Recovering from Doing Research as a Survivor Researcher

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dc.contributor.authorMichell, D.E.
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIn this paper I explore the research process I undertook to recover from research. For three years from 2013 I was involved in a research project exploring the history of foster care in Australia. At the end I was exhausted and suffering trauma symptoms I initially attributed to the difficulties of juggling a major research project while teaching and undertaking key administrative tasks. Reluctance to write up the research findings, however, made me reconsider this attribution and at the end of 2016 I set out to make sense of what had happened to make me feel so bad while undertaking a research project I was thrilled to be involved with. Recovery came through identifying as a survivor-researcher, exploring the literature on trauma and recovery from trauma, and thinking through a “wish list” of protocols and self-care activities I should have put in place earlier. I conclude the paper with recommendations for ways by which survivorresearchers can look after themselves, and ways for others to support survivor-researchers.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityDee E. Michell
dc.identifier.citationQualitative Report: an online journal dedicated to qualitative research since 1990, 2020; 25(5):1377-1392
dc.identifier.doi10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4048
dc.identifier.issn1052-0147
dc.identifier.issn2160-3715
dc.identifier.orcidMichell, D.E. [0000-0002-4243-4806]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/140339
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNova Southeastern University
dc.rights© 2020: Dee Michell and Nova Southeastern University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
dc.source.urihttps://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol25/iss5/14/
dc.subjectQualitative Inquiry; Survivor-Researcher; Vicarious Trauma; Survivor Guilt; Retraumatization; Vicarious Resilience; Post-Traumatic Growth
dc.titleRecovering from Doing Research as a Survivor Researcher
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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