Pre-Understanding—A Threat to Validity in Qualitative Caring Science Research?
| Autor: | Lina Palmér, Maria Nyström, Margaretha Ekeberg, Elisabeth Lindberg, Katarina Karlsson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal for Human Caring. 26:254-262 |
| ISSN: | 2578-2304 1091-5710 |
| DOI: | 10.20467/ijhc-2021-0013 |
| Popis: | This article is devoted to reflections on how to prevent pre-understanding from influencing the research process and jeopardizing the validity of a study. Influences from preunderstanding are exemplified from empirical lifeworld-led caring science research. Finally, there is a discussion of preunderstanding as a natural attitude and therefore also an important part of the lifeworld. It is concluded that validity requires a self-critical approach. It is suggested that a descriptive analysis, where the findings are fairly close to the data, involves a less problematic approach than research, which requires special attention to pre-understanding in connection with different levels of interpretation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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