Research that Benefits Children and Families—Uplifting Stories

Ethics in research are considered a helpful tool that integrates positive behavior in research (Kaboub, 2008). It helps the researcher and the participants to avoid any violation of the research principles. It assures the prevalence of professional ethics in research and improves the quality of research. It is the demand of the research discipline that the researcher and the participants follow the guidelines of ethical consideration and professional ethics in research (Kaboub, 2008).

 

The excessive smoking behaviors effect the social interactions of people and give a negative impression on others. The anti-smoking media campaign not only seizes this effect, but also brings a positive environment to improve public interactions.

 

Smoking is an ever-increasing negative habit that has harmful effects on human health. Unfortunately, this issue had become quite evident in teens and young adults, who spend a lot of money and time on smoking (Liu and Tan, 2009). There are various reasons for them to smoke. Many of the youngsters smoke to make a prominent impression in their social circle, considering that they look even smarter by smoking. However, they neglect the fact of adversity that is the ultimate outcome of excessive smoking. The selected research article by Liu and Tan (2009) highlights some very interesting facts, as they researched to bring a positive impact on the selected issue.

Liu and Tan (2009) selected a particular group of people for their research on effective anti-smoking media campaign and its effect on smoking behavior. The case was carried in California, as the two researched observed a particular group of smokers in California. The results of this research not only affected the teens and young adults involved in the habit of smoking, but also affected the families of those smokers in a positive way. Their research was planned to evaluate the effect of media campaign in presenting commercials and advertisements that entails anti-smoking message. There are some advertisements that prevail positive impression of smoking, which results in smoking attitudes. On the other hand, they utilized the evidence from advertisements of anti smoking attitudes (Liu and Tan, 2009).

Liu and Tan (2009) identified that smoking has become the most prevalent negative behavior in teens and young adults that has long lasting health and societal effects. In order to reduce this fashion from society, Liu and Tan (2009) constructed pseudo panel data. Their research made it evident that a lot of money is used to expand the business of tobacco by advertising, and then why not utilize the same economics to decrease the number of smokers. They divided the participants into four variables to underline the results. The participants were divided in the category of adult smoker participants, adult smokers who never quit smoking, adolescents who have just started smoking and adolescents who have committed never to smoke. The results of the research provided positive results, as the number of smoker was reduced. This research study brought a positive influence on teens and young adults who never thought that they could quit smoking, and now they are living a healthy span (Liu and Tan, 2009).

 

            This research of Liu and Tan (2009) justified the ethical standards of a positive research that helped the participants (teens and young adults) and their families to overcome the adverse habit of smoking. This research met the criteria of positive paradigm by asserting real life event and observing a real life situation. This  has analyzed the implication of the ethical research by presenting an illustration of a positive research that has benefited children and family.

 

References

Kaboub, F (2008) “Positivist Paradigm” Leong, Encyclopedia of Counseling, vol.2 (2), Data retrieved from http://personal.denison.edu/~kaboubf/Pub/2008-Positivist-Paradigm.pdf on July 18, 2014

Liu, H., Tan, W (2009) “The Effect of Anti-Smoking Media Campaign on Smoking Behavior: The California Experience” Annals of Economics and Finance, vol. 10 (1), Data retrieved from http://www.aeconf.net/Articles/May2009/aef100103.pdf on July 18, 2014