Dugosh Karen Leggett, Festinger David S, Croft Jason R, Marlowe Douglas B
Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3414, USA.
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2010 Mar;5(1):93-102. doi: 10.1525/jer.2010.5.1.93.
Despite many efforts aimed to ensure that research participation is autonomous and not coerced, there exists no reliable and valid measure of perceived coercion for the doubly vulnerable population of substance-abusing offenders. The current study describes the development and initial validation of an instrument measuring perceived coercion to participate in research among substance-abusing offenders. The results indicated that a substantial number of individuals report feeling coerced to participate in the study. In addition, the instrument has adequate levels of internal consistency, a one-dimensional factor structure, and evidence of discriminative validity. This study provides initial support for the instrument's validity and clinical utility.
尽管人们做出了许多努力,旨在确保研究参与是自主的而非被强制的,但对于药物滥用罪犯这一双重弱势群体,目前尚无可靠且有效的感知强制测量方法。本研究描述了一种测量药物滥用罪犯参与研究时感知强制程度的工具的开发及初步验证过程。结果表明,相当多的个体表示感觉自己是被迫参与该研究的。此外,该工具具有足够的内部一致性水平、一维因素结构以及区分效度的证据。本研究为该工具的效度和临床实用性提供了初步支持。