Kantrowitz-Gordon Ira, Vandermause Roxanne
University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington, USA
Washington State University College of Nursing, Spokane, Washington, USA.
Qual Health Res. 2016 Jul;26(8):1031-43. doi: 10.1177/1049732315575729. Epub 2015 Mar 19.
In research on sensitive topics, photo-elicitation can be a profound aid to data collection and interpretation processes. Photo-elicitation methods were used in this manner in a discourse analysis of parents' distress at least 6 months after preterm birth. After an initial interview, participants were asked to take digital photographs representing their distress and to return for a second interview to discuss the photographs. The elicited photo representations supported participants' engagement with their current or past distress and generated new meanings from the reappraisal of old photographs. Photo-elicitation demonstrated the embodiment of parents' distress in the child and the placement of distress in specific locations. Photographs of documents showed the power of the written word in generating and maintaining distress. Participants used existing photographs from their child's photo history to generate rich metaphors for their distress as parents. These findings have implications for enhancing interpretive health research by incorporating photo-elicitation methods.
在对敏感话题的研究中,照片诱导法对于数据收集和解读过程可能会有极大的帮助。在一项关于早产至少6个月后父母痛苦的话语分析中,就是以这种方式使用照片诱导法的。在初次访谈之后,参与者被要求拍摄代表其痛苦的数码照片,并回来进行第二次访谈以讨论这些照片。所引出的照片呈现支持了参与者对其当前或过去痛苦的参与,并通过对旧照片的重新评估产生了新的意义。照片诱导法展示了父母的痛苦在孩子身上的体现以及痛苦在特定位置的呈现。文件照片显示了书面文字在引发和维持痛苦方面的力量。参与者利用孩子照片历史中的现有照片,为自己作为父母的痛苦创造了丰富的隐喻。这些发现对于通过纳入照片诱导法来加强诠释性健康研究具有启示意义。