Am I rambling?' on the advantages of interviewing couples together

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ID2403527
AutoresMargunn Bjørnholt (0000-0003-1801-5465, Nordic Women’s University, Norway), Gunhild R Farstad (0000-0001-6882-6341, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Norway)
Ano2014
Volume14
Fascículo1
Páginas3-19
Data de publicação2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1468-7941 • E-ISSN: 1741-3109
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468794112459671
OpenAlexW2170560832
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas85
Referências citadas20

This article addresses a methodological controversy regarding the question of whether couples should ideally be interviewed together or apart. It draws on three different studies in which joint couple interviews were used either as the sole source of data or in combination with individual interviews. The authors focus on the specifics and strengths of joint couple interviews, and they argue that interviewing couples together has several advantages, such as solving the ethical problems of anonymity and consent among interviewees, and results in the production of rich data, including observational data. Furthermore, the authors point to the practical advantages of conducting joint interviews with couples. In taking a relational view of the self and of what is produced in research interviews, the authors propose to apply the concept of family display, originally proposed by Janet Finch. It is argued that the researcher may be seen as one of many possible audiences for this type of family practice

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