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

1. 在一夫一妻制的关系中，双性恋者如何维持自己的双性恋身份？一夫一妻制的双性恋者如何管理他们的幸福？将采用一种定性的、多模式的方法，利用口头和视觉方法。特权话语的研究方法产生了局限性，因为话语仍然嵌入在预先存在的文化叙事中（Majumdar, 2011），使得难以阐明存在于二元分类之外的身份（Bowes-Catton,Barker, and Richards, 2011）。因此，视觉方法特别突出，因为它们有超越话语结构的潜力，将焦点从参与者对他们的经历的看法转移到对经历的探索上（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、关系和空间定位经验的更深入的探索（Majumdar, 2011）。与传统研究方法相比，多模态方法还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等人，2011;Majumdar, 2011）。因此，将采用半结构化的个人访谈与摄影/启发相结合的方式。

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.