‘Taking Pictures is Like Treasure Hunting’: Exploring the Therapeutic Value of Photography as a Qualitative Research Method

IF 4.7 3区材料科学 Q1 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ACS Applied Electronic Materials Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1177/16094069241236219

L. Milasan

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Photography has been increasingly used in qualitative research. However, little is known about the benefits of photography-based research from the perspective of the research participants. This article aims to investigate the views of a group of fifteen mental health service users on the therapeutic benefits and limitations of photography as a research method. For this purpose, visual and textual data from four weekly photography workshops, photo-elicitation interviews, and a reflection and feedback group were thematically analysed. Four overarching themes were identified in support of the therapeutic value of photography: (1) forging social companionship and camaraderie, (2) intra-personal reflection and self-awareness, (3) connection with nature, and (4) photography as an occupation. Therapeutic limitations and challenges of photography as a research method are also discussed. The findings of this study may be applicable beyond the area of mental health and contribute to enhancing the ethical principle of beneficence in research by creating opportunities for personal growth and wellbeing for research participants involved in photography-based studies.

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拍照就像寻宝"：探索摄影作为定性研究方法的治疗价值

摄影越来越多地被用于定性研究。然而，从研究参与者的角度来看，人们对以摄影为基础的研究的益处知之甚少。本文旨在调查 15 名心理健康服务使用者对摄影作为一种研究方法的治疗益处和局限性的看法。为此，我们对来自四个每周一次的摄影工作坊、摄影诱导访谈以及反思和反馈小组的视觉和文字数据进行了主题分析。为支持摄影的治疗价值，确定了四个总体主题：(1) 建立社会陪伴和友情，(2) 人内反思和自我意识，(3) 与自然的联系，(4) 摄影作为一种职业。此外，还讨论了摄影作为一种研究方法的治疗局限性和挑战。本研究的发现可能适用于心理健康以外的领域，并通过为参与摄影研究的研究参与者创造个人成长和幸福的机会，有助于加强研究中的 "惠益 "伦理原则。

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期刊介绍： ACS Applied Electronic Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of electronic materials. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrate knowledge in the areas of materials science, engineering, optics, physics, and chemistry into important applications of electronic materials. Sample research topics that span the journal's scope are inorganic, organic, ionic and polymeric materials with properties that include conducting, semiconducting, superconducting, insulating, dielectric, magnetic, optoelectronic, piezoelectric, ferroelectric and thermoelectric. Indexed/Abstracted： Web of Science SCIE Scopus CAS INSPEC Portico

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