探索语言选择的作用:改变研究动态和关系的催化剂。

IF 2.6 2区 医学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Qualitative Health Research Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-02 DOI:10.1177/10497323251315444
Pei-Jung Li, Xinqing Dorcas Miao
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随着美国多文化和多语言人口的增加,卫生服务提供者和研究人员正在努力提高跨文化和跨语言互动的质量,促进更公平的卫生服务、研究实践和结果。然而,研究提出了忽视或排除非英语语言选择及其使用者的担忧,突出了道德和权力相关问题。在这项研究中,我们采访了29名来自不同学科和国籍的国际学生,以探讨语言在定性研究中的作用和多语言使用的潜在好处。在访谈开始时,我们明确邀请参与者选择他们喜欢的语言。在访谈结束时,我们鼓励参与者反思他们的语言选择和用法。通过这些反思,我们发现了参与者、研究人员和环境之间的一些交叉关系:(1)在个人层面上,参与者描述了用非母语叙事时所经历的认知负荷,以及他们在使用母语时所感受到的情感细微差别。(2)参与者根据受众/研究人员定制他们的叙述,认识到在使用某些语言时,文化知识、规范和文化上适当的互动是预期的。他们还会考虑研究人员的立场,选择一种他们认为对研究人员最有利的语言。(3)参与者的语言选择反映了他们对研究的假设和他们在访谈中分享的生活世界经验。(4)通过提供语言选择和切换语言的选项,研究人员改变了参与者对研究的假设,促进了更多超越和相互尊重的互动。
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Exploring the Role of Language Choice: A Catalyst for Transforming Research Dynamics and Relationships.

With the increasing multicultural and multilingual populations in the United States, health providers and researchers are striving to improve the quality of cross-cultural and cross-lingual interactions and promote more equitable health services, research practices, and outcomes. However, research has raised concerns about neglecting or excluding non-English language options and their speakers, highlighting ethical and power-related issues. In this study, we interviewed 29 international students from diverse disciplines and nationalities to explore the role of language and the potential benefits of multilingualism in qualitative research. At the beginning of the interviews, we explicitly invited participants to choose their preferred language(s). At the end of the interviews, we encouraged participants to reflect on their language choices and usage. Through these reflections, we uncovered several intersecting relationships among participants, researchers, and settings: (1) At the individual level, participants described the cognitive load experienced when narrating in a non-native language, as well as the emotional nuances they felt when comparing it to using their native languages. (2) Participants tailored their narratives to the audiences/researchers, recognizing that cultural knowledge, norms, and culturally appropriate interactions are expected when using certain languages. They also considered the researchers' positions, selecting a language they believed would be most beneficial to the researchers. (3) Participants' language choices reflected their assumptions about research and their lifeworld experiences shared during the interviews. (4) By offering language choices and the option to switch languages, researchers transformed participants' presumptions about research, fostering more transcendent and mutually respectful interactions.

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CiteScore
6.80
自引率
6.20%
发文量
109
期刊介绍: QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH is an international, interdisciplinary, refereed journal for the enhancement of health care and to further the development and understanding of qualitative research methods in health care settings. We welcome manuscripts in the following areas: the description and analysis of the illness experience, health and health-seeking behaviors, the experiences of caregivers, the sociocultural organization of health care, health care policy, and related topics. We also seek critical reviews and commentaries addressing conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues pertaining to qualitative enquiry.
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