Overview
- Explores how emotions motivate reflexivity in research practice
- Discusses strategies to reflexivity through emotional involvement in the field
- Describes how reflexive strategies can be adopted through journaling, internal dialogues, peer support, academic supervision
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About this book
The book was born of the two editors, who are experienced research supervisors, observing that many PhD students struggle to manage the emotions elicited in the field when researching. They identify three main causes - health and social care deals with painful topics; observation and interviews bring student into contact with powerful feelings which need processing; there is very little advice and discussion of how a PhD student manages emotions in the field and students therefore frequently struggle on their own.Â
This insightful volume will be of great interest to scholars and students in all areas of academic study, but particularly to those who chose to study health and social care whether they are professionals or not.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Anne Arber is Senior Lecturer in Cancer and Palliative Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK. She was awarded her PhD in 2004 from Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. She conducts research in cancer and palliative care and has supervised PhD and clinical doctorate students since 2004.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Emotions and Reflexivity in Health & Social Care Field Research
Editors: Helen T. Allan, Anne Arber
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65503-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65502-4Published: 14 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88044-0Published: 05 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65503-1Published: 27 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 170
Number of Illustrations: 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Sociology, Sociology of the Body, Research Methodology, Emotion, Psychotherapy and Counseling