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Article: Readability of written informed consent forms used in exercise and sport psychology research.
- Article from:
- Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
- Article date:
- September 1, 1996
- Author:
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Exercise and sport psychology researchers have an ethical responsibility to inform potential research participants about the nature of their involvement (American Psychological Association [APA], 1992). This responsibility is fulfilled through the informed-consent process (National Science Foundation [NSF], 1994). The goal of informed consent is to insure that research participants have the necessary information to make a truly informed decision regarding their involvement (Olivier, 1995). Accordingly, informed decision-making presumes a comprehending participant and consent without comprehension cannot be viewed as informed.
Federal regulations (NSF, 1994) state ...