A Bibliometric Study on Ethics in Stress Data Collection for Children Utilizing Speech or Video Recordings: A Focus on Islamic Perspective and Maqasid Al-Shariah

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to determine relevant publications on general ethical guidelines for collecting data involving children. The study identified ethical guidelines for collecting stress data from children through speech or video recordings and explored their alignment with the principles of Maqasid Al- Shariah. The analysis utilised documents retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) digital database, and the analysis of the results using Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny and Harzing’s Publish or Perish softwares. From the study, we found a total of 53 relevant publications are retrieved from the WoS digital database. Five key principles emerged for ethically collecting stress data from children through speech or video recordings: anonymization and confidentiality, secure data storage, transparency, voluntary participation, and institutional oversight. These principles align with the Maqasid Al-Shariah (i) Hifz al-Nafs: secure data storage and transparency, (ii) Hifz al-‘Aql: transparency and institutional oversight, (iii) Ḥifẓ al-Karāmah: anonymization and confidentiality, voluntary participation, (iv) Al-‘Adalah/’Adl: transparency and institutional oversight. This research is only focusing on non-clinical research studies and children. This is the first bibliometric analysis investigating the ethics of collecting stress data from children through speech or video recordings, with a specific focus on Islamic perspectives and the principles of Maqasid Al-Shariah.