Re: survey of college stressors

[Marie Helweg-Larsen]

What I find interesting is that the expansion of the IRB purview often happens at the department or university level. According to the federal guidelines a classroom exercise using the "student stress scale" would not need to be reviewed by an IRB because it is not "research". Of course if you were collecting data for a research study using the scale it would have to be reviewed by an IRB. Here's a link to the federal regulations: http://www.nihtraining.com/ohsrsite/guidelines/45cfr46.html Marie Miguel Roig wrote: At 07:39 AM 9/25/2003 -0500, you wrote: Be sure to get IRB approval before collecting data with this in a class. Michael's post above brought to mind a an article published in the latest issue of Academe.  The article: "Can E.T. Phone Home? The Brave New World of University Surveillance" by Cary Nelson raises a number of issues regarding the extent to which IRBs have expanded their purview of scholarly activity/research.  The article can be accessed via the web at: http://www.aaup.org/publications/Academe/03so/03sonels.htm From the web site: "Once confined largely to the sciences, institutional review boards have begun to broaden their purview. The consequences for other disciplines could be serious". Miguel ___________________________________________________________________________ Miguel Roig, Ph.D.                               Associate Professor of Psychology                Notre Dame Division of St. John's College        St. John's University                            300 Howard Avenue                                Staten Island, New York 10301 Voice: (718) 390-4513 Fax: (718) 390-4347 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm --Visit my instructional resource on plagiarism and ethical writing: http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism/ ___________________________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ********************************************* Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773 Carlisle, PA 17013 Office: (717) 245-1562, Fax: (717) 245-1971 ********************************************* --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]