Compassion Stress and the Qualitative Researcher
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5454783 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen B Rager (University of Oklahoma, Norman, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 423-430 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732304272038 |
| PMID | 15761109 |
| OpenAlex | W2101669374 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 55 |
| References cited | 3 |
Human subjects are carefully protected in the research process. However, the same consideration is not currently being given to the qualitative researcher, even those investigating topics that are likely to elicit powerful emotions. The role of researcher's emotional responses and the self-care strategies that, in some circumstances, are appropriate for the researcher and other research support personnel have not received the attention they deserve in qualitative research literature. Based on experience in conducting research on the topic of self-directed learning and breast cancer, and on the limited literature available, the author makes the case for the use of strategies such as counseling, peer debriefing, and journal writing as means of dealing with the potential for 'compassion stress' as experienced by the researcher and other research support personnel. She also suggests that the preparation of social science researchers should include information on appropriate self-care strategies
Compassion · Debriefing · Medical education · Qualitative research · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Medicine · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
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‘These are not just pieces of paper’
Hidden Ethnography
Practical and Ethical Dilemmas in Researching Sensitive Topics with Populations Considered Vulnerable
Researcher–researched relationship in qualitative research
Researcher risks
Bearing witness to witnesses
Gatekeeping, Rapport, and Ethical Vulnerability
Instruction on the front lines
An Overview of Research on Secondary Traumatic Stress in K-12 Teaching
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Empathic strain in qualitative trauma research
A Model of Sustainable Distributed Service Delivery in Organizations With Compassion-Based Missions
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Ethnographic engagement from within a Football in the Community programme at an English Premier League football club
Methodological challenges of sensitive topic research with adolescents
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Changing personas and evolving identities
Researcher vulnerability
Researching in fragile contexts
Exploiting Loss
A path forward for qualitative research on sustainability in the Covid-19 pandemic
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Echoes of the Field
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An Exploration Into the Processes of Change in a Non-Residential “Fusion” Therapeutic Community
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Expanding the Notion of Researcher Distress
Experiences of Conducting Research With Vulnerable and Disempowered Participants in a Developing Country
Contradictions and Misperceptions
Ethnography of User Involvement
Reflections and Recommendations for Conducting In-Depth Interviews With People With Dementia
Feeling Their Stories
Researcher Self-Care in Emotionally Demanding Research
Exposing the Backstage
Utilizing Participants' Strengths to Reduce Risk of Harm in a Study of Family Estrangement
Researcher Saturation
Ethical Components of Researcher-Researched Relationships in Qualitative Interviewing
On the Potential of Being a Village Boy
Emotions and the Research Interview
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| Unique citing works | 55 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 51 |