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ArticleAmerican journal of community psychology2023

Mixed methods in community psychology: A values-forward synthesis.

Shabnam Javdani, Sadie E Larsen, Nicole E Allen, Allyson M Blackburn, Breana Griffin, Agnes Rieger

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Article in American journal of community psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shabnam JavdaniDepartment of Applied Psychology, New York University, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3949-1970
Sadie E LarsenDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of WI, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7365-6199
Nicole E AllenDepartment of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Allyson M BlackburnDepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA.
Breana GriffinDepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA.
Agnes RiegerDepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA.

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NIMH NIH HHS L40 MH108089
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Abstract

Mixed methods research (MMR) combines multiple traditions, methods, and worldviews to enrich research design and interpretation of data. In this virtual special issue, we highlight the use of MMR within the field of community psychology. The first MMR studies appeared in flagship community psychology journals over 30 years ago (in 1991). To explore the uses of MMR in the field, we first review existing literature by identifying all papers appearing in either Journal of Community Psychology or American Journal of Community Psychology in which the word "mixed" appeared. A total of 88 publications were identified. Many of these papers illustrate the pragmatic use of MMR to evaluate programs and to answer different research questions using different methods. We coded articles based on Green et al.'s classifications of the purpose of the mixing: triangulation, development, complementarity, expansion, and initiation. Complementarity was the most frequently used purpose (46.6% of articles), and nearly a quarter of articles mixed for multiple purposes (23.86%). We also coded for any community psychology values advanced by the use of mixed methods. We outline three themes here with corresponding exemplars. These articles illustrate how MMR can highlight ecological analysis and reconsider dominant, individual-level paradigms; center participant and community member experiences; and unpack paradoxes to increase the usefulness of research findings.

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PsychologyResearch DesignHumanscommunity psychologymethodsmixed methodsqualitativequantitativevalues

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PMID37786971
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