Journeying the Quagmire: Exploring the Discourses That Shape the Qualitative Research Process

O’Connor, Deborah L.

doi:10.1177/08861090122094190

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“…Several other strategies that help move the researcher and participants to a more equal sharing of power are scheduling interviews at a time and location of the participant's choice, using a relatively flexible and unstructured approach to questioning so that participants assume more power over the direction of the conversation, sharing the researcher's understanding of the key issues arising and assuming an open stance towards the participant, as well as sharing personal details and answering questions asked both during the interview and afterwards 27 . The famous notion of ‘no intimacy without reciprocity’ 28 is borne out by the last point, with the researcher needing to invest his or her own personality in the research process so as to establish a more non‐hierarchical relationship.…”

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confidence: 99%

Adopting a constructivist approach to grounded theory: Implications for research design

Mills

Bonner

Francis

2006

Int J of Nursing Practice

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Grounded theory is a popular research methodology that is evolving to account for a range of ontological and epistemological underpinnings. Constructivist grounded theory has its foundations in relativism and an appreciation of the multiple truths and realities of subjectivism. Undertaking a constructivist enquiry requires the adoption of a position of mutuality between researcher and participant in the research process, which necessitates a rethinking of the grounded theorist's traditional role of objective observer. Key issues for constructivist grounded theorists to consider in designing their research studies are discussed in relation to developing a partnership with participants that enables a mutual construction of meaning during interviews and a meaningful reconstruction of their stories into a grounded theory model.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Adopting a constructivist approach to grounded theory: Implications for research design

Mills

Bonner

Francis

2006

Int J of Nursing Practice

339

272

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“…She used an open stance that included sharing of personal details and answering questions. 23 Not only was this ethically important to us but it was also the case that some participants would not have spoken had any other stance been taken.…”

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Qualitative Assessment of the Impact of Implementing Reiki Training in a Supported Residence for People Older Than 50 Years with HIV/AIDS

Mehl‐Madrona¹,

Renfrew²,

Mainguy³

2011

TPJ

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Introduction: Reiki is a Japanese form of energy healing that has become popular in the US. Reiki training involves three stages-levels I, II, and III-to a master practitioner level and requires both giving and receiving Reiki. We set out to implement a program to train clients of a supported residence in Brooklyn, NY. They were all older than age 50 years and had HIV/AIDS and substance-abuse and/or mental-health disorders. Methods: A qualitative, narrative-inquiry study was conducted. The Reiki master kept a journal of her 3 years of providing 90 minutes of Reiki treatment and/or training once weekly at the residence. Forty-five of 50 potential participants attended these sessions with various frequencies. Stories were collected from 35 participants regarding their experience of Reiki training. We posited success as continued involvement in the program. Results: All 35 participants reported receiving benefit from participation in Reiki. Participants first took part in training because of the offered subway tokens; however, 40 continued their involvement despite a lack of compensation. When asked why they continued, participants reported life-changing experiences, including a greater ability to cope with addictions, a greater ability to manage counseling, healing of wounds, improvement of T-cell counts, and improved skills of daily living. Conclusion: Reiki training can be successfully implemented in a supported housing facility with people with HIV/AIDS and comorbid disorders. Some people in our study population reported areas of improvement and lifechanging experiences. Our study did not establish the efficacy of Reiki, but our findings support the effect of the entire gestalt of implementing a program related to spirituality and healing and supports the goal of implementing a larger randomized, controlled trial in this setting to establish the efficacy of Reiki.

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“…Qualitative scholars have long paid attention to epistemological paradigms on the basis that they dictate the ways in which data should be managed, research relationships conducted, and truth and credibility defined (Guba & Lincoln, 2005). Without a clear understanding of these issues, it is easy for researchers to get stuck in a methodological "quagmire" (O'Connor, 2001). Lacking an epistemological framework and pre-existing plan to address these design issues, SN and NK were faced with resolving them as they arose during the study.…”

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Dissolving Dualisms: How Two Positivists Engaged with Non-Positivist Qualitative Methodology

Oliver

Nesbit

Kelly

2013

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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This is the story of how a chemical engineer and a medical microbiologist overcame their positivist training and deeply held disciplinary attitudes to engage with non-positivist qualitative methodology. Through a series of facilitated reflections they explored what helped and hindered their transition from positivist to non-positivist inquiry. To move forward they needed to acknowledge the extent and nature of the transition they were making, find metaphors to dissolve troubling dualisms, and balance a desire to reach out to others with the need to manage the very real sense of vulnerability that came with embracing subjectivity. Their experiences suggest that pragmatism may be a useful bridging framework for the growing number of academics from the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines turning to qualitative methodologists for help to move beyond positivist research.

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Journeying the Quagmire: Exploring the Discourses That Shape the Qualitative Research Process

Cited by 16 publications

References 15 publications

Adopting a constructivist approach to grounded theory: Implications for research design

Adopting a constructivist approach to grounded theory: Implications for research design

Qualitative Assessment of the Impact of Implementing Reiki Training in a Supported Residence for People Older Than 50 Years with HIV/AIDS

Dissolving Dualisms: How Two Positivists Engaged with Non-Positivist Qualitative Methodology

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