Class matters: interviewing across social class boundaries

Mao, Jina; Feldman, Elana

doi:10.1080/13645579.2018.1535879

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“…When it comes to in-person data collection, recent methodological literature has been as varied as the many methods that domain contains, but it has included debates about the interpretation of interviews and ensuring rigor in qualitative data collection (Hughes et al, 2020;Hammersley, 2020;Edwards & Holland, 2020;Jenner & Myers, 2019), interrogating the unstructured interactions around quantitative data collection (Ongena & Dijkstra, 2020;Schaeffer, 2020;Conrad & Schober, 2020;Ting & Fitzgerald, 2019), reflections on positionality and the identities of researchers (Islam, 2020;Rogers, 2020;Pritchard, 2019), and how differences between researchers and participants may be overcome in order that all sections of the population are included (Brooks et al, 2019;Kianersi et al, 2019;Kruger et al, 2019;Mao & Feldman, 2019), as well as the role of psychometrics (Wijsen & Borsboom, 2021). Only a handful of the papers cited in the preceding two paragraphs are focused on populations in the Global South.…”

Section: Global Debatementioning

confidence: 99%

Replicable quality across every channel: the Busara research agenda on methods in the Global South

Lab¹,

Mughogho²,

Owsley³

2021

Preprint

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Any act of measurement brings with it concerns about data quality and replication. Yet very little of this work has focused in detail on the specific measurement and data quality concerns related to conducting research in the Global South. Busara operates both remote and in-person data collection, employing everything from photovoice to laboratory ‘games’ to list experiments. Across both of these domains, we will build on our long tradition of careful testing of measures and techniques to ensure high levels of access, response, attention and comprehension. We will examine what methodological practices work best for various populations, especially those with the least social power, in the Global South, to maintain data quality (this differs from our closely related program of work on cross-cultural validation of behavioral science constructs). Busara is well-positioned to do this, and to disseminate protocols for the use of these methods.

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Section: Global Debatementioning

confidence: 99%

Replicable quality across every channel: the Busara research agenda on methods in the Global South

Lab¹,

Mughogho²,

Owsley³

2021

Preprint

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“…It follows Pierre Bourdieu's (1987) legacy, particularly his demonstration that economic, social, and cultural capital stratifies social lives, affects life chances and coping strategies, and, with personal dispositions (habitus), creates social class. Individuals from homogenous social class environments tend to share similar habitus, or lifestyles and schemata that emerge in early childhood and usually prevail throughout life (Mao and Feldman 2019). A robust body of research has shown that social class includes a significant psychological dimension that affects an individual's life chances (Lareau 2011; Manstead 2018).…”

Section: Social Class High‐ses Status and The Selfmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This study proposes a unique exploration of the intersection among high‐SES adults, ERs, and the self. It draws on the psychology of social class and the importance of social class to self and identity processes (Easterbook, Kuppens, and Manstead 2020; Greitemeyer and Sagioglou 2018; Mao and Feldman 2019). We employ ERs in an innovative way to uncover cultural characteristics through the exploration of individual perceptions and strategies.…”

Section: The Intersection Of High‐ses Adults Ers and The Selfmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Experience of Entitlement: The Intersection of High Socioeconomic Status, Self, and Early Recollections

Levitt-Frank¹,

Shoshana²

2021

Ethos

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This qualitative study explores the links between high socioeconomic class, self, and adults’ early recollections. Social class affects psychological functioning and the concept of self. Early recollections—specific memories from childhood—depict individuals’ core concepts about self and life. We conducted semi‐structured interviews with 14 high‐socioeconomic‐status participants and elicited at least 3 early recollections per participant (resulting in a total of 50 recollections). Themes that emerged from analysis of the early recollections include a capacity for controlling reality, sense of entitlement, and self‐focus. Sense of entitlement includes the categories of uniqueness, deserving special attention, and taking a critical stand. We view these characteristics as both personal assets and expressions of a collective class‐related superior sense of self. We suggest that together, these qualities serve as a mechanism for cultivating privileges and an elite sense of self. We encourage increased awareness and sensitivity toward the multifaceted power of these resources in educational and therapeutic settings. [social class, self, early recollection, sense of entitlement] חווית זכאות: המפגש בין מעמד סוציו אקונומי גבוה, העצמי וזכרונות מוקדמים תקציר: מחקר איכותני זה בוחן את היחסים בין מעמד סוציו אקונומי גבוה, מושג‐העצמי וזכרונות מוקדמים של מבוגרים. מעמד חברתי נמצא במחקרים קודמים כקשור במושג העצמי ובתפקוד פסיכולוגי. זכרונות מוקדמים, זכרונות ספציפיים מתקופת הילדות, מייצגים את תפיסות הפרט לגבי העצמי ולגבי החיים. קיימנו ראיונות חצי מובנים עם 14 משתתפים מהמעמד הסוציו אקונומי הגבוה, ואספנו לפחות שלושה זכרונות מוקדמים מכל משתתף (סה”כ חמישים זכרונות). התימות שהופיעו בנתונים כוללות את היכולת לשלוט במציאות, תחושת זכאות ומיקוד בעצמי. תחושת זכאות כוללת קטגוריות של ייחודיות, זכאות לתשומת לב מיוחדת, ונקיטת עמדה ביקורתית. אנו רואים מאפיינים אילו הן כמשאבים אישיים, והן כביטויים של תפיסת עצמ הקשורה למעמד. אנו מציעים שאיכויות אילו ביחד משמשים כמנגנון המטפח תפיסת עצמי אליטיסטית.

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“…More recently, Easterbook et al (2020) invited researchers to focus on the importance of social class to "self and identity processes" (p. 16). Additionally, Mao and Feldman (2019) claimed there was insufficient qualitative research on the psychology of class. Following these leads, this study used a qualitative examination of the links among low SES, the self, and adults' ERs in Israeli society.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Sitting in the back seat”: The convergence of early recollections, self and others, and low socioeconomic class

Levitt-Frank

Shoshana

2022

Curr Psychol

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This qualitative study examines the links between early recollections, self and others, and low socioeconomic class. Early recollections-specific memories from childhood-illustrate individuals' core concepts about self and life. Social class is a cultural context that affects psychological processes. We conducted semistructured interviews with 12 low socioeconomic status participants and elicited at least 3 early recollections per participant (totaling 42 recollections). Themes that emerged from analysis of the early recollections include divided reality; creating meaning in the present (including enjoying life and making do with what one has); a parental role of admiration, security, and compensation; and social interest. We regard these strategies as creative assets and mechanisms to deal with a lack of control and resources, sense of constraint, and hierarchical and classed society. We encourage educational and therapeutic frameworks to recognize these assets as facets of psychological and cultural capital.

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Class matters: interviewing across social class boundaries

Cited by 13 publications

References 68 publications

Replicable quality across every channel: the Busara research agenda on methods in the Global South

Replicable quality across every channel: the Busara research agenda on methods in the Global South

An Experience of Entitlement: The Intersection of High Socioeconomic Status, Self, and Early Recollections

“Sitting in the back seat”: The convergence of early recollections, self and others, and low socioeconomic class

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