TY - JOUR
T1 - Lived experience, reflexivity, and research on perpetrators of interpersonal violence
AU - Gilgun, Jane F.
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - When conducting phenomenological studies, researchers seek to understand the lived experience of research participants. This goal presents special challenges when the topic is the meanings of violence to perpetrators. The purpose of this article is to describe the transformations of a feminist woman's understandings of the meanings of violence to male perpetrators of interpersonal violence in a long-term life history interview project. This article, therefore, is a case study of reflexivity in action. The methodological lessons learned may be instructive to other researchers interested in phenomenological research on interpersonal violence and other sensitive topics.
AB - When conducting phenomenological studies, researchers seek to understand the lived experience of research participants. This goal presents special challenges when the topic is the meanings of violence to perpetrators. The purpose of this article is to describe the transformations of a feminist woman's understandings of the meanings of violence to male perpetrators of interpersonal violence in a long-term life history interview project. This article, therefore, is a case study of reflexivity in action. The methodological lessons learned may be instructive to other researchers interested in phenomenological research on interpersonal violence and other sensitive topics.
KW - Chicago school of sociology
KW - Interpersonal violence
KW - Phenomenological research
KW - Reflexivity
KW - Research on sensitive topics
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U2 - 10.1177/1473325008089629
DO - 10.1177/1473325008089629
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:43949088489
SN - 1473-3250
VL - 7
SP - 181
EP - 197
JO - Qualitative Social Work
JF - Qualitative Social Work
IS - 2
ER -