Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA.
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2020 Jul;15(3):128-142. doi: 10.1177/1556264620902657. Epub 2020 Feb 10.
The concept of vulnerability plays a central role in research ethics in signaling that certain research participants warrant more careful consideration because their risk of harm is heightened due to their participation in research. Despite scholarly debates, the descriptive and normative meanings ascribed to the concept have remained disengaged from the perspective of users of the concept and those concerned by its use. In this study, we report a survey- and interview-based investigation of mental health researcher perspectives on vulnerability. We found that autonomy-based understandings of vulnerability were predominant but that other understandings coexisted, reflecting considerable pluralism. A wide range of challenges were associated with this concept, and further training was recommended by researchers.
易感性概念在研究伦理中起着核心作用，它表明某些研究参与者需要更仔细的考虑，因为他们参与研究的风险因之而升高。尽管有学术上的争论，但该概念的描述性和规范性含义一直与概念的使用者和关心其使用的人脱节。在这项研究中，我们报告了一项基于调查和访谈的心理健康研究人员对易感性观点的调查。我们发现，以自主性为基础的易感性理解占主导地位，但也存在其他理解，反映出相当大的多元化。这个概念与一系列广泛的挑战有关，研究人员建议进一步培训。
