Using Frameworks of Social Desirability to Teach Subjectivity in Interviews

2021 ◽  
pp. 0092055X2110171
Author(s):  
Emily K. Carian ◽  
Jasmine D. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Methods Courses

Qualitative methods courses lack tools for teaching students how to capture and analyze the nuanced ways participant subjectivity shows up in interviews. This article responds to the call for greater depth in qualitative methods instruction by offering teachers a series of discussion questions and an in-class worksheet that will help students more deeply probe and understand their data. These practical in-class tools leverage one theoretical lens that we find is well suited for unpacking participant subjectivity: social desirability. In this article, we present four speculative questions for instructors and students to more fully consider interviewees’ working frameworks: (1) What does your respondent consider a sensitive subject? (2) What does your respondent perceive to be norms of socially desirability? (3) Which audiences are the target audiences for your respondent’s presentation of self? and (4) How do you think your respondent’s relationship to the interview context influenced the account created during the interview?

scholarly journals Potential of qualitative methods in the modern research of conflict perception

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.O. Golynchik
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
News Discourse ◽  
Interview Situation ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Conflict Interaction

The current article represents the thoughts about difficulties, which the researcher faces while studying the social-perceptional phenomena in the context of conflict interaction and also about advantages and potentials which are given by usage of qualitative methodology in similar researches. The text generalizes the expertise of several empirical researches. Shows the examples of abilities of current methods in studying the perception of the conflict and constructing it’s image in text. Described the following advantages of depth interview as soft entering and closing the interview situation; careful attitude towards interviewee feelings that are linked to memories about conflict; possibility of social desirability in the replies. Out of the advantages of discourse analysis are shown the next as possibility of usage contemporary discourse approach in studying phenomena of social cognition and research of conflict’s image constructing process and giving meaning to conflict events in texts of news discourse and interviewing by means of language and linguistic construction analysis.

scholarly journals Interviewing the Interpretive Researcher: An Impressionist Tale

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Frels ◽  
Anthony Onwuegbuzie
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
Qualitative Coding

In this manuscript, we describe the use of debriefing interviews for interviewing the interpretive researcher. Further, we demonstrate the value of using debriefing questions as part of a qualitative research study, specifically, one doctoral student’s dissertation study. We describe the reflexivity process of the student in her study and the debriefing data that were coded via qualitative coding techniques. Thus, we provide an exemplar of the debriefing process and the findings that emerged as a result. We believe that our exemplar of interviewing the interpretive researcher provides evidence of an effective strategy for addressing the crises of representation and legitimation for researchers and instructors of qualitative methods courses alike.

The Characteristics of Introductory Research Methods Courses in Mass Communication Doctoral Programs

2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Shirong Lu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Extensive List

This study assesses the content of introductory research methods courses in mass communication doctoral programs in the United States. Directors of thirty-two graduate programs were surveyed about their doctoral programs' requirements for research methods. Syllabi for forty-three required introductory research methods courses were collected. An extensive list of variables for each was analyzed and compared. Requirements in research methods training have become fairly common across doctoral programs. Although quantitative methods instruction, emphasizing design and analysis skills, is still most prevalent, non-quantitative methods courses, focusing on qualitative methods and philosophical and historical theories, are offered and often required in many doctoral programs.

Developing Students’ Qualitative Muscles in an Introductory Methods Course

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
Lee SmithBattle
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Active Learning Strategies ◽  
Student Reflections

AbstractThe exponential growth of qualitative research (QR) has coincided with methodological innovations, the proliferation of qualitative textbooks and journals, and the greater availability of qualitative methods courses. In spite of these advances, the pedagogy for teaching qualitative methods has received little attention. This paper provides a philosophical foundation for teaching QR with active learning strategies and shows how active learning is fully integrated into a one-semester course. The course initiates students into qualitative dispositions and skills as students develop study aims and procedures; enter the field to gather data; analyze the full set of student-generated data; and write results in a final report. Conducting a study in one semester is challenging but has proven feasible and disabuses students of the view that QR is simple, unscientific, or non-rigorous. Student reflections on course assignments are integrated into the paper. The strengths and limitations of this pedagogical approach are also described.

Qualitative methods in nursing planning and structure of teaching units in nursing

Pflege ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-57
Author(s):  
Tilmann Netz
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods

Um die direkte Pflege weiter zu professionalisieren, ist es notwendig, neue Lehrmethoden für Aus- und Fortbildung zu entwickeln. Werden qualitative Verfahren bei der Planung und Gestaltung von Lehreinheiten im Fachbereich Pflege favorisiert, so werden auch subjektive Theorien transparent, die das Pflegegeschehen unterschwellig beeinflussen. Ziel handlungsorientierter Unterrichtseinheiten im Fachbereich Pflege ist, diese gezielt im Sinne des neuen Pflegeparadigmas zu beeinflussen.

Social Desirability in Personality Inventories

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Bäckström ◽  
Fredrik Björklund
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Peer Ratings ◽  
Personality Inventories ◽  
Model Study ◽  
The Difference ◽  
New Variables

The difference between evaluatively loaded and evaluatively neutralized five-factor inventory items was used to create new variables, one for each factor in the five-factor model. Study 1 showed that these variables can be represented in terms of a general evaluative factor which is related to social desirability measures and indicated that the factor may equally well be represented as separate from the Big Five as superordinate to them. Study 2 revealed an evaluative factor in self-ratings and peer ratings of the Big Five, but the evaluative factor in self-reports did not correlate with such a factor in ratings by peers. In Study 3 the evaluative factor contributed above the Big Five in predicting work performance, indicating a substance component. The results are discussed in relation to measurement issues and self-serving biases.

Psychometric Properties of the Spontaneous and Deliberate Mind Wandering Scales

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 878-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Marcusson-Clavertz ◽  
Oscar N. E. Kjell
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Cognitive Task ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mind Wandering ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Psychological Variables

Abstract. Thinking about task-unrelated matters (mind wandering) is related to cognition and well-being. However, the relations between mind wandering and other psychological variables may depend on whether the former commence spontaneously or deliberately. The current two studies investigated the psychometric properties of the Spontaneous and Deliberate Mind Wandering Scales (SDMWS; Carriere, Seli, & Smilek, 2013 ). Study 1 evaluated the stability of the scales over 2 weeks ( N = 284 at Time 1), whereas Study 2 ( N = 323) evaluated their relations to Generalized anxiety disorder symptoms, Openness, Social desirability, and experience-sampling reports of intentional and unintentional mind wandering during an online cognitive task. The results indicated that the SDMWS were better fitted with a two-factor than a one-factor solution, although the fit was improved with the exclusion of one item. The scales exhibited strong measurement invariance across gender and time, and moderately high test-retest reliability. Spontaneous mind wandering predicted Generalized anxiety disorder and experience-sampling reports of unintentional mind wandering, whereas Deliberate mind wandering predicted Openness and experience-sampling reports of intentional mind wandering. Furthermore, Spontaneous mind wandering showed a negative association with social desirability of weak-to-medium strength. In sum, the scales generally showed favorable psychometric properties.

Confound It!

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 855-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Kulas ◽  
Rachael Klahr ◽  
Lindsey Knights
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Response Pattern ◽  
Experimental Manipulation ◽  
Scoring Method ◽  
Method Effect ◽  
Coding Method ◽  
The Social ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Method Factors ◽  
Psychological Inventory

Abstract. Many investigators have noted “reverse-coding” method factors when exploring response pattern structure with psychological inventory data. The current article probes for the existence of a confound in these investigations, whereby an item’s level of saturation with socially desirable content tends to covary with the item’s substantive scale keying. We first investigate its existence, demonstrating that 15 of 16 measures that have been previously implicated as exhibiting a reverse-scoring method effect can also be reasonably characterized as exhibiting a scoring key/social desirability confound. A second set of analyses targets the extent to which the confounding variable may confuse interpretation of factor analytic results and documents strong social desirability associations. The results suggest that assessment developers perhaps consider the social desirability scale value of indicators when constructing scale aggregates (and possibly scales when investigating inter-construct associations). Future investigations would ideally disentangle the confound via experimental manipulation.

I Saw That

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
Sarah Kramer ◽  
Kaitlin M. Lewin ◽  
Allison S. Romano ◽  
Brian P. Meier
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
White Men ◽  
Bias Effect

Abstract. The shooter bias effect reveals that individuals are quicker to “shoot” armed Black (vs. White) men and slower to “not shoot” unarmed Black (vs. White) men in a computer task. In three studies ( N = 386), we examined whether being observed would reduce this effect because of social desirability concerns. Participants completed a “shooting” task with or without a camera/live observer supposedly recording behavior. Cameras were strapped to participants’ heads (Studies 1a/1b) and pointed at them (Study 1b). In Study 2, a researcher observed participants complete the task while “filming” them with a smartphone. We replicated the shooter bias, but observation only reduced the effect in Study 2. These results reveal that being observed can reduce the shooter bias effect.

The Impact of Endorsing the Belief in a Just World on Social Judgments

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoît Testé ◽  
Samantha Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Social Judgments ◽  
Just World ◽  
The Social ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Impact

The present research examines the social value attributed to endorsing the belief in a just world for self (BJW-S) and for others (BJW-O) in a Western society. We conducted four studies in which we asked participants to assess a target who endorsed BJW-S vs. BJW-O either strongly or weakly. Results showed that endorsement of BJW-S was socially valued and had a greater effect on social utility judgments than it did on social desirability judgments. In contrast, the main effect of endorsement of BJW-O was to reduce the target’s social desirability. The results also showed that the effect of BJW-S on social utility is mediated by the target’s perceived individualism, whereas the effect of BJW-S and BJW-O on social desirability is mediated by the target’s perceived collectivism.

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