Reflexive Journaling on Emotional Research Topics: Ethical Issues for Team Researchers

• Published in: Qualitative health research Vol. 17; no. 10; pp. 1329 - 1339
• Main Author: Malacrida, Claudia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2007; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Consciousness; Disabled Persons - psychology; Documentation; Emotions; Ethical aspects; Ethical dilemmas; Ethics; Ethics, Research; Feminism; Humans; Medical ethics; Periodicals; Power; Qualitative Research; Research Personnel - ethics; Research Personnel - psychology; Researcher-Subject Relations - ethics; Researcher-Subject Relations - psychology; Researchers; Self Concept; Teams; Writing; journaling; emotional research topics; reflexivity; transcription and coding; emancipatory research

Traditional epistemological concerns in qualitative research focus on the effects of researchers' values and emotions on choices of research topics, power relations with research participants, and the influence of researcher standpoints on data collection and analysis. However, the research pro...