Division of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU United Kingdom.
Psychol Methods. 2012 Sep;17(3):374-84. doi: 10.1037/a0029313. Epub 2012 Jul 16.
The problem of subjectivity within psychological research has long been recognized. The practices of scientific psychology, however, continue to assume that objectivity is desirable, even if not completely possible, and that subjectivity is a source of bias that must be minimized or eliminated. Such a dispassionate stance has offered and continues to offer a range of benefits, not least a tight focus on participants' relevant responses. Nonetheless, in this article, we question the wisdom of always or automatically working to minimize participant and researcher subjectivity, and we invite psychological researchers to consider the benefits of a more, what we term, reflexive scientific attitude. We turn in particular to recent theoretical and methodological innovations within qualitative research in order to help us progress toward a more reflexive psychological science where subjectivity is re-viewed as a resource that can be tapped in order to contextualize and enrich the psychological research process and its products.
心理学研究中的主观性问题由来已久。然而，科学心理学的实践仍然假设客观性是可取的，即使不完全可能，并且主观性是必须最小化或消除的偏见来源。这种冷静的立场提供了（并将继续提供）一系列好处，尤其是对参与者相关反应的紧密关注。尽管如此，在本文中，我们质疑始终或自动努力最小化参与者和研究人员主观性的智慧，我们邀请心理研究人员考虑采取更具反思性的科学态度的好处。我们特别转向定性研究中的最新理论和方法创新，以帮助我们朝着更具反思性的心理学科学迈进，在这种科学中，主观性被视为一种可以利用的资源，以便对心理研究过程及其产品进行背景化和丰富。
