Doing reflexivity in psychological research
What’s the point? What’s the practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12733136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Lazard (0000-0003-4343-0193, The Open University, corresponding author), Jean McAvoy (The Open University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-177 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Research in Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-0887 • E-ISSN: 1478-0895 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14780887.2017.1400144 |
| OpenAlex | W2766861713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 72 |
| References cited | 40 |
Reflexivity is a fundamental expectation of qualitative work in psychology (and the wider social sciences), but what it looks like and how we do it is frequently ambiguous and implicit. This makes doing reflexivity a challenging endeavor, particularly for those new to using qualitative methodologies. This article explores reflexivity as a form of critical thinking and evaluation by demarcating reflexive activity in relation to other forms of critical thinking used in psychology. Using notions of perspectival location, we shed some practical light on the objectives and processes of reflexivity, from its significance in the identification of a research topic, through designing, conducting, and writing the research report. The overarching question of “what is the point of reflexivity?” is answered through an interrogation of common assumptions around producing “good” research in psychology as well as through a series of key questions illuminating different steps in the research process. We conclude that reflexivity requires the unpacking of partial, positioned and affective perspectives we bring to the research. This process facilitates our questioning and moves us beyond our own taken-for-granted assumptions and sense-making of the social world
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| Unique citing works | 72 |
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| Citations per year | 10,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 70 |