Ethical Dilemmas of a Clinician/Researcher Interviewing Women who have Grown up in a Family Where There was Domestic Violence

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Clarissa SammutScerri¹ 

关键词: ethical dilemmas;    Interviewing;    sensitive topics;    interpersonal violence;    grounded theory study;    trauma research;    research reflexivity;   

DOI  :  10.1177/160940691201100201

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

This paper attempts to illuminate some of the ethical dilemmas of a clinician/researcher interviewing women about a sensitive topic- their experience of having witnessed domestic violence in the family they grew up in, as part of a grounded theory study. Vignettes are presented to illustrate the self-reflexive process of the researcher and how she understood the effects of the interview process on her and the participants. The authors argue that doing in-depth qualitative research interviewing is an intervention in the life of the participants, especially, but not only, when the researchers are clinically-trained. However, this clinical training may also be an important resource from which to draw from, to act ethically and understand some of the complexity of the interaction between researcher and participants.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC