An account from the inside: Examining the emotional impact of qualitative research through the lens of "insider" research.

IF 11.7 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Qualitative psychology (Washington, D.C.) Pub Date : 2017-11-01 Epub Date: 2017-01-02 DOI:10.1037/qup0000064
Lori E Ross
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The benefits and challenges of insider positionality have been much written about in relation to qualitative research. However, the specific emotional implications of insider research have been little explored. In this manuscript, I aim to bring the literature on insider positionality to the study of emotion in qualitative research through a reflection on my experiences as a "total insider" conducting interviews for a longitudinal qualitative study examining mental health during the transition to parenthood among sexual minority women. On the basis of this experience, I highlight emotion-related benefits and challenges of my insider positionality, as they pertain both to the quality of the research and to my personal experiences as a qualitative researcher. In particular, I examine the potential benefits of my insider positioning for establishing rapport and my capacity for empathy, and the personal emotional growth and learning that my insider positioning made possible for me. With respect to challenges, I examine how my emotional investment in the researcher-participant relationship influenced my role as a research instrument, and discuss the difficulties I encountered in managing appropriately boundaried relationships and making decisions about self-disclosure. I close by highlighting promising avenues for further exploration of the emotional implications of insider research, from the perspectives of both researchers and participants.

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来自内部的叙述:通过“内部”研究的视角审视定性研究的情感影响。
内部定位的好处和挑战已经写了很多关于定性研究。然而,内部研究的具体情感含义却很少被探索。在这篇手稿中,我的目标是通过反思我作为一个“完全内幕”的经历,将关于内幕定位的文献带到定性研究中的情感研究中,为一项纵向定性研究进行访谈,研究性少数群体女性在过渡到为人父母期间的心理健康。在这段经历的基础上,我强调了我的内部位置与情感相关的好处和挑战,因为它们既关系到研究的质量,也关系到我作为定性研究者的个人经历。特别是,我检查了我的内部定位对建立融洽关系和我的移情能力的潜在好处,以及我的内部定位使我成为可能的个人情感成长和学习。关于挑战,我考察了我在研究者-参与者关系中的情感投入如何影响我作为研究工具的角色,并讨论了我在管理适当的边界关系和做出关于自我披露的决定时遇到的困难。最后,我强调了从研究人员和参与者的角度进一步探索内部研究的情感含义的有希望的途径。
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