Lynch Helen, Stanley Mandy
1 University College Cork, Ireland.
2 University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
OTJR (Thorofare N J). 2018 Jan;38(1):56-66. doi: 10.1177/1539449217718504. Epub 2017 Jul 14.
Researching with children is fundamental for furthering our understanding of children's occupational worlds. Furthermore, researching occupation from a transactional perspective is important for gaining a deeper understanding. However historically, most approaches to researching with children do not capture the transactional nature of occupation. The use of video methods in qualitative research is proposed as a potential solution. This article illustrates how videography can be used as an effective, inclusive qualitative research method, and uses a study of infant play occupation to illuminate video techniques. Drawing on a longitudinal study with five infants and their families, methodological challenges are presented. We discuss key considerations in data generation and analysis when utilizing videography and outline insights gained regarding infant occupational development and meaning-making in the physical environment. Video methods are an effective means of researching from a transactional perspective and have potential to strengthen occupation-centered research particularly with infants.
对儿童进行研究对于深化我们对儿童职业世界的理解至关重要。此外，从互动的角度研究职业对于获得更深入的理解很重要。然而，从历史上看，大多数针对儿童的研究方法都没有捕捉到职业的互动本质。有人提议在定性研究中使用视频方法作为一种潜在的解决方案。本文阐述了摄像如何能够用作一种有效的、具有包容性的定性研究方法，并通过一项关于婴儿游戏活动的研究来阐明视频技术。基于一项对五名婴儿及其家庭的纵向研究，呈现了方法上的挑战。我们讨论了在利用摄像进行数据生成和分析时的关键考虑因素，并概述了在婴儿职业发展以及在物质环境中的意义建构方面所获得的见解。视频方法是从互动角度进行研究的一种有效手段，尤其对于婴儿，它有潜力加强以职业为中心的研究。
