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Children as research subjects: Guidelines for gatekeepers

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The opportunity to conduct research in early childhood settings is vital to the growth and further professionalization of the early childhood field (Bowman, 1986; Goffin, 1989). Even though a unique body of research exists within early childhood education, more research in a greater diversity of settings and with a broader variety of groups of children and adults is needed.

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  1. Mary Kay Helling
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  2. Teresa Hughes
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Mary Kay Helling is a doctoral candidate at Purdue University, Child Development and Family Studies Department; on leave from the faculty of South Dakota State University, Human Development, Child and Family Studies Department. Teresa Hughes is a doctoral candidate, Purdue University, CDFS Department.

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Helling, M.K., Hughes, T. Children as research subjects: Guidelines for gatekeepers. Early Childhood Educ J 19, 19–23 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01617078

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