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Sensitive Topics (sensitive + topics)

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Humanities and Social Sciences	42%

Selected Abstracts

Sister-to-Sister Talk: Transcending Boundaries and Challenges in Qualitative Research With Black Women,

FAMILY RELATIONS, Issue 3 2003
April L. Few
Our purpose is to discuss the challenges that Black women researchers face when doing qualitative research with Black women on sensitive topics. From a Black feminist perspective, we explore the dynamics of race, class, and gender in the informant-researcher relationship between Black women. We also share five recommendations for conducting ethical qualitative research with Black women: contextualizing research, contextualizing subjectivity, triangulating multiple sources, monitoring symbolic power, and caring in the research process. [source]

Conducting surveys on sensitive topics

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH, Issue 121 2004
John H. Pryor
Many institutions are surveying students about sensitive topics such as alcohol and drug use, sexual behavior, and academic dishonesty. Yet these can be some of the most difficult surveys to administer successfully, given reluctance on the part of respondents both to participate and to provide truthful answers. [source]

Fieldwork among the Dong national minority in Guizhou, China: Practicalities, obstacles and challenges

ASIA PACIFIC VIEWPOINT, Issue 2 2010
Candice CornetArticle first published online: 28 JUL 2010
Abstract The People's Republic of China (PRC) is increasingly open to foreigners undertaking social science fieldwork; yet obstacles remain. Working with ethnic minorities adds further complexities because of the sensitive topics such research may raise. Based on recent fieldwork among the Dong in southeast Guizhou, as the first foreign researcher to ask for and gain official permission to work in the region, this article exposes some of the challenges, both practical and methodological, of conducting research in the PRC. Gaining access to my field site was a long trek through the hierarchic maze of Chinese administration. While reflecting upon this process, I detail my negotiations with local authorities. I then examine how I found reliable statistical data, was able to access the voices of peasants, acted to protect the anonymity of dissident informants, and negotiated working with local research assistants once in the field. These aspects, in turn, highlighted the importance of considering positionality in the field. Although each person's experiences and routes to fieldwork are unique, there are recurrent issues that shape the research process in the PRC. I reflect upon a number of these here, in the hope that this can smooth the way for future researchers. [source]

HIDDEN DISCIPLINES IN MALAYSIA: THE ROLE OF BUSINESS HISTORY IN A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK

AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW, Issue 3 2009
Article first published online: 28 OCT 200, Shakila Yacob
business history; business economics; economic history; Malaysian history; multi-disciplinary studies Business history plays a crucial role in the understanding of the history and socioeconomic development of Malaysia. This paper analyses that role through an assessment of the most relevant colonial, post-colonial, and contemporary literature. Malaysian business history adopts a multidisciplinary approach, which has the potential to propel the discipline to address potentially sensitive political issues in Malaysia, though in the past business history's assimilation into other disciplines has discouraged, with notable exceptions, its potential to explore sensitive topics. In conclusion, the paper outlines the challenges faced by Malaysian business history academics and argues for extending the discipline's boundaries. [source]

Gaining ethical approval for research into sensitive topics: ,two strikes and you're out?',

BRITISH JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES, Issue 4 2003
Sarah-Jane Hays
Summary Researching sensitive topics, such as the treatment of men with intellectual disabilities and sexually abusive behaviour, present a number of ethical issues for researchers. This paper describes our experiences in working with Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committees on a research proposal designed to assess the efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy for men with intellectual disabilities who are at risk of sexual offending. After submitting to three Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committees and spending a year trying to get ethical approval, we questioned whether: , , the issue of study design should be part of the Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committees remit; , , Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committees were sufficiently responsive to concerns raised by researchers; , , Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committees always understood the research; and , , the Central Office for Research Ethics Committees should disallow re-submission after rejection by two Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committees (,two strikes and you're out'). [source]