MacDonald Kath, Greggans Alison
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
J Clin Nurs. 2008 Dec;17(23):3123-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02495.x.
The aim of this paper is to share our experiences of dealing with chaos and complexity in interview situations in the home with children and young people. We highlight dilemmas relevant to dealing with multiple interruptions, building a rapport, consent and confidentiality. Furthermore, we discuss issues regarding the locus of power and control and offer some solutions based on our experiences.
Creating a safe environment is essential for qualitative research. Participants are more likely to open up and communicate if they feel safe, comfortable and relaxed. We conclude that interviewing parents and their children with cystic fibrosis in their own homes, is chaotic and appears to threaten the rigour of data collection processes. Limited attention or print space is paid to this issue, with published articles frequently sanitising the messiness of real world qualitative research.
Position paper.
In this position paper, we use two case studies to illustrate ethical and pragmatic challenges of interviewing out in the field. These case studies, typical of families we encountered, help emphasise the concerns we had in balancing researcher-participant rapport with the quality of the research process.
Dealing with perceived chaos is hard in reality, but capturing it is part of the complexity of qualitative enquiry. The context is interdependent with children's perceived reality, because they communicate with others through their environment.
This paper gives researchers an insight into the tensions of operating out in the field and helps raise the importance of the environmental 'chaos' in revealing significant issues relevant to peoples daily lives. Knowing that unexpected chaos is part and parcel of qualitative research, will equip researchers with skills fundamental for balancing the well being of all those involved with the quality of the research process.
本文旨在分享我们在儿童和青少年家中访谈时应对混乱和复杂性的经验。我们强调了与应对多次打断、建立融洽关系、同意和保密相关的困境。此外，我们讨论了权力和控制的归属问题，并根据我们的经验提供一些解决方案。
营造安全的环境对于定性研究至关重要。如果参与者感到安全、舒适和放松，他们更有可能敞开心扉并进行交流。我们得出结论，在囊性纤维化患儿及其父母家中进行访谈是混乱的，似乎会威胁到数据收集过程的严谨性。对此问题的关注或篇幅有限，已发表的文章常常粉饰现实世界定性研究的杂乱。
立场文件。
在本立场文件中，我们使用两个案例研究来说明在实地访谈中面临的伦理和实际挑战。这些案例研究是我们遇到的家庭的典型代表，有助于强调我们在平衡研究者与参与者的融洽关系和研究过程质量方面所面临的担忧。
在现实中应对感知到的混乱很困难，但捕捉它是定性探究复杂性的一部分。背景与儿童感知到的现实相互依存，因为他们通过环境与他人交流。
本文让研究人员深入了解在实地开展研究时的紧张状况，并有助于提高环境“混乱”在揭示与人们日常生活相关的重要问题方面的重要性。知道意外的混乱是定性研究的一部分，将使研究人员具备平衡所有相关人员的福祉与研究过程质量的基本技能。
