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Hearing what research participants are really saying: The influence of researcher cultural identity
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | West, William Talib, Mansor Abu |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Description | Journal: Counselling and Psychotherapy Research This paper explores how the culture of the researcher can influence the interpretation of data collected in a qualitative study into counselling and spirituality. Counsellors or psychotherapists who were also members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) were interviewed about how their faith impacts on their therapeutic practice. The findings of this qualitative heuristic study were published (West, 1998). The researcher was white, British, male, a counsellor and a Quaker. Subsequently, five of the interview transcripts were randomly selected and given to a second researcher, who was Malaysian, male, a counsellor, and Muslim. These interviews were analysed thematically by the second researcher, without accessing the original analysis and published paper. The two analyses are presented and compared. Although there were many points of convergence, significant differences also emerged in the way the way the material was understood. A commentary on this process is offered by both researchers, and the implications of the insider/outsider distinction for research in counselling are discussed. |
| Related Links | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14733140212331384735 |
| Ending Page | 258 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 253 |
| ISSN | 14733145 |
| e-ISSN | 17461405 |
| DOI | 10.1080/14733140212331384735 |
| Journal | Counselling and Psychotherapy Research |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 2 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2002-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Spirituality Qualitative Research |
| Content Type | Text |
| Subject | Clinical Psychology Applied Psychology Psychiatry and Mental Health |
