The challenges of ethical research with children
Keywords:
Child right, Ethic, Research with childrenAbstract
The specificities of research with children have gained visibility in scientific publications in various areas of knowledge, especially in Sociology of Childhood and the “new studies of childhood”, which emerged at the end of the 1980s. This Mfact is due to discussions about childhood from a socio-historical perspective; the recognition of children as social actors and therefore able to give meaning to their experiences and contexts; and the recognition of children as individuals entitled to rights, according to the Doutrina da Proteção Integral (Full Protection Doctrine). Therefore, research ethics is an essential element of good research governance, especially in terms of activities related to the relationship between the researcher and child. Accordingly, the objective of this study is to examine and explore these issues, considering the child as an individual entitled to rights. A literature review of articles published in the last two decades in the area of Sociology of Childhood was conducted to identify the main issues and topics addressed, the approaches that guided the discussions and, especially, to identify the conception of childhood present in these studies.
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