Abstract

ALENCAR-RODRIGUES, Roberta de; CANTERA, Leonor M.  and  OCAMPO MORE, Carmen L. Ojeda. Research about gender violence: practical guide. Temas psicol. [online]. 2014, vol.22, n.1, pp. 79-91. ISSN 1413-389X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.9788/TP2014.1-07.

This paper aims to describe the experience of finding participants for a qualitative research on gender violence against Latin American immigrant women. The challenges in reaching the research sample, strategies to achieve the aimed number of participants, as well as ethical aspects involved in studying gender violence are discussed in this work. The problem found on the methodology can reflect the obstacles that impede women to seek help. It seems that there are similar barrier in the field of research and intervention about violence that should be identified. Finally, advice is given on the impact produced by the interviews on the researchers' lives and we recommend that they adopt strategies in order to balance personal and professional life.

Keywords : Qualitative research; gender violence; ethical issues.

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