Joan E. Sieber, a psychologist and Professor Emerita, California State University, East Bay, has specialized in empirical research on questions of scientific ethics, culturally sensitive methods of research and intervention, data sharing methodology, and scholarship on ethical problem solving. In 2001-2002, she was Acting Director of the National Science Foundation program Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology. She is the author of eight books and numerous other publications including software and encyclopedia entries on ethical problem solving in social and behavioral research.

• Introduction - Barbara Stanley and Joan E SieberThe Ethics of Social Research on Children and AdolescentsLegal Constraints on Social Research with Children - Judith AreenPART ONE: THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSDevelopmental Changes in Research Risk and Benefit - Ross A ThompsonA Changing Calculus of ConcernRespecting Boundaries - Gary B MeltonMinors, Privacy and Behavioral ResearchAutonomy, Beneficence and Child Development - Ruth MacklinAn Ethical AnalysisPART TWO: THE CONSENT PROCESSMinors′ Assent to Behavioral Research Without Parental Consent - Thomas GrissoAssent Processes - Alexander J TymchukPART THREE: RESEARCH ON HIGH RISK BEHAVIORProtecting Children′s Rights in AIDS Research - Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus and Cheryl KoopmanCommunity Intervention Research on Minors - Joan E Sieber

Joan E. Sieber, a psychologist and Professor Emerita, California State University, East Bay, has specialized in empirical research on questions of scientific ethics, culturally sensitive methods of research and intervention, data sharing methodology, and scholarship on ethical problem solving. In 2001-2002, she was Acting Director of the National Science Foundation program Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology. She is the author of eight books and numerous other publications including software and encyclopedia entries on ethical problem solving in social and behavioral research.

• Introduction - Barbara Stanley and Joan E SieberThe Ethics of Social Research on Children and AdolescentsLegal Constraints on Social Research with Children - Judith AreenPART ONE: THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSDevelopmental Changes in Research Risk and Benefit - Ross A ThompsonA Changing Calculus of ConcernRespecting Boundaries - Gary B MeltonMinors, Privacy and Behavioral ResearchAutonomy, Beneficence and Child Development - Ruth MacklinAn Ethical AnalysisPART TWO: THE CONSENT PROCESSMinors′ Assent to Behavioral Research Without Parental Consent - Thomas GrissoAssent Processes - Alexander J TymchukPART THREE: RESEARCH ON HIGH RISK BEHAVIORProtecting Children′s Rights in AIDS Research - Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus and Cheryl KoopmanCommunity Intervention Research on Minors - Joan E Sieber

Joan E. Sieber, a psychologist and Professor Emerita, California State University, East Bay, has specialized in empirical research on questions of scientific ethics, culturally sensitive methods of research and intervention, data sharing methodology, and scholarship on ethical problem solving. In 2001-2002, she was Acting Director of the National Science Foundation program Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology. She is the author of eight books and numerous other publications including software and encyclopedia entries on ethical problem solving in social and behavioral research.

• Introduction - Barbara Stanley and Joan E SieberThe Ethics of Social Research on Children and AdolescentsLegal Constraints on Social Research with Children - Judith AreenPART ONE: THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSDevelopmental Changes in Research Risk and Benefit - Ross A ThompsonA Changing Calculus of ConcernRespecting Boundaries - Gary B MeltonMinors, Privacy and Behavioral ResearchAutonomy, Beneficence and Child Development - Ruth MacklinAn Ethical AnalysisPART TWO: THE CONSENT PROCESSMinors′ Assent to Behavioral Research Without Parental Consent - Thomas GrissoAssent Processes - Alexander J TymchukPART THREE: RESEARCH ON HIGH RISK BEHAVIORProtecting Children′s Rights in AIDS Research - Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus and Cheryl KoopmanCommunity Intervention Research on Minors - Joan E Sieber