Researching distressing topics: Emotional reflexivity and emotional labor in the secondary analysis of children and young people's narratives of abuse

SAGE Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Jackson, Sharon ^a   Backett Milburn, Kathryn ^b   Newall, Elinor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Emotional labor; Emotions; Qualitative research; Secondary analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883207575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244013490705     Document Type: Article

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