TY - JOUR
T1 - Conducting longitudinal, process-oriented research with conflict-affected youth: Solving the inevitable challenges
JF - Dev Psychopathol
Y1 - 2017
A1 - Dubow, E. F.
A1 - Aber, J. L.
A1 - Betancourt, T. S.
A1 - Cummings, E. M.
A1 - Huesmann, L. R.
KW - *Adaptation, Psychological
KW - *Dissent and Disputes
KW - *Translational Medical Research
KW - Adolescent
KW - Armed Conflicts/*psychology
KW - Child
KW - Humans
KW - Interdisciplinary Communication
KW - Intersectoral Collaboration
KW - Longitudinal Studies
KW - Research Support as Topic
AB - The reader might get the impression that the four projects described in this Special Section proceeded in a systematic and predictable way. Of course, those of us engaged in each research project encountered pitfalls and challenges along the way. A main goal of this Special Section is to provide pathways and encouragement for those who may be interested in advancing high-quality research on this topic. In this paper, we describe a set of practical and ethical challenges that we encountered in conducting our longitudinal, process-oriented, and translational research with conflict-affected youth, and we illustrate how problems can be solved with the goal of maintaining the internal and external validity of the research designs. We are hopeful that by describing the challenges of our work, and how we overcame them, which are seldom treated in this or any other literature on research on child development in high-risk contexts, we can offer a realistic and encouraging picture of conducting methodologically sound research in conflict-affected contexts.
VL - 29
SN - 1469-2198 (Electronic)
0954-5794 (Linking)
N1 - Dubow, Eric F
Aber, J Lawrence
Betancourt, Theresa S
Cummings, E Mark
Huesmann, L Rowell
eng
R01 HD047814/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
2016/11/22 06:00
Dev Psychopathol. 2017 Feb;29(1):85-92. doi: 10.1017/S0954579416001176. Epub 2016 Nov 21.
ER -