Speaking for ourselves: Feminist methods and community psychology

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 815-838

  Cosgrove, Lisa ^a   McHugh, Maureen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Wheatley Hall ^*

Author keywords

Epistemology; Feminist research; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL; POLITICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANECDOTES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 0034567146     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005163817007     Document Type: Article

References (87)

1. Banyard, V. L., & Miller, K. E. (1998). The powerful potential of qualitative research for community psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology, 26, 485-505.
2. Belenky, M., Clinchy, B., Goldberger, & Tarule, J. (1986). Women's was of knowing: The development of self, voice, and mind. New York: Basic Books.
3. Billig, M. (1994). Repopulating the depopulated pages of social psychology. Theory and Psychology, 4, 307-335.
4. Bleir, R. (1984). Science and gender: A critique of biology and its theories on women. New York: Pergamon.
5. Bohan, J. (1993). Regarding gender: Essentialism, constructionism and feminist psychology. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 17, 5-21.
6. Bond, M. (1997). The multi-textured lives of women of color. American Journal of Community Psychology, 25, 733-745.
7. Bowker, L. (1984). Coping with wife abuse: Personal and social Networks. In A. R. Roberts (Ed.), Battered women and their families (pp. 168-191). New York: Springer.
8. Bristow, A., & Esper, J. (1988). A feminist research ethos. In Nebraska Sociological Collective (Ed.), A feminist ethic for social science research (pp. 80-88). Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.
9. Burr, V. (1995). An introduction to social constructionism. New York: Routledge.
10. Contratto, S. (1994). A too hasty marriage: Gilligan's developmental theory and its application to feminist clinical practice. Feminism and Psychology, 4, 367-377.
11. Cosgrove, L. (March, 1999). Developing social action research for homeless women. Paper presented to the Association for Women in Psychology, Providence, RI.
12. Cosgrove, L., & McHugh, M. (1998, March). Gendered subjects in psychology: A dialogic approach. Paper presented to the Association for Women in Psychology. Baltimore, MD.
13. Davisdon, L., & Cosgrove, L. (1991). Psychologism and phenomenological psychology revisited: The liberation from naturalism. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 22, 87-108.
14. Davis, K. (1994). What's in a voice? Methods and metaphors. Feminism and Psychology, 4, 353-361.
15. Delphy, C. (1984). Close to home: A materialist analysis of women's oppression. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press.
16. Derrida, J. (1982). Margins of philosophy. (Alan Bass, Trans.). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
17. Devor, H. (1989). Gender blending: Confronting the limits of duality. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
18. Fedigan, L. M. (1997). Is primatology a feminist science? In L. Hager (Ed.), Women in human evolution. New York: Routledge.
19. Fine, M. (1992). Disruptive voices: The possibilities of feminist research. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
20. Flax, J. (1990). Thinking fragments: Psychoanalysis, feminism, & postmodernism in the contemporary West. Berkeley: University of California Press.
21. Foucault, M. (1980). The history of sexuality (Volume One). (R. Hurley, Trans.). New York: Vintage.
22. Gilligan, C. (1982). In a different voice. Cambridge MA: Harvard Univeristy Press.
23. Gremmen, I. (1994). Struggling at the crossroads. Feminism and Psychology, 4, 362-366.
24. Gondolf, T. (1985). Men who batter: An integrated approach for stopping wife abuse. Holmes Beach FL: Learning Publications.
25. Gondolf, T. (1993). Treating the batterer. In M. Hansen. & M. Harway (Eds.). Battering and family therapy: A feminist approach (pp. 105-118). Newbury Park CA: Sage.
26. Harding, S. (1986). The science question in feminism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
27. Harding, S. (1991). Whose science? Whose knowledge? Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
28. Hare-Mustin, R. (1994). Discourses in the mirrored room: A postmodern analysis of therapy. Family Process, 33, 19-35.
29. Hare-Mustin, R. T., & Marecek, J. (Eds.). (1990). Making a difference: Psychology and the construction of gender. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
30. Hare-Mustin, R. T., & Marecek, J. (1994a). Asking the right questions: Feminist psychology and sex differences. Feminism and Psychology, 4, 531-537.
31. Hare-Mustin, R. T., & Marecek, J. (1994b). Feminism and postmodernism: Dilemmas and points of resistance. Dulwich Centre Newsletter, 4, 13-19.
32. Henriques, J., Hollway, W., Urwin, C., Venn, C., & Walkerdine, V. (1984). Changing the subject. London: Methuen.
33. Hollway, W. (1989). Subjectivity and method in psychology: Gender, meaning, and science. London: Sage Publications.
34. hooks, b. (1984). Feminist theory: From margin to center. Boston: South End Press.
35. hooks, b. (1989). Talking back: Thinking feminist, thinking black. Boston: South End Press.
36. Hoshmand, L., & O'Bryne, K. (1996). Reconsidering action research as a guiding metaphor for professional psychology. Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 185-200.
37. Keller, E. F. (1985). Reflections on gender and science. New Haven, CT: Yale University.
38. Kelly, J. G. (1986). Content and process: An ecological view of the interdependence of practice and research. American Journal of Community Psychology, 14, 581-589.
39. Kelly, J. G. (1992). On teaching the practice of prevention: Integrating the concept of interdependence. In M. Kessler, S. E. Goldston, & J. M. Joffe (Eds.), The present and future of prevention: In honor of George W. Albee (pp. 251-264). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
40. Kelly, L., Burton, S., & Regan, L. (1994). Researching women's lives or studying women's oppression? Reflections on what constitutes feminist research. In M. Maynard & J. Purvis (Eds.), Researching women 's lives from a feminist perspective (pp. 22-48). London, Britain: Taylor and Francis.
41. Kessler, S., & McKenna, W. (1998). Lessons from the intersex. NJ: Rutgers University Press.
42. Kingry-Westgaard, C., & Kelly, J. (1990). A contextual epistemology for ecological research. In P. Tolan, C. Keys, F. Chertok, & J. Leonard (Eds.), Researching community psychology: Issues of theory and methods (pp. 23-31). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
43. Kitzinger, C. (1995). Introduction. In S. Wilkinson & C. Kitzinger (Eds.). Feminism and discourse: Psychological perspectives (pp. 1-9). London: Sage.
44. Lather, P. (1991). Getting smart: Feminist research and pedagogy within the postmodern. London: Routledge.
45. Lather, P. (1992). Postmodernism and the human sciences. In S. Kvale (Ed.) Psychology and postmodernism (pp. 88-109). London: Sage
46. Lowe, R. (1993). Postmodern themes and therapeutic practices: Notes towards the definition of 'family therapy': Part 2. Dulwich Centre Newsletter, 3, 41-52.
47. Lyotard, J. F. (1979/1984). The postmodern condition: A report on knowledge. (G. Bennington & B. Massumi, Trans.). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
48. Marks, D. (1993). Case conference analysis and action research. In E. Burman & I. Parker (Eds.). Discourse analytic research: Repertoires and readings of texts in action (pp. 135-154). New York: Routledge.
49. Maynard, M. (1992). Methods, practice, and epistemology: The debate about feminism and research. In M. Maynard & J. Purvis (Eds.), Researching women's lives from a feminist perspective (pp. 10-26). London, Britian: Taylor and Francis.
50. McHugh, M. C. (1990). Gender issues in psychotherapy: Victim blame/woman blame. Invited address presented at the annual meeting of the American psychological association, Boston, MA.
51. McHugh, M. C. (1993). Studying battered women and batterers: Feminist perspectives on methodology. In M. Hansen & M. Harway (Eds.), Battering and family therapy: A feminist approach (pp. 54-69). Newbury Park, CA: Sage
52. McHugh, M. C., Koeske, R., & Frieze, I. (1986). Issues to consider in conducting nonsexist psychological research: A guide for researchers. American Psychologist, 41, 879-890.
53. McHugh, M. C., Frieze, I., & Browne, K. (1992). Research on battered women and their assailants. In M. Paludi & F. Denmrk (Eds.). Psychology of women: A handbook of issues and theories (231-276). Westport, CT: Greenwood.
54. McHugh, M. C., & Cosgrove, L. (1998). Research for women: Feminist methods. In D. Ashcraft (Ed.), Women's work: A survey of scholarship by and about women (pp. 19-43). New York: Haworth Press.
55. Morawski, J. (1994). Practicing feminism, reconstructing psychology: Notes on a liminal science. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
56. Mulvey, A. (1988). Community psychology and feminism: Tensions and commonalties. Journal of Community Psychology, 16, 70-83.
57. Nicholson, L. (1990). (Ed.). Feminism/postmodernism. New York: Routledge.
58. Potter, J., & Wetherell, M. (1996). Discourse and psychology: Beyond attitudes and behavior. London: Sage Publications.
59. Prilleltensky, I. (1989). Psychology and the status quo. American Psychologist, 44, 517-535.
60. Prilleltensky, I. (1997). Values, assumptions and practices: Assessing the moral implications of psychological discourse and action. American Psychologist, 52, 517-535.
61. Prilleltensky, I., & Nelson, G. (1997). Community psychology: Reclaiming social justice. In D. Fox & I. Prilleltensky (Eds.), Critical psychology: An introduction (pp. 166-184). London: Sage.
62. Rappaport, J. (1981). In praise of paradox: A social policy of empowerment over prevention. American Journal of Community Psychology, 9, 1-25.
63. Rappaport, J. (1985). The power of empowerment. Social Policy, 15, 12-24.
64. Rappaport, J. (1987). Terms of empowerment/exemplars of prevention: Toward a theory for community psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology, 15, 121-148.
65. Rappaport, J. (1990). Research methods and the empowerment social agenda. In P. Tolan, C. Keys, F. Chertok, & J. Leonard (Eds.), Researching community psychology: Issues of theory and methods (pp. 51-63). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
66. Rappaport, J. (1994). Empowerment as a guide to doing research: Diversity as a positive value. In E. J. Trickett, R. J. Watts, & D. Birman (Eds.), Human diversity: Perspectives on people in context (pp. 359-382). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
67. Rappaport, J., & Stewart, E. (1997). A look at critical psychology: Elaborating the questions. (301-317). In D. Fox & I. Prilleltensky (Eds.), Critical psychology: An introduction. London: Sage.
68. Reinharz, S. (1992). Feminist methods in social research. New York: Oxford University Press.
69. Riger, S. (1993). What's wrong with empowerment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 2, 279-293.
70. Saegart, S., & Winkel, G. (1996). Oaths to community empowerment: Organizing at home. American Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 517-550.
71. Said, E. (1986). Orientalism reconsidered. In F. Barker (Ed.), Literature, politics, and theory (pp. 210-229). New York: Mehtuen.
72. Sanger (1998). Outcome assessments for battered women's shelters. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology, Baltimore, MD.
73. Serrano-Garcia. I., & Bond, M. (1994). Empowering the silent ranks: Introduction. American Journal of Community Psychology, 22, 433-445.
74. Sherif, C. W. (1979). Bias in psychology. In S. Harding (Ed.), Feminism and methodology (pp. 37-57). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
75. Stanley, L., & Wise, S. (1993). Method, methodology, and epistemology in feminist research process. In L. Stanely (Ed.), Feminist praxis: Research, Theory and epistemology in feminist sociology (pp. 20-60). New York: Routledge.
76. Tavris, C. (1994) Reply to Brown and Gilligan. Feminism and Psychology, 4, 350-352.
77. Tolan, P., Chertok, F., Keys, C., & Jason, L. (1990). Conversing about theories, methods, and community research. In P. Tolan et al. (Eds.). Researching community psychology: Issues of theory and methods (pp. 3-8). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
78. Trickett, E. J. (1996). A future for community psychology: The contexts of diversity and the diversity of contexts. American Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 209-229.
79. Tricket, E. J., Kelly, J. G., & Vincent, T. A. (1985). The spirit of ecological inquiry in community research. In E. Susskind & D. Klein (Eds.), Community research: Methods, paradigms, and applications. New York: Praeger.
80. Unger, R. (1983). Through the looking glass: No wonderland yet! Psychology of Women Quarterly, 8, 9-31.
81. Unger, R. (1989). Sex, gender and epistemology. In M. Crawford & M. Gentry (Eds.), Gender and thought: Psychological perspectives (pp. 17-35). New York: Sringer-Verlag.
82. Ussher, J. (1992). Women's madness: Misogyny or mental illness? Amherst, MA: The University of Massachusetts Press.
83. Weedon, C. (1987). Feminist practice and poststructuralist theory. Cambridge MA: Blackwell.
84. West, C., & Zimmerman, D. H. (1987). Doing gender. Gender and Society, 1, 125-151.
85. Wetherell, M. (1995). Romantic discourse and feminist analysis: Interrogating investment, power and desire. In S. Wilkinson, & Kitzinger, C. (Eds.) Feminism and discourse: Psychological perspectives (pp. 128-144). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
86. Wilkinson, S., & Kitzinger, C. (1995). (Eds.), Feminism and discourse: Psychological perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
87. Worell, J., & Remer, P. (1996). Feminist perspectives in therapy. New York: Wiley & Sons.