Doctoral Dissertation Research: In Service of Those Who Serve: An Ethnography of Psychologists, Ethics, and the Care of Soldiers

博士生沙娜·莱辛(纽约市立大学研究生中心)将在文森特·克拉潘扎诺博士的指导下，研究学科历史、机构和实践如何塑造职业和道德目标。她将关注的案例是军事心理学家。在关于士兵心理护理的争论的背景下，研究人员将研究伦理问题是如何在治疗、诊断和产生权威知识的日常工作中被处理的。这项研究的结果将为从业者如何在临床和军事机构优先事项之间进行谈判提供情境分析。研究将在11个月内进行。在第一阶段，研究人员将对华盛顿特区地区的军事心理学专业文化进行民族志调查。在第二阶段，她将把注意力转移到为军事基地士兵服务的心理学家身上。她将使用社会科学方法的组合来收集数据，包括采访和参与当地活动的观察。数据收集将集中在机构结构、职业文化、理论和临床方法；职业伦理话语和框架；伦理冲突的识别和解决。这项研究的发现将有助于社会科学理解个人和职业伦理与机构背景之间的关系。通过调查军事心理学家对当前军事治疗模式的价值和有效性的看法，本研究将扩大对军队心理卫生保健影响因素的理解。支持这项研究也支持研究生的教育。

Doctoral student Shana Lessing (Graduate Center of the City University of New York), supervised by Dr. Vincent Crapanzano, will undertake research on how professional and ethical goals may be shaped by disciplinary histories, institutions, and practices. The case on which she will focus is the military psychologist. Against a background of debate about psychological care of soldiers, the researcher will examine how ethical questions are figured in the everyday work of treating, diagnosing, and producing authoritative knowledge. Findings from the research will provide a situated analysis of how practitioners negotiate between clinical and military institutional priorities.The research will be conducted over 11 months. In Phase I, the researcher will conduct an ethnographic investigation of military psychology's professional cultures in the Washington, D.C., area. In Phase II, she will shift her attention to psychologists who serve soldiers at an army base. She will collect data using a mix of social science methodologies including interviewing and participant observation in local activities. Data collection will focus on institutional structures, professional cultures, and theoretical and clinical approaches; professional-ethical discourses and frameworks; identification and resolution of ethical conflicts.Findings from this research will contribute to social science understanding of the relationship between personal and professional ethics and institutional contexts. Investigating military psychologists' own perspectives on the value and efficacy of current treatment models in a military context, this research will expand understandings of the factors shaping mental health care in the military. Supporting this research also supports the education of a graduate student.