Question

A researcher wishes to study generational differences in coping mechanisms among adults who experienced abuse as children. Adequate measures will be instituted to obtain informed consent and ensure that there is no breach of confidentiality. The most likely additional risk is that some subjects may:
Experience emotional or psychological distress. T/F

Answer 1

Answer:

True, some subjects may experience emotional and psychological distress

Explanation:

In this research, the most likely additional risk cannot be a risk related to privacy or confidentiality because this has been taken care of. However, this research requires adult to think of unpleasant childhood memories, which has the ability to cause emotional and psychological distress. There's no one who enjoys child abuse, and one of the most difficult thing faced by victims of child abuse is that they find it very difficult to talk about it because of shame and the distress attached to it.