Application for Research Ethics Approval

APPLICATION FOR RESEARCH ETHICS APPROVAL
FOR RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN PARTICIPANTS
(Updated January 2020)
FOR BScRESEARCH
FOR PROFESSIONAL DOCTORATE RESEARCH IN CLINICAL,
COUNSELLING&EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Completing the application
1.1 Before completing this application please familiarise yourself with the British
Psychological Society’sCode of Ethics and Conduct (2018)and the UEL Code of
Practice for Research Ethics (2015-16).Please tick to confirm that you have read and
understood these codes:
1.2 Email your supervisor the completed application and all attachments as ONE WORD
DOCUMENT. Your supervisor will then look over your application.
1.3 When your application demonstrates sound ethical protocol, your supervisor will
submititfor review.By submitting the application, the supervisor is confirming that
they have reviewed all parts of this application, and consider it of sufficient quality
for submission to the SREC committee for review.It is the responsibility of students
to check that the supervisor has checked the application and sent it for review.
1.4 Your supervisor willlet you know the outcome of your application. Recruitment and
data collection must NOT commence until your ethics application has been approved,
along with other research ethics approvals that may be necessary (see section 8).
1.5 Please tick to confirm that thefollowing appendiceshave been completed. Note:
templates for these are included at the end of the form.
- The participant invitation letter
- The participant consent form
- The participant debrief letter
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1.6 The following attachments should be included if appropriate. In each case, please tick
to either confirm that you have included the relevant attachment, or confirm that it is
not required for this application.
- A participant advert, i.e., any text (e.g., email) or document (e.g., poster) designed to
recruit potential participants.
Included or
Not required (because no participation adverts will be used)
- A general risk assessment form for research conducted off campus (see section 6).
Included or
Not required (because the research takes place solely on campus or online)
- A country-specific risk assessment form for research conducted abroad (see section
6).
Included or
Not required (because the researcher will be based solely in the UK)
- A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate (see section 7).
Included or
Not required (because the research does not involve children aged 16 or under
or vulnerable adults)
- Ethical clearance or permission from an external organisation (see section 8).
Included or
Not required (because no external organisations are involved in the research)
- Original and/or pre-existing questionnaire(s) and test(s) you intend to use.
Included or
Not required (because you are not using pre-existing questionnaires or tests)
- Interview questions for qualitative studies.
Included or
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Not required (because you are not conducting qualitative interviews)
- Visual material(s) you intend showing participants.
Included or
Not required (because you are not using any visual materials)
Your details
1.7 Your name: NIDHI BONSU-ABBAN
1.8 Your supervisor’s name: MORENO COCO
1.9 Title of your programme: PSYCHOLOGY
1.10 UEL Project submission date(stating both the initial date and the resit date):
Your research
Please give as much detail as necessary for a reviewer to be able to fully understand the
nature and details of your proposed research.
1.11 The title of your study:An exploration of rehabilitation theories on domestic
abuse offenders in the UK.
1.12 Your research question:
* What are the key characteristics and psychology of the domestic abuse offender?
* What are rehabilitation theories for providing effective rehabilitation of domestic
abuse offenders?
* What are appropriate recommendation and measures for effective rehabilitation of
domestic abuse offenders in the UK?
1.13 Design of the research:The researcher of the study will use inductive research
design method to conduct this study and this is relied upon qualitative data only.
With the help of this method, scholar is able to analyse the rehabilitation theories on
domestic abuse offenders in the UK. It only involve theories that assist to meet the
define aim of a study
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1.14 Participants: Selected authorities from 20 rehabilitation centres of UK to give
their insight on rehabilitation theories. Yes, they are adult and 10 of them are male
and 10 are females. There is no ethinic group is targetted and through online findings,
scholar is able to contact those people who are domestic abused
1.15 Recruitment: Through questionnaire, scholar will drop an email to the
rehabilitation centres in order to get approval to participate within research in their
official id.
1.16 Measures, materials or equipment: Through online, because of pandemic I am
not able to get in physical access of chosen participants and the list of questions are
attached in appendix
1.17 Data collection: Primary, in which survey will be conducted where questions
regarding exploration of rehabilitation theories on domestic abuse offenders will be
asked. Also secondary data collection method is used in which scholar use already
published articles, journals pertaining to chosen topic and published after 2015.
1.18 Data analysis:Thematic data analysis will be used in order to interpret the
opinions of selected respondents. Also, data will be analysed by using themes and
tables in order to understand the views easily.
Confidentiality and security
It is vital that data are handled carefully, particularly the details about participants. For
information in this area, please see the UEL guidance on data protection, and also the UK
government guide to data protection regulations.
1.19 Will participants data be gathered anonymously?
Yes, participants data will be gathered anonymously by keep the records secure
through password protected files. Also, it is not possible to conduct face to face
session due to pandemic so whole conversation will be done online.
1.20 If not (e.g., in qualitative interviews), what steps will you take to ensure their
anonymity in the subsequent steps (e.g., data analysis and dissemination)?
As the above answer is yes, so there is no need to answer this question.
1.21 How will you ensure participants details will be kept confidential?
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