Exploring the Concept of Moral Distress with Community-Based Researchers

An Australian Study

Bibliographic Data

ID11215716
AuthorsNaomi Sunderland (0000-0002-6589-3968, Center for National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine, and Griffith University, Research Centre for Population and Community Health, Research Center for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Queensland, Australia, corresponding author), Tara Catalano (Center for National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine, and Griffith University, Research Centre for Population and Community Health, Research Center for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Queensland, Australia), Elizabeth Kendall (0000-0003-2399-1460, Center for National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine, and Griffith University, Research Centre for Population and Community Health, Research Center for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Queensland, Australia), Donna Mcauliffe (0000-0002-6584-0540, Griffith University), Lesley Chenoweth (Griffith University)
Year2011
Volume37
Issue1
Pages73-85
Publication date2011-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Service Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0148-8376 • E-ISSN: 1540-7314
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01488376.2011.524526
OpenAlexW2060055879
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited7

Community-based research (CBR) refers to an applied research methodology that is conducted in community settings in partnership between academic and nonacademic participants in research. This article reports on a series of in-depth interviews conducted with 11 Australian CBR researchers between 2008 and 2009. The interviews were designed to explore whether university-employed CBR researchers experience the particular phenomenon of “moral distress,” or feelings of helplessness to act in accordance with one's moral values due to systemic or institutional constraints. Study results found that the CBR researchers experienced unavoidable moral distress at varying levels of intensity related to blurred boundaries between settings, participants, and stakeholders. Based on the outcomes of this study, further research and enhanced professional development and training practices are recommended

Distress · Feeling · General partnership · Learned helplessness · Medical education · Phenomenon · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Ethics in medical practice · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Psychology

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