The phrase "assent process" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing the procedure or method by which agreement or approval is obtained.
Example: "The assent process for the new policy requires input from all stakeholders before final approval."
Alternatives: "approval procedure" or "agreement process".
In addition, a developmental approach requires that future research employ longitudinal designs, examine the developmental mechanisms underlying age variations in child assent, and attend to both cognitive and noncognitive variables that may influence the assent process as children mature.
Interested families completed an adult consent and child assent process.
As mentioned by the YMs, and acknowledged by the research team, their knowledge of the camp and its context facilitated the informed consent and assent process.
The assent process may give the child a sense of control over their own bodies and a voice in a situation where they often have none [ 12].
The assent process is a way of appropriately engaging with the child about his/her participation in research, thereby showing respect for their developing autonomy and sense of self-worth [ 103].
Thirdly, although the current assent guidelines are right in our view to avoid setting agreed lower and upper age limits in the assent process (and lower age of consent), this also inevitably creates a degree of uncertainty in practice.
The consent and assent processes were documented through the use of consent and assent notes.
Children's participation in the decision-making process is also informed by sociocultural values, and the informed consent and assent processes in LMIC require additional considerations [ 5, 7, 33].
[8] Non-mature minors required a two-step written consent-assent process.
However, the UK Mental Capacity Act [ 59] provides researchers with the means to address this, through using assent, though the process adds time and thus cost to the research.
Rather, when feasible, environmental investigators can strive to create a goodness of fit between children's maturing skills and the research context by approaching child assent as a process of research education fitted to the child's age and abilities (Fisher 2002, 2003a).
