Researching Distressing Topics
Emotional Reflexivity and Emotional Labor in the Secondary Analysis of Children and Young People’s Narratives of Abuse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4181980 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sharon Jackson (0000-0002-4104-1947, University of Dundee, corresponding author), Kathryn Backett‐milburn (University of Edinburgh), Kathryn Backett-Milburn, Elinor Newall (University of Edinburgh) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244013490705 |
| OpenAlex | W2114605723 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 37 |
Qualitative researchers who explore sensitive topics may expose themselves to emotional distress. Consequently, researchers are often faced with the challenge of maintaining emotional equilibrium during the research process. However, discussion on the management of difficult emotions has occupied a peripheral place within accounts of research practice. With rare exceptions, the focus of published accounts is concentrated on the analysis of the emotional phenomena that emerge during the collection of primary research data. Hence, there is a comparative absence of a dialogue around the emotional dimensions of working with secondary data sources. This article highlights some of the complex ways in which emotions enter the research process during secondary analysis, and the ways in which we engaged with and managed emotional states such as anger, sadness, and horror. The concepts of emotional labor and emotional reflexivity are used to consider the ways in which we "worked with" and "worked on" emotion. In doing so, we draw on our collective experiences of working on two collaborative projects with ChildLine Scotland in which a secondary analysis was conducted on children's narratives of distress, worry, abuse, and neglect
Anger · Anxiety · Distress · Distressing · Feeling · Narrative · Neglect · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Sadness · Sociology · Worry · Data Analysis and Archiving · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2,77 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |