Beyond Ethical Obligation to Research Dissemination: Conceptualizing Debriefing as a Form of Knowledge Transfer

The process of debriefing has been part of psychology for many decades, although it owes its origins to other fields. Debriefing is often tied to research involving deception, however it is part of a much larger set of obligations that psychologists adhere to as professionals operating in an ethical manner. There is some emerging evidence that debriefing participants in research contexts is not taking place frequently or even to the degree that …