Balancing Act: An Exploration of Mental Wellbeing, Bisexual Identity, and Monogamy

1.双性恋者如何在一夫一妻制的关系中保持双性恋的身份？2.一夫一妻制的双性恋者如何管理他们的幸福？一个定性的，多模态的方法将被采用，利用口头和视觉方法。赋予话语特权的研究方法会产生局限性，因为话语仍然嵌入在先前存在的文化叙事中（Majumdar，2011），这使得人们很难清楚地表达出存在于二元分类之外的身份（Bowes-Catton，Barker和理查兹，2011年）。视觉方法因此特别突出，因为它们有可能超越话语结构，创造了一个焦点的转移，从参与者对他们的经历的看法，到探索一种经历是什么样的，因为它是livedthrough（Del Busso，2011）。例如，照片允许参与者访问更具体的记忆，提供对主观，关系和空间定位体验的更深入探索（Majumdar，2011）。与传统研究方法相比，多模式方法也使边缘化群体的参与者能够在更大程度上获得发言权（Bowes-Catton et al，2011; Majumdar，2011）。因此，将使用半结构化个人访谈结合照片制作/启发。

1. How do bisexual people go about maintaining a bisexual identity from within amonogamous relationship?2. How do monogamous bisexuals manage their wellbeing?A qualitative, multi-modal approach will be employed, utilising both verbal and visualmethods. Research methodologies that privilege discourse create limitations, as discourseremains embedded within pre-existing cultural narratives (Majumdar, 2011), making itdifficult to articulate identities that exist outside of dichotomous categories (Bowes-Catton,Barker, and Richards, 2011).Visual methods are therefore particularly salient due to their potential for moving beyonddiscursive constructions, creating a shift in focus away from what participants think abouttheir experiences and onto the exploration of what an experience was like as it was livedthrough (Del Busso, 2011). For example, photographs allow participants to access morespecific memories, providing a deeper exploration of subjective, relational, and spatiallylocated experiences (Majumdar, 2011). Multi-modal methodologies also enable participantsfrom marginalised groups to gain a voice to a greater extent than with traditional researchmethods (Bowes-Catton et al, 2011; Majumdar, 2011).Therefore, semi-structured individual interviews in combination with photoproduction/elicitation will be used.