Bowlby's report named the children used in the case studies by their first name and inital along with vast quantities of personal information.
confidentiality - explain
this would've made the participants easily identifiable.
it is also unclear if the children and families knew this information was going to be published in the research.
confidentiality - link
to make this ethical, pseudonyms, just initials or numbers could've been used, which would mask the identity and maintain confidentiality.
another ethical issue is the question of valid consent in this research.
valid consent - example
the original data was collected as part of routine treatment between 1936 and 1939, and Bowlby only decided to use this in his study several years later.
valid consent - explanation/link
however, this research took place before guidelines on ethics were introduced - it would be common practice in today's research to inform the children about the nature of the research
bowlby also had parental consent for their children to attend the clinic so there may have been assumed consent that the data could be used in research
