1 University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Qual Health Res. 2018 Mar;28(4):673-680. doi: 10.1177/1049732317748896. Epub 2017 Dec 31.
The purpose of this article is to illuminate our troubles with, and troubling of, the trustworthiness dimension of balancing subjectivity and reflexivity, in qualitative research. This article evolved from debriefing sessions between three novice researchers working on a qualitative research study aimed at building understandings of the relational dynamics between adults with developmental disability diagnoses (ADevD) and their caregiving families. Following data collection, coauthors discussed interview experiences they had personally found challenging. These experiences constitute a point of departure for our examination of our researcher positions. We present a delineation of three research tensions, in the form of short "reflexive vignettes," each rooted in concern with possibly contradicting our goals of facilitating and expanding participant autonomy. We follow with recommendations about how, as researchers, our endeavor to understand participants with less conventional communication can be used to reflect and inform navigating difficulties universal to qualitative research.
本文旨在阐明我们在定性研究中平衡主观性和反思性的可信度维度方面所遇到的困惑和困扰。本文源于三位新手研究员在一项旨在深入了解发育障碍诊断成年人（ADevD）与其照顾家庭之间关系动态的定性研究项目中的讨论。在收集数据后，共同作者讨论了他们个人认为具有挑战性的访谈经验。这些经验构成了我们检查研究人员立场的起点。我们以简短的“反思性小插曲”的形式呈现了三个研究紧张局势，每个紧张局势都源于对可能与我们促进和扩大参与者自主性的目标相矛盾的担忧。我们接着提出了一些建议，说明作为研究人员，我们努力理解那些沟通方式不太传统的参与者如何可以用来反思和告知普遍存在于定性研究中的困难。
