Reflections on the research process

2020 ◽  
pp. 181-188
Author(s):  
Natalie Booth
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Personal Reflection ◽  
Depth Data ◽  
The Family ◽  
Conducting Research

This chapter provides some brief reflections on the realities of conducting research with the caregiving kin. While this openness enhances the ‘credibility’ of the qualitative research, it can also help future researchers learn about the complexities and messiness of fieldwork. The chapter then discusses the practical challenges of recruiting participants, the ethical issues of managing implicit withdrawal, and a more personal reflection about how the researcher considers their own identity to have shaped the data collected. Ultimately, what is most important is that the fieldwork produced original, rich, in-depth data that are grounded in the lives and experiences of the family members, and informed by their accounts of maternal imprisonment. It is one of very few studies that has engaged directly with relatives looking after children whose mothers are serving a custodial sentence in England, producing insights that detail the ‘family sentence’ that they serve from a ‘disenfranchised’ social position.

The Arab Family Strength in Qatar, Jordan and Tunisia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdallah Badahdah ◽  
◽  
Azza Abdelmoneium ◽  
John DeFrain ◽  
Sylvia Asay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Family Strengths ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Family Strength ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Findings

All the problems in the world either begin in families or end up in families. Sometimes families create their own problems, and at other times, families are forced to deal with problems that the world has thrust upon them. For this reason, it is imperative that all societies seek to understand families in all their considerable diversity; to protect families; and to help strengthen families through intervention on the level of the family, the immediate community, the nation, and the international community. Research teams were assembled and conducted focus group studies of family members in Qatar, Jordan, and Tunisia. The purpose of this preliminary report is to discuss the qualitative research findings from focus groups with Arab family members in all three countries, revealing their perceptions of Arab family strengths and challenges, and how they see that families under stress can be better supported by society

Ethical concerns in Neonatal Intensive Unit: A Case Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 247-250
Author(s):  
Alma Juliet Lakra ◽  
Monica Rita Hendricks
Keyword(s):  
Neonatal Sepsis ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Hypothetical Case ◽  
Neonatal Nurses ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
The Family ◽  
Ethical Perspectives

Neonatal nurses frequently encounter neonatal ethical issues related to provision of safe and quality care and communication in the NICU setup. This article discusses the hypothetical case of baby John diagnosed with neonatal sepsis. The ethical perspectives related to care and communication with the family members while their baby is receiving treatment in the NICU will be explored through the application of the QUAR framework.

Commentary 1: The Role of Ethical Reflexivity in Conducting Ethically Challenging Qualitative Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 462-465
Author(s):  
Simon Woods
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Family ◽  
Decisive Action ◽  
Older Child

This paper is a commentary on Herzog et al.’s vignette drawn from their experience of conducting ethically challenging qualitative research. They describe an encounter with a family in which an older child has acted as a sibling donor to a sick younger sibling. It is evident that the process has taken its toll on the well-being of the older child and has created tensions within the family. What then are the ethical boundaries and responsibilities of researchers who enter the private domain of the family? This commentary responds with a model of “ethical reflexivity” which shows how a reflexive researcher can incorporate moral reflection at the different stages of the research process. Reflexivity works differently at different points, upstream it allows for anticipation and planning, incorporating ethical strategies into the methodology. Midstream reflexivity allows for evaluation, reflection and strategic response as the research unfolds and downstream it allows for a critical evaluation of how the research played out. Although it is a vital resource for any society to allow a wide degree of freedom for social scientists to research the social life, this freedom also brings responsibilities. Participation in research both creates and reveals the vulnerabilities of participants and since the researcher is entangled in these complexities they must also be prepared to respond and act. At times it may be necessary to step out of the role of researcher in order to offer support or take more decisive action especially when the well-being of vulnerable participants is at stake.

Ethical aspects of researching subjective experiences in early-stage dementia

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 651-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna-Mari Pesonen ◽  
Anne M Remes ◽  
Arja Isola
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
The Family ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Person With Dementia

This article is based on a qualitative longitudinal study that followed the subjective experiences of both people living with dementia and their family members during the early stages of the illness. The purpose of this article is to describe and reflect on the ethical and methodological issues that occurred during data collection. The article focuses on the situation of the person with dementia and the family member and the role of the researcher when conducting the research interviews. Based on the results of this study, conducting research interviews with people with dementia and their family members poses several ethical and methodological challenges that must be addressed. In doing so, ethically sound dementia-specific research methods will be actively developed enhancing our understanding of living with dementia and providing new insights into the care of people with dementia and their family members.

scholarly journals Psychiatric hospitalization of alcoholists from rural areas in a general hospital: expectations of families

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 1442-1449
Author(s):  
Andréa Noeremberg Guimarães ◽  
Jacó Fernando Schneider ◽  
Márcio Wagner Camatta ◽  
Cíntia Nasi ◽  
Lucimare Ferraz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Family Member ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitalization ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Post Discharge ◽  
Phenomenological Sociology ◽  
Discharge Care ◽  
The Family

ABSTRACT Objective: to know the expectations of family members of alcoholics living in rural areas under treatment in a Psychiatric Hospitalization Unit. Method: qualitative research, through interviews with 15 relatives of alcoholics living in rural areas and hospitalized in a Psychiatric Unit. Information was interpreted in the light of Phenomenological Sociology. Results: two concrete categories emerged: Expectations that the family member quits using alcohol and Projects of family members for the alcoholic after discharge. Relatives expected the alcoholic to maintain abstinence and planned post-discharge care, which involved everything from welcoming them to projects with a prospect of control or even fear of not being able to care for the alcoholic. Final considerations: most participants have positive expectations regarding psychiatric hospitalization, but some relatives are not confident about caring for the alcoholic and mentioned alternatives such as hiring a caregiver or nursing homes.

scholarly journals Qualitative Researcher Reflexivity: A Follow-Up Study with Female Sexual Assault Survivors

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Hoover ◽  
Susan Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Qualitative Researcher ◽  
Sexual Assault Survivors ◽  
Follow Up Study

Motivated by researcher reflexivity, the author sought to learn from participants about the sensitive, ethical issues of the qualitative research process. The current study followed up with eight women who had previously participated in an interview-based study about sexual assault disclosure. Multiple sources of qualitative data were triangulated, including interviews, follow-up interviews, interviews from the original study, and participant checks. Phenomenological analysis yielded five themes: (a) Meaning of Participation, (b) Trust in the Researcher, (c) Connection with the Other Participants, (d) Changing Comfort, and (e) Recommendations to Increase Participants’ Comfort. Based on these results, recommendations are provided for researchers conducting reflexive qualitative research practices.

scholarly journals Metode Penulisan Naskah Kolektif: Di Balik Pertunjukan Teater “Tanah Ode Kampung Kami”

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Iman Soleh ◽  
Mahesa El Gasani ◽  
Mazeinda Al Biruni ◽  
Tari Purwanti
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Data Collection Methods ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Theatrical Performances ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Collection Methods

The creation of a play entitled “Tanah Ode Kampung Kami” have several stages, starting from determining the issue and the ideas, conducting research, implementing the method of collective writing text, and finally becomes a show. The research process is a way of organizing and understanding the main problem of a play, i.e. the land, so it would be able to be implemented as a drama script collectively in theatrical performances. Collective text aims to make actors and directors have the same perception of a predetermined theme. This study uses a qualitative research design with data collection methods in the form of observations and interviews. The conclusion of this study is that the collective text method used in the “Tanah Ode Kampung Kami” script is used to harmonize the ideas that were built together so that it becomes a complete text which is the result of collaborative thinking between the elements involved in the process of making the script.

Characteristics of Quality Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-159
Author(s):  
Efrita Norman ◽  
Enah Pahlawati ◽  
Abdul Husenudin
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Quality Research ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Depth Data ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Magazine Articles

Research is not a strange thing anymore for students who are taking the final semester, where one of the requirements for them to graduate is to complete a final project in the form of a research, as well as lecturers in the tridharma of higher education besides teaching is research, so this research has become a habit. However, many of the research results are not qualified, they only fulfill an obligation, so the purpose of this research is how to make quality research so that it is useful for many people. The method used in this study is a qualitative method using a literature study approach where the authors collect data, study, and analyze the literature published by books, journals, and magazine articles so as to obtain accurate and in-depth data about the characteristics of quality research. The results of this research are the characteristics of quality research, first of all, the problem must be clear and it really becomes a problem and needs an immediate solution or solution and Focus so that in collecting data it is true that the data can later be used in solving the problems that we examine, with The formulation of the problem and research objectives are correct and clear, so that the researcher will be more focused, efficient and effective. Second, the research objectives are related to things that are expected to be achieved through conducting research or presenting the results to be achieved after the research is completed. by kar Therefore, the formulation of research objectives must be consistent with the formulation of the problem and must reflect the research process. Third, it must be careful, so that later the research is truly valid according to the data and facts in the field. Fourth, the report is complete and systematic. In making the report, it must be complete with supporting data, namely: both primary data and secondary data, supporting theories must be clearly stated, and reports must be systematically arranged from the beginning to the end of the fifth must be precise in analyzing the data and the tools used must be in accordance with the data we will analyze the six conclusions and Suggestions must come from sources, namely the data we find in the field, not from personal opinions. The seven researchers must have integrity, namely a combination of all points one to six so as to produce quality research.         Keyword :

scholarly journals COVID-19: Boredom in the Family

2021 ◽  
pp. 106648072098649
Author(s):  
Hasan Latif ◽  
Engin Karaman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Active Life ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Subject ◽  
At Home

This research is focused on the subject of boredom in the families during the stay-at-home process forced by coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The literature on boredom was reviewed, and then the qualitative research was designed with the open-ended questions appropriate for the subject and purpose. The research was conducted between April 20 and 29, 2020, in Istanbul, Turkey, with the participation of 264 families. The most significant findings of the research showed that family members accustomed to active life experienced boredom more during the stay-at-home process, they utilized information technologies very often to overcome boredom, the importance of time spent at home increased, involuntary behaviors such as overeating and snacking became common, the livelihood difficulties and fear of unemployment increased boredom, nevertheless, no conflict occurred between the family members, and the process taught to be patient and strong.

Rethinking "Damnatio Memoriae": The Case of Cn. Calpurnius Piso Pater in AD 20

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet I. Flower
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
The Family

This article offers a detailed analysis of the penalties imposed on Cn. Calpurnius Piso pater in AD 20 after he had been posthumously convicted of maiestas (treason). Piso was accused of leaving his province (Syria) without permission and then returning to try to retake it after the death of Germanicus in AD 19. He was also believed by many to be implicated in the death of Germanicus. The details of his case have been revealed by a new inscription from Spain, the Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone patre, which was first published in 1996. Part of this long and well-preserved inscription records the post-mortem sanctions against memory imposed by the senate and Tiberius on Piso after his suicide. The verdicts for his family members and accomplices are also included. The decree was posted on bronze in the major cities of the Empire and in the winter quarters of all the legions. The article argues for the following conclusions. The decree should be taken at face value and its punishments considered harsh for a member of the Roman office-holding élite. It was widely published throughout the Empire after there had been extravagant mourning for Germanicus. Consequently, it seems that post-mortem disgrace did not necessarily involve the family as a whole. Indeed, sanctions against memory appear to be consciously designed to preserve the Roman élite family, its assets, and social position by removing its erring member. Such sanctions reveal both a tension and an accommodation between remembering and forgetting, between the family and the community, between history and memory.

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