title: Conducting a multi family member interview study.
abstract: Family researchers have long recognized the utility of incorporating interview data from multiple family members. Yet, relatively few contemporary scholars utilize such an approach due to methodological underdevelopment. This article contributes to family scholarship by providing a roadmap for developing and executing in-depth interview studies that include more than one family member. Specifically, it outlines the epistemological frames that most commonly underlie this approach, illustrates thematic research questions that it best addresses, and critically reviews the best methodological practices of conducting research with this approach. The three most common approaches are addressed in depth: separate interviews with each family member, dyadic or group interviews with multiple family members, and a combined approach that uses separate and dyadic or group interviews. This article speaks to family scholars who are at the beginning stages of their research project but are unsure of the best qualitative approach to answer a given research question.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Sociology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reczek
mesh_terms: D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Interview Methods; Multi Family Member Interviews; Qualitative Research; entrevistas a varios miembros de la familia; investigación cualitativa; métodos de entrevista; 多名家庭成员访谈; 定性研究; 访谈方法