Ethical guidelines dictate that research studies should present more benefit than harm to participants, thus, it is important to study participants' reactions to participation, particularly in the context of potentially traumatic topics. While several studies have indicated that positive evaluations of research typically outweigh perceived harms among survivors of physical, sexual, or psychological intimate partner violence, few studies have assessed survivors of intimate partner stalking (IPS) or unwanted pursuit behaviors (UPBs). Among 602 undergraduates (78% women), the present study examined reactions to research participation in a study on IPS/UPBs. Results indicated that, among victims and non-victims of IPS, positive global evaluations and perceived benefits outweighed negative emotional reactions and perceived drawbacks to participation. While some participants (7.5%) reported emotional reactions to participation, most, on average, evaluated the study positively (94.4%), many reported benefits (45.5%), and just one (0.2%) reported drawbacks. Emotional reactions were positively correlated with both drawbacks and benefits of participation. Frequency of UPBs/IPS and IPV were positively correlated with emotional reactions to participation; however, when included in a model with psychological distress (i.e., post-traumatic stress disorder and depressive symptoms), symptom frequencies were more strongly related to reactions to research than victimization variables. In all, research on IPS/UPBs appears to be evaluated generally positively and can likely be undertaken safely when using safeguards to inform participants and debrief them following participation.

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参与的好处是否高于风险？大学生对参与亲密伴侣跟踪研究的反应探索。

伦理准则规定，研究应该给参与者带来更多的好处而不是伤害，因此，研究参与者对参与的反应很重要，特别是在潜在的创伤性主题的背景下。虽然一些研究表明，对研究的积极评价通常超过亲密伴侣身体、性或心理暴力幸存者的感知伤害，但很少有研究评估亲密伴侣跟踪 (IPS) 或不必要的追求行为 (UPB) 的幸存者。本研究调查了 602 名本科生（78% 为女性）对参与 IPS/UPBs 研究的反应。结果表明，在 IPS 的受害者和非受害者中，积极的整体评价和感知到的好处超过了负面情绪反应和感知到参与的缺点。虽然一些参与者 (7.5%) 报告了参与的情绪反应，但平均而言，大多数参与者对这项研究给予积极评价 (94.4%)，许多人报告了该研究的好处 (45.5%)，只有一名 (0.2%) 报告了该研究的缺点。情绪反应与参与的缺点和好处呈正相关。UPBs/IPS 和 IPV 的频率与参与的情绪反应呈正相关；然而，当纳入心理困扰（即创伤后应激障碍和抑郁症状）模型时，症状频率与研究反应的相关性比受害变量的相关性更强。总而言之，对 IPS/UPB 的研究似乎得到了普遍积极的评价，并且在使用保障措施来通知参与者并在参与后向他们汇报情况时，很可能可以安全地进行。