USING FOCUS GROUPS TO FACILITATE CULTURALLY ANCHORED RESEARCH
USING FOCUS GROUPS TO FACILITATE CULTURALLY ANCHORED RESEARCH
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DOI：
10.1007/bf00942247
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发表时间：
1993-12-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
DUMONT, K
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作者：
HUGHES, D;DUMONT, K
学者们已经认识到，有必要将有关社会和心理过程的科学知识锚在所研究的特定人群的规范、价值观和经验中。本文介绍了如何焦点小组可以纳入规划阶段的研究计划，以促进这些目标。在简要概述了焦点小组研究的核心组成部分后，本文以一个涉及双职工非裔美国人家庭的研究项目为例。本文介绍了如何（a）文化知识的识别和（B）访问的语言参与者用来思考和谈论一个话题可以帮助研究人员制定一个概念框架，确定重要的结构，并开发适当的工具来评估结构。焦点小组研究的一些优点和局限性进行了讨论。
Scholars have acknowledged the need to anchor scientific knowledge about social and psychological processes in the norms, values, and experiences of the particular population under study. This article describes how focus groups can be incorporated into the planning stages of a research program to facilitate these goals. After a brief overview of the central components of focus group research, an example from a program of research involving dual-earner African American families is used to as an illustration. The article describes how (a) the identification of cultural knowledge and (b) access to the language participants use to think and talk about a topic can help researchers formulate a conceptual framework; identify important constructs, and develop appropriate instruments for assessing constructs. Some strengths and limitations of focus group research are discussed.