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Field research in conflict environments: Methodological challenges and snowball sampling
Nissim Cohen,Tamar Arieli +1 more
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It is demonstrated how careful use of SSM as a ‘second best’ but still valuable methodology can help generate cooperation and make the difference between research conducted under constrained conditions and research not conducted at all.Abstract:
Conducting research in conflict environments is a challenge, given their complexity and common attitudes of distrust and suspicion. Yet, conflict and methodology are usually analyzed as separate fields of interest. Methodological aspects of field work in conflict environments have not been systematically analyzed. This article addresses the central methodological problems of research conducted in conflict environments. We suggest the use of the snowball sampling method (hereafter, SSM) as an answer to these challenges. The effectiveness of this method has been recognized as significant in a variety of cases, mainly regarding marginalized populations. We claim that in conflict environments, the entire population is marginalized to some degree, making it ‘hidden’ from and ‘hard to reach’ for the outsider researcher. The marginalization explains why it is difficult to locate, access and enlist the cooperation of the research populations, which in a non-conflict context would not have been difficult to do. SS...read more
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The impact of local immigration enforcement policies on the health of immigrant hispanics/latinos in the United States.
Scott D. Rhodes,Lilli Mann,Florence M. Simán,Eun-Young Song,Jorge Alonzo,Mario Downs,Emma Lawlor,Omar Martinez,Christina J. Sun,Mary Claire O'Brien,Beth A. Reboussin,Mark A. Hall +11 more
TL;DR: No significant differences in utilization of prenatal care before and after implementation of section 287(g) are found, but, in individual-level analysis, Hispanic/Latina mothers sought prenatal care later and had inadequate care when compared with non-Hispanic/ Latina mothers.
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Enhancing the sample diversity of snowball samples: Recommendations from a research project on anti-dam movements in Southeast Asia
Julian Kirchherr,Katrina Charles +1 more
TL;DR: This study performed the first quantitative, medium-N analysis of snowball sampling to identify pathways to sample diversity, analysing 211 reach-outs conducted via snowball sampling, resulting in 81 interviews; these interviews were administered for a research project on anti-dam movements in Southeast Asia.
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Mental Health Disorders and Associated Risk Factors in Quarantined Adults During the COVID-19 Outbreak in China: Cross-Sectional Study.
Yan Guo,Chao Cheng,Yu Zeng,Yiran Li,Mengting Zhu,Weixiong Yang,He Xu,Xiaohua Li,Jinhang Leng,Aliza Monroe-Wise,Shaomin Wu +10 more
TL;DR: There is an urgent need for psychological support for populations at high risk for elevated anxiety or depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as associated demographic and psychosocial factors.
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Ordinary People, Extraordinary Risks: Participation in an Ethnic Rebellion
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of well-established hypotheses about selfish and identity based motivations and a new hypothesis based on prospect theory were tested to understand why ordinary people take extraordinary risks and join an ethnic armed rebellion.
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Exploring how social media platforms influence fashion consumer decisions in the UK retail sector
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the levels social media (SM) platforms are influencing consumer decision-making process for Generation X and Y consumers in the retail fashion environment, and found that consumers use a variety of internal and external motivations that influence their behaviours and perceptions of high-street fashion retailers, and these factors are aided by the use of SM.
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