Ethnographic Methods for Identifying Cultural Concepts of Distress: Developing Reliable and Valid Measures

Autor/inn/en	Snodgrass, Jeffrey G.; Brewis, Alexandra; Dengah, H. J. François, II; Dressler, William W.; Kaiser, Bonnie N.; Kohrt, Brandon A.; Mendenhall, Emily; Sagstetter, Seth; Weaver, Lesley J.; Zhao, Katya X.
Titel	Ethnographic Methods for Identifying Cultural Concepts of Distress: Developing Reliable and Valid Measures
Quelle	In: Field Methods, 35 (2023) 3, S.175-197 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Brewis, Alexandra) ORCID (Kohrt, Brandon A.) ORCID (Mendenhall, Emily)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-822X
DOI	10.1177/1525822X221113178
Schlagwörter	Ethnography; Research Methodology; Stress Variables; Cultural Awareness; Biomedicine; Cross Cultural Studies; Evaluation Methods; Anthropology; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Help Seeking; Pain; Depression (Psychology); Psychological Patterns; Mental Health; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Biomedizin; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Anthropologie; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Schmerz; Psychohygiene; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	We review ethnographic methods that allow researchers to assess distress in a culturally sensitive manner. We begin with an overview of standardized biomedical and psychological approaches to assessing distress cross-culturally. We then focus on literature describing the development of reliable and valid culturally sensitive assessment tools that can serve as complements or alternatives to biomedical categories and diagnostic frameworks. The methods we describe are useful in identifying forms of suffering--expressed in culturally salient idioms of distress--that might be misidentified by biomedical classifications. We highlight the utility of a cognitive anthropological theoretical approach for developing measures that attend to local cultural categories of knowledge and experience. Attending to cultural insider perspectives is necessary because expressions of distress, thresholds of tolerance for distress, expectations about stress inherent in life, conceptions of the good life, symptom expression, and modes of help-seeking vary across cultures. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01