The social contexts of focus groups
The social contexts of focus groups
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DOI：
10.1177/0891241604266988
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发表时间：
2004-10-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Hollander, JA
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作者：
Hollander, JA
本文认为，焦点小组讨论是由多种社会背景，这是一个事实，往往被研究人员忽视。使用的数据从焦点小组研究的暴力对日常生活的影响，本文提供了一个分析四个这样的背景：联想，地位（特别是性别），会话和关系的背景。这些多重和重叠的语境在小组讨论中既助长了有问题的沉默（缺乏披露），也助长了有问题的言论（对评论的战略性塑造）。这些过程限制了焦点小组作为理解个人思想、感受或经历的工具的有用性。然而，他们使焦点小组成为分析社会互动过程的一个很好的网站。文章最后提出了建议，以改善实施和解释的焦点小组根据这一分析。
This article argues that focus group discussions are shaped by multiple social contexts, a fact that is often ignored by researchers. Using data from a focus group study of the effects of violence on everyday life, this article provides an analysis of four such contexts: the associational, status (especially gender), conversational, and relational contexts. These multiple and overlapping contexts foster both problematic silences (lack of disclosure) and problematic speech (strategic shaping of comments) in group discussions. These processes limit the usefulness of focus groups as a tool for understanding individual thoughts, feelings, or experiences. However they make focus groups an excellent site for analyzing the processes of social interaction. The article concludes with suggestions for improving the implementation and interpretation of focus groups in light of this analysis.