When One Plus One Equals Three: The Role of Relationships and Context in Community Research

This paper explores the role of relationships within and between the community of the researchers and the community of the research participants, as they relate to qualitative, community psychology research. Although relationships are salient to all research, their role is particularly prominent in...

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Published inAmerican journal of community psychology Vol. 33; no. 3-4; pp. 229 - 241
Main Authors Brodsky, Anne E., Senuta, Kathleen Rogers, Weiss, Catharine L. A., Marx, Christine M., Loomis, Colleen, Arteaga, S. Sonia, Moore, Heidi, Benhorin, Rona, Castagnera-Fletcher, Alisha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 01.06.2004
Blackwell Science Ltd
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Community
community context
Community psychology
Community Research
Contextual factors
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Maryland
Middle Aged
Personal relationships
Psychological Research
qualitative
Qualitative Methods
Qualitative Research
Research Personnel
research relationship
Researcher Subject Relations
Researcher-Participant relationships
Self Efficacy
Women - education
women's communities
Maryland
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Summary:This paper explores the role of relationships within and between the community of the researchers and the community of the research participants, as they relate to qualitative, community psychology research. Although relationships are salient to all research, their role is particularly prominent in qualitative research, in which a closer rapport is established between researcher and research participant than in quantitative research, and the impact of both sides of this interaction on the research process is acknowledged. Instead of merely looking at the community and relationships of the participants, the usual focus of research, this paper also explores the often‐overlooked community and relationships of the researchers and then goes on to look at the impact on the research process of the interaction of these two separate communities. This inside story, while seldom explicitly explored or articulated, has implications for community research in general and particularly for applied research.
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ISSN:0091-0562
1573-2770
DOI:10.1023/B:AJCP.0000027008.73678.84