Using Photo Elicitation to Introduce a Network Perspective on Attachment During Middle Childhood

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Sophia DaphneBecke¹ 

关键词: photo elicitation;    case study;    ethnography;    ethnomethodology;    grounded theory;   

DOI  :  10.1177/1609406918797017

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

In this article, we develop a child-centered network approach to attachment during middle childhood. Following monotropic ideas, current attachment research focuses on parental attachment figures despite the expansion of the children’s social environment during middle childhood, failing to generate a comprehensive and structured overview of all individuals who ensure the children’s feeling of safety. Relying on quantitative methods, these studies are also dominated by an adult perspective, limiting the children’s contributions. While there have been theoretical drafts of attachment networks during childhood, this article constitutes the first practical implementation. Using photo elicitation interviews and participant observations, we developed an innovative assessment strategy that allows children to exhaustively identify and characterize all their attachment figures on sociostructural and functional dimensions, thus positioning the children at the center of their comprehensive attachment networks that c...

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC