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Methodological and ethical issues in conducting qualitative research with children and young people

A literature review

Bibliographic Data

ID23378648
AuthorsSusan Kirk (0000-0002-1485-8804, University of Manchester, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume44
Issue7
Pages1250-1260
Publication date2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Nursing Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7489 • E-ISSN: 1873-491X
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.08.015
PMID17027985
OpenAlexW1980636069
LanguageEN
Citations received115
References cited42

Alternative medicine · Confidentiality · Engineering ethics · Informed consent · Narrative · Political science · Power (physics) · Qualitative research · Relation (database) · Social science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Computer Science · Medicine · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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  • Young people’s explanations for the decline in youth drinking in England

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  • Institutional storylines of gatekeeping

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  • What is the Impact of the Benefit Cap and two‐child Limit on the Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People in the UK ? A Rapid Review of Qualitative Evidence

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  • Picturing informed consent

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  • How Stories in the Media Can Be Meaningful in Children’s Lives

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  • Conceptualising instrumental practice among Chinese American children, their parents, and teachers

    Vivian Fang Liu, Katy Ieong Cheng Ho Weatherly et al.•Music Education Research•2025

  • Creative research methodology in exploring young children's humor

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  • Studying Year 6 students’ perceptions of gender and their engagement in STEM within an Australian primary school

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    Open Access•Karin Rubenson•Religious Education•2025

  • Methodological and ethical issues in research with street children

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  • A cultural-historical study of the development of emotion regulation through collective play in an institutional care setting in China

    Open Access•Xianyu Meng, Marilyn Fleer et al.•Learning Culture and Social…•2022

  • How film stories can inspire character strengths

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  • Young energy savers

    Open Access•Hayley Pearce, Liselot Hudders et al.•Energy Research & Social Science•2019

  • Customizing Methodological Approaches in Qualitative Research on Vulnerable Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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  • Macro-level Socio-economic factors and children’s View on Physical and Emotional Maltreatment

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  • Relational Autonomy as a Way to Recognise and Enhance Children’s Capacity and Agency to be Participatory Research Actors

    Janice Mclaughlin•Ethics and Social Welfare•2020

  • Je m’ennuie beaucoup de mamie et papi ». Impacts des mesures sociosanitaires sur les liens grands-parents et petits-enfants

    Open Access•Isabel Côté, Christine Gervais et al.•Enfances Familles Générations•2023

  • Approche herméneutique de l’expérience des enfants de familles migrantes lors de la consultation en santé mentale jeunesse

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  • Ethical and Epistemological Insights

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  • Knowledge of and Approach Toward Ethics in Research Involving Children

    Open Access•Begüm Serim-Yıldız, Tolga Erdoğan et al.•Journal of Empirical Research on…•2025

  • Children’s voices in mini soccer

    Jimmy O’gorman, Kenny Greenough•Soccer and Society•2015

  • Exploring inequalities in health with young people through online focus groups

    Open Access•Nicholas Woodrow, Hannah Fairbrother et al.•Qualitative Research Journal•2021

  • Resisting participation

    Rachael Fox•Journal of Youth Studies•2013

  • Active citizens under Eighteen

    Erpyleva•Journal of Youth Studies•2020

  • Binge drinking vs. drunkenness. The questionable threshold of excess for young Italians

    F Beccaria, Enrico Petrilli et al.•Journal of Youth Studies•2015

  • The Good, the Bad and the Disney

    Open Access•Anna Zsubori•European Journal of Cultural…•2023

  • Giving a socially distanced voice to disabled young people

    Open Access•Angharad Butler-Rees, Stella Chatzitheochari•International Journal of Social…•2022

  • Learning from failure

    Nina Vaswani•International Journal of Social…•2018

  • Using interactive nonfiction narrative to enhance competence in the informed consent process with 3-year-old children

    Fiona Mayne, Christine Howitt et al.•International Journal of…•2017

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    John Freer•Disability & Society•2021

  • A possibility for strengthening family life and health

    Open Access•Charlotte Castor, Kajsa Landgren et al.•Health & Social Care in the…•2017

  • Researching children’s food practices in contexts of deprivation

    Vasco Ramos, Monica Truninger et al.•International Journal of…•2020

  • Research with children with disabilities

    Rachel Grimsby•International Journal of…•2025

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    Sue Dockett, Bob Perry et al.•International Journal of…•2012

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    Open Access•Anne Chun Miao Wong, Rainbow T H Ho•Journal of Family Violence•2024

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    Open Access•Luciana E Hebert, Suchi Bansal et al.•International Journal of…•2019

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    Open Access•Vanda Titz-Mohácsi, Krisztián Széll•Children and Youth Services Review•2025

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    Open Access•Belinda Fehlberg, Bruce M Smyth et al.•Australian Journal of Social Issues•2025

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    Open Access•Bernay, Sarah Bernays et al.•Sociology of Health & Illness•2015

  • Using methods across generations

    Open Access•Christopher Wilkinson, Bernie Carter et al.•Children s Geographies•2021

  • Applying the photovoice method with adolescents in mining areas in rural Mozambique

    Open Access•Olga Cambaco, Herminio Cossa et al.•Global Health Action•2024

  • Adolescent and young adult patients as co‐researchers

    Open Access•Kjersti J Ø Fløtten, Ana Isabel Fernandes Guerreiro et al.•Health Expectations•2021

  • Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of a patient‐reported experience measure for children

    Open Access•Anna Nordlind, Agneta Anderzén‐Carlsson et al.•Health Expectations•2024

  • Supporting the parent‐to‐child transfer of self‐management responsibility for chronic kidney disease

    Open Access•Ruth Nightingale, Sue Kirk et al.•Health Expectations•2023

  • “One day I’ll know how far I’ll go”

    Open Access•Nienke C J Vervoort, Rebecca N H De Leeuw et al.•Journal of Children and Media•2026

  • From Fearing Harm to Inviting Transformative Learning

    Open Access•Myriam Denov, Rosemary Carlton et al.•Transcultural Psychiatry•2026

  • A Sudden Deprivation

    Open Access•Sara Åkerman, Jenny Nordmark et al.•Qualitative Health Research•2026

  • The Affordances of Videoconferencing Technology for Doing Interviews With Children Online

    Open Access•P Zhao, Peiwei Li•Qualitative Inquiry•2023

  • A cultural-historical study of emotions in play

    Open Access•Xianyu Meng, Marilyn Fleer et al.•Mind Culture and Activity•2023

  • Moral Experiences of Crisis Management in a Child Mental Health Setting

    Open Access•M Montreuil, Catherine Thibeault et al.•Culture Medicine and Psychiatry•2020

  • A systematic narrative review of the methodologies used in research with excluded children and young people in alternative provision in England

    Open Access•Lucy Hoy, Graeme Douglas et al.•Educational Review•2026

  • A scoping review of good methodological practices in research involving transgender, non-binary, and two-spirit youth

    Kathleen Reed•Journal of LGBT Youth•2023

  • Going Beyond Adaptation

    Open Access•Gabriela Quintela Do Carmo, Valérie Vinuesa et al.•International Journal of…•2024

  • Hui Laojia”

    Open Access•Weiwei Liu, Mimi Li et al.•Tourism Management•2024

  • Ethical but Amoral

    Open Access•Mona Ji Hyun Yang, Elaine Chiao Ling Yang et al.•Tourism Management•2023

  • Fussy eating’ and feeding dynamics

    Open Access•Hazel Wolstenholme, Colette Kelly et al.•Appetite•2022

  • The role of food in family relationships amongst adolescents with bulimia nervosa

    Open Access•Arthur Lecomte, Assia Zerrouk et al.•Appetite•2019

  • Children's descriptions of their involvement within everyday food practices

    Open Access•Sophie Wright-Pedersen, Helen Vidgen et al.•Appetite•2024

  • Unravelling the interlinkages

    Mohammed Abdul Baten, Shafiqul Alam et al.•Third World Quarterly•2024

  • Authentic Empathy

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  • Socially Oriented Approaches To Working with Children of Parents with Severe and Enduring Mental Illness

    Open Access•Imogen Nevard, Helen Brooks et al.•Community Mental Health Journal•2025

  • Big Brother welcomes you

    Open Access•Catherine Harris, Cath Harris et al.•Qualitative Research•2015

  • What role does the 'parent-effect' play in child centered research? The case of photo-interviews of children's home reading practices

    Open Access•Cathlene Hillier, Janice Aurini•Qualitative Research•2018

  • Complexity and flexibility

    Open Access•Claire Freeman, Yvette Buttery et al.•Qualitative Research•2021

  • You can see when your parents are struggling

    Open Access•Mandy Cheetham, Catherine El-Zerbi et al.•Journal of Social Policy•2024

  • Applying Joint Painting Procedure to Understand Implicit Mother-Child Relationship in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence

    Open Access•Anne Chun Miao Wong, Rainbow T H Ho•International Journal of…•2022

  • Studying Voices of Middle Childhood Online

    Open Access•Anja Van Der Voort, Lisa M Tessensohn et al.•International Journal of…•2023

  • Overcoming 'You Can Ask My Mom

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  • Rethinking Confidentiality in Qualitative Research in the Era of Big Data

    Open Access•Adalbertus Kamanzi, Megan Romania•American Behavioral Scientist•2019

  • Longitudinal Qualitative Research on the Maudsley Model Program for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

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Citations per year6,39
Citation span2008 - 2026 (19)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
Citation typesNeutral: 110

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