Giving voice—And the numbers, too: Mixed methods research in community psychology.

Exploring online and gaming communities through community psychology

“…Mixed methods approaches address biases that qualitative and quantitative methods have when used independently. They can bring out a more nuanced understanding of phenomena, allow researchers to find contradictions in the data, and push boundaries on a study's breadth and depth (Campbell et al, 2017). Mixed methods can also be used to test whether existing measures are contextually meaningful, which is important considering how difficult it has been to study sense of online community.…”

“…However, there seem to be challenges specifying exactly what desire for community means regarding online worlds and how technology can affect our sense of community in general. Perhaps mixed methods can help triangulate a definition of sense of community (Campbell, Shaw, & Gregory, 2017). Reaching a consensus on sense of online community will help us to further explore what factors lend themselves to strong online communities.…”

Mixed Methods Community-Engaged Evaluation: Integrating Interventionist and Action Research Frameworks to Understand a Community-Building Violence Prevention Program

“…In particular, the current study aims to illustrate an integrated approach that can help de-silo the MMR conversations about evaluation research, discussions that seem to focus either on heavily researcher-initiated designs like RCTs or participatory designs such as CBPR that are participant-led. The current study integrated two frameworks described by Drabble and O'Cathain (2015)—the temporal and process evaluation approaches and also used elements of community-based MMR (Badiee et al, 2012; Campbell et al, 2017; DeJonckheere et al, 2019) but without being fully participatory action research. The study illustrates what might be gained by blending these approaches particularly for evaluating community-engaged programs.…”

“…A number of recent theoretical discussions have pointed to the importance of mixed methods research (MMR) for “interventionist evaluation” and “dissemination and implementation” of health related programs (Fetters & Molina-Azorin, 2020; Palinkas & Cooper, 2017). Arguments have also been made about the utility of MMR for community-based work, particularly a focus on work with communities that have been traditionally under-resourced and marginalized (Badiee et al, 2012; Campbell et al, 2017; DeJonckheere et al, 2019). Both lines of discussion can be grounded in the paradigm of “dialectical pluralism” that highlights the new synthesis of ideas that emerge from many viewpoints on an issue (Johnson & Schoonenboom, 2016).…”

Leading the Way on Diversity: Community Psychology's Evolution from Invisible to Individual to Contextual

“…Our field has matured tremendously in terms of embracing a wide range of research and intervention approaches that are consonant with thinking contextually and providing critical, locally grounded approaches (Bond et al., ; Dutta, ; Jason & Glenwick, ; Lykes, ). We embrace an increasing number of research methods that have the agility to incorporate multiple levels of analysis both through statistical modeling (Fowler & Todd, ; Todd, Allen & Javdani, ) and through the use of mixed methods (Campbell, Shaw & Gregory, ). Langout (this issue) has articulated an exciting and challenging call for a methodology of diffraction.…”