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身份？2.一夫一妻制的双性恋者如何管理自己的幸福？我们将采用定性的、多模式的方法，同时使用语言和视觉方法。特权话语的研究方法产生了局限性，因为话语仍然嵌入到先前存在的文化叙事中(Majudar，2011)，使得很难阐明存在于二分范畴之外的身份(Bowes-Catton，Barker和Richards，2011)。因此，视觉方法特别突出，因为它们有可能超越话语结构，创造一种转移焦点，从参与者对他们的经历的想法转移到探索经历是什么样子的(Del Busso，2011)。例如，照片允许参与者访问更特定的记忆，提供对主观的、关系的和空间位置的体验的更深层次的探索(Majudar，2011)。与传统的研究方法相比，多模式方法也能使来自边缘群体的参与者在更大程度上获得发言权(Bowes-Catton et al，2011；Majudar，2011)。因此，将使用半结构化的个人访谈和摄影制作/启发相结合的方法。

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.