Methodological issues in conducting research with refugee women

Principles for recognizing and re‐centering the multiply marginalized

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ID11043544
AuthorsJessica R Goodkind (0000-0002-2038-0878, corresponding author), Zermarie Deacon (Michigan State University)
Year2004
Volume32
Issue6
Pages721-739
Publication date2004-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.20029
OpenAlexW2134609856
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited24

Many recent efforts in the field of community psychology have been dedicated to moving from values to action in incorporating diversity into our work. An essential aspect of this goal is designing research that provides opportunities for underrepresented perspectives to be heard. The voices of refugee women, in particular, are not typically incorporated in research, planning for service provision, and policy design. This article explores methodological challenges involved in conducting research with refugee women who are marginalized both within broader U.S. contexts and within their own communities. Six guiding principles are presented: 1) develop strategies for involving marginalized refugee women; 2) consider the advantages and limitations of quantitative and qualitative methodologies and be innovative about combining them; 3) prepare for extensive time and effort for quantitative measure construction; 4) consider gendered decision‐making structures in the lives of refugee women and their potential impact on the research process; 5) plan for refugee women's common triple burden of working outside of the home, managing their households, and adjusting to life in a new country; and 6) attend to refugee women's cultural norms about and unfamiliarity with the interview process. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comm Psychol 32: 721–739, 2004

Action plan · Diversity (politics) · Field (mathematics) · Management · Political science · Process (computing) · Public relations · Qualitative research · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Engineering · Gender Studies · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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