A Qualitative Approach to the Intersection of Sexual, Ethnic, and Gender Identities.
In this paper we report on a new qualitative instrument designed to study the intersection of identities related to sexuality and race/ethnicity, and how people who hold those identities interact with social contexts. Researchers often resort to using separate measures to assess race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other target identities. But this approach can miss elements of a self-system that stem from the intersection of identities, the interactions between identities and social contexts, related shifts in identity over time, and related changes in the prominence and valence of identities. Using a small sub-sample, we demonstrate how our instrument can help researchers overcome these limitations. Our instrument was also designed for economy in administration and analysis, so that it could be used as a qualitative complement in large survey research.
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences ; New School University, Graduate Faculty, Sociology Department.
Rafael F
RF
Narvaez
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences.
Ilan H
IH
Meyer
Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry.
Robert M
RM
Kertzner
City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center, Doctoral Program in Psychology (Social-Personality).
Suzanne C
SC
Ouellette
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences.
Allegra R
AR
Gordon
ethnicity; gay; identity; intersectionality; lesbian; mental health; minorities; qualitative method; race; sexuality; stress
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