Good question :-) !! Has she been emancipated, i.e., legally designated as an adult?
That's the question we'd have to ask in Maine -- I don't know if being married in PA defaults one to a status of being an adult... cjb ********************* Colleen J. Burnham Information Resource Specialist Thomas College [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thomas.edu/library/burnhamc 207.859.1256 ***************************** Quoting Marie Helweg-Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm supervising a student doing her honors research this semester. She > is collecting data among women in a domestic violence shelter. The > questionnaires are anonymous so we only have the information that we > collected (no way to go back and gather more information). Now to my > question. One of the participants is 17 years old and married. Is a > married person an adult and therefore does not need permission from > his/her parents to be a research participant? That is, can she give her > own consent to participate? > Marie > > -- > ********************************************* > 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 > Webpage: www.dickinson.edu/~helwegm > ********************************************* > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
