title: When one plus one equals three: the role of relationships and context in community research.
abstract: This paper explores the role of relationships within and between the community of the researchers and the community of the research participants, as they relate to qualitative, community psychology research. Although relationships are salient to all research, their role is particularly prominent in qualitative research, in which a closer rapport is established between researcher and research participant than in quantitative research, and the impact of both sides of this interaction on the research process is acknowledged. Instead of merely looking at the community and relationships of the participants, the usual focus of research, this paper also explores the often-overlooked community and relationships of the researchers and then goes on to look at the impact on the research process of the interaction of these two separate communities. This inside story, while seldom explicitly explored or articulated, has implications for community research in general and particularly for applied research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, UMBC, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA. brodsky@umbc.edu
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Brodsky
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rogers Senuta
authors.forename: Catharine L A
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loomis
authors.forename: S Sonia
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Arteaga
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Rona
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benhorin
authors.forename: Alisha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castagnera-Fletcher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008396:Maryland; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012108:Research Personnel; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014930:Women / Q000193:education*