Review the following case study.
A team of research psychologists were doing research on the development of an instrument that would measure levels of stress due to chronic traumatic exposure. The subjects of the research were individuals who lived in zones of civil war and victims of torture.
The team received approval for the research from the Institutional Review Board of the hospital and the university where they were on faculty and staff. To get this approval, they had to place many safeguards in the research to protect the participants, including a careful screening of potential participants to exclude those who were more likely to be psychologically harmed by participating, screening the emotional state of participants during the study, following up with each participant one week after the study and providing each participant with a list of culturally sensitive and trauma-competent agencies and practices that the participants could call to get up to six sessions of counseling paid for by the study.
Subjects were told that all of their responses and their personal information would be kept private and confidential (except in cases where there was a danger of participants being a danger to self or others), and if they chose to avail themselves of the counseling offered, the counseling agency would not identify them to the researchers (although the participants would, by asking for the free sessions, would have to self-identify as participants).
One participant, a former political prisoner, began to exhibit general nervousness, lack of sleep, night sweats, nightmares and irritability. She contacted one of the agencies on the list given to her at the study. Her case was given to a third-year counseling student who was at the agency on her internship year.
Assignment Details
Using the ACA and APA Codes of Ethics (and identifying the specific provisions/standards), discuss the following questions:
To what degree does the research study design adhere to standards for research confidentiality in how it set up the free counseling sessions?
What ACA/APA provisions/standards did the research team and the study seek to adhere to by offering the option of free post-participation counseling?
Discuss the possible issues around competence regarding the intern/counselor in terms of knowledge, skills, judgment to use efficacious interventions and especially cultural competency.
Paper Details
5- 8 pages APA Style, not including title page and separate reference page
Use 3-5 sources, of which 3 must be peer-reviewed articles
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