Lamprell, Klay
Braithwaite, Jeffrey http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0296-4957
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1054146, APP1135285)
Article History
First Online: 15 April 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Approval for the study was obtained from Macquarie University Human Research Ethics Committee (Humanities-Executive, HREC 5201600665). With regard to permission to use sample excerpts, we referred to the guidelines for use of content published by the websites from which we sourced the personal stories. Where organisations did not stipulate, limit or prohibit the use of the content on their website, we abided by the conditions of ethical approval for Internet-mediated research granted by Macquarie University Human Research Ethics committee, as defined by the British Psychological Society, which states: “Where it is reasonable to argue that there is likely no perception and/or expectation of privacy (or where scientific/social value and/or research validity considerations are deemed to justify undisclosed observation), use of research data without gaining valid consent may be justifiable. However, particular care should be taken in ensuring that any data which may be made accessible as part of the research remains confidential (often achieved by ensuring anonymity, since dissemination of research findings is, generally speaking, inevitable).”