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Peer reviewedGarfield, Sol L. – Counseling and Values, 1987
Describes the increasing concern regarding ethical matters in psychotherapy research. Whereas institutional review procedures are required to protect human subjects, there has been inaction regarding ethics for other issues: psychotherapeutic treatment, particularly the use of no-treatment control groups and the termination of patients at the end…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Control Groups, Counselor Performance, Ethics
Hodapp, Robert M.; Dykens, Elisabeth M. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2001
This article examines the status of behavioral research on genetic mental retardation syndromes and finds that the field continues to struggle with three methodological issues: (1) how to think about control or contrast groups, (2) the interplay of behavioral phenotypes with development and other within-group variations, and (3) the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Children
