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Ecocultural Adaptive Research: A Synthesis of Ecocultural Theory, Participatory Research, and Adaptive Designs
Author(s) -
Phenice Lillian A.,
Griffore Robert J.,
Hakoyama Mikiyasu,
Silvey Le Anne
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x08330683
Subject(s) - ethnic group , participatory action research , sociology , citizen journalism , community based participatory research , engineering ethics , management science , social psychology , psychology , computer science , engineering , anthropology , world wide web
Recently ethical codes of conduct for research with ethnic families, communities, and groups have emerged. Therefore, a model that includes ethical codes of conduct for researchers and ethnic participants is needed to advocate for change. By integrating aspects of ecocultural theory with the strengths of various research designs and approaches, revisions and strategic changes during the course of planning, proposing, and conducting research can result in specific applications congruent with a unique ethnic population as well as optimized outcomes. The proposed research model is a synthesis of ecocultural theory, participatory research, and adaptive designs. This research model is built on the uniqueness of the ethnic community, issues of participatory social justice and the need for sense making, and valuing the balance of power between the professional researcher and the participants of communities and groups.