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Reflections on the challenges of understanding racial, cultural and sexual differences in couple relationship research
In the field of systemic psychotherapy there has been much recent interest in the areas of culture and reflexivity, and in working with couples. In this article we reflect on the process of conducting research in these areas. Drawing on findings from a large, national, empirical mixed-methods study...
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BlackWell Publishing Ltd
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4368380/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25820766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12044 |
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description | In the field of systemic psychotherapy there has been much recent interest in the areas of culture and reflexivity, and in working with couples. In this article we reflect on the process of conducting research in these areas. Drawing on findings from a large, national, empirical mixed-methods study on long-term relationships, we use two examples from the data to illustrate the complexity of researching across racial, cultural and sexual differences, in terms of research design and sampling, fieldwork and research practice, and making sense of multidimensional data. We point to findings that suggest that notions of coupledom are culturally constructed and thus challenge straightforward ideas of the procreative, sexually active couple dyad, separate from intergenerational extended families. The clinical significance of the findings for both lesbian, gay, bisexual or queer and culturally diverse couples and families are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-43683802015-03-25 Reflections on the challenges of understanding racial, cultural and sexual differences in couple relationship research Gabb, Jacqui Singh, Reenee J Fam Ther Original Articles In the field of systemic psychotherapy there has been much recent interest in the areas of culture and reflexivity, and in working with couples. In this article we reflect on the process of conducting research in these areas. Drawing on findings from a large, national, empirical mixed-methods study on long-term relationships, we use two examples from the data to illustrate the complexity of researching across racial, cultural and sexual differences, in terms of research design and sampling, fieldwork and research practice, and making sense of multidimensional data. We point to findings that suggest that notions of coupledom are culturally constructed and thus challenge straightforward ideas of the procreative, sexually active couple dyad, separate from intergenerational extended families. The clinical significance of the findings for both lesbian, gay, bisexual or queer and culturally diverse couples and families are discussed. BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015-04 2014-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4368380/ /pubmed/25820766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12044 Text en © 2014 The Authors. Journal of Family Therapy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Gabb, Jacqui Singh, Reenee Reflections on the challenges of understanding racial, cultural and sexual differences in couple relationship research |
title | Reflections on the challenges of understanding racial, cultural and sexual differences in couple relationship research |
title_full | Reflections on the challenges of understanding racial, cultural and sexual differences in couple relationship research |
title_fullStr | Reflections on the challenges of understanding racial, cultural and sexual differences in couple relationship research |
title_full_unstemmed | Reflections on the challenges of understanding racial, cultural and sexual differences in couple relationship research |
title_short | Reflections on the challenges of understanding racial, cultural and sexual differences in couple relationship research |
title_sort | reflections on the challenges of understanding racial, cultural and sexual differences in couple relationship research |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4368380/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25820766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12044 |
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