigated by careful attention to research design and researcher engagement and training. Participants shared insights into their motivation to participate, and factors that impacted their experiences of research, such as ethical considerations, including consent procedures, safety and connection in research, study procedures and documentation and researcher characteristics. There were tangible benefits and some burdens involved in adolescents’ participation in sensitive research. This review considers implications for research and practice, such as the need to regularly publish findings of consultations, assessing caregiver consent requirements, obtaining adolescent views on study documents and measures and building on existing research, differentiated by age, gender and dis/ability status, especially in diverse and under-represented regions.

尽管越来越重视青少年的参与权，但人们对他们参与诸如创伤和暴力等敏感话题的研究感到担忧。本综述报告了一项范围界定审查的结果，该审查审查了对青少年进行的关于他们参与敏感主题研究的经历的定性研究的性质和范围。通过搜索电子数据库和灰色文献确定了研究，并报告了定性和混合方法研究，这些研究引发了青少年参与敏感主题研究的经验。在筛选了 4426 条记录后，纳入了十七 (17) 项研究。范围审查揭示了参与对青少年的显着益处，与积极情绪、技能获取以及增强的自我效能和人际关系有关。在较小程度上，参与者还经历了与负面情绪、对保密和隐私的担忧以及参与的不便相关的负担，这些负担通过对研究设计和研究人员参与和培训的认真关注而得到缓解。参与者分享了他们参与的动机，以及影响他们研究经验的因素，例如伦理考虑，包括同意程序、研究的安全性和联系、研究程序和文件以及研究人员的特征。青少年参与敏感研究有实实在在的好处和一些负担。该审查考虑了对研究和实践的影响，例如需要定期发布咨询结果，评估护理人员同意要求，