Ethical, Methodological, and Practical Reflections When Using Q Methodology in Research with Young Children

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Arlene Arstad Thorsen
Ingunn Størksen

Abstract

The objective of this discussion is to raise ethical, methodological, and
practical issues concerning research with young children and the use of Q
methodology through our experiences with a study of young children's
feelings when in situations related to parental divorce. Q methodology
was applied with 20 visual statements depicting a range of feelings for
five-year-old children from Norwegian daycare centers to sort according
to a "How do you generally feel?" condition of instruction. The issues
resulting from this work are ethical considerations, methodological
reflections, and practical concerns.

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Thorsen, A. A., & Størksen, I. (2010). Ethical, Methodological, and Practical Reflections When Using Q Methodology in Research with Young Children. Operant Subjectivity, 33(1/2). Retrieved from https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/osub/article/view/8825
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