IRB Handbook

What are sensitive topics

Any interview, survey or questionnaire that proposes to investigate opinions, behaviors, and/or experiences regarding, but not limited to, any of the following topics:

 

  • Sexual orientation, incest, rape, sexual molestation, deviant sexual behaviors, or attitudes regarding sexual conduct, practices of contraception, abortion and/or pregnancy
  • Substance use and/or abuse including, but not limited to, alcohol, marijuana, steroids, amphetamines, narcotics, and any prescription medication legally or illegally obtained
  • Questions regarding mental health (e.g., suicide, depression, obsessive compulsive behaviors including, but not limited to, gambling, smoking, eating, etc.)
  • Traumatic experiences of an individual, including war or combat experiences of veterans