Reflections on the Prospects and Perils of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Emic Research
As scholars who have been engaged in interdisciplinary emic measure development, we provide our reflections on the prospects and perils of this kind of engagement. We contrast the approach we have in mind with other interdisciplinary activities; we commend engaging social scientists, philosophers, a...
| Published in: | Journal of psychology and christianity |
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| Subtitles: | "Special issue: Measurement of emic Christian construct" |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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| In: |
Journal of psychology and christianity
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Interdisciplinary research
/ Christianity
/ Psychology
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| RelBib Classification: | CF Christianity and Science ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Philosophers
B Theologians B Hazards B Social scientists B Test validity |
| Summary: | As scholars who have been engaged in interdisciplinary emic measure development, we provide our reflections on the prospects and perils of this kind of engagement. We contrast the approach we have in mind with other interdisciplinary activities; we commend engaging social scientists, philosophers, and theologians in collaboration across all of the phases of the measurement development process, from the development of theory, through the creation of items, to the completion of construct validity work. We describe the values that emerge from interdisciplinary collaboration for emic Christian measure development: overcoming disciplinary limitations, benefiting from distinct knowledge traditions, generating new insights, and increasing communication beyond academic guilds. We next cover three kinds of challenges and obstacles that may weaken the likelihood of success. First, social scientists and philosophers/theologians may have certain assumptions about those from the other disciplines and each practitioner may be unaware of critical concepts of disciplines outside their own. Second, approaches to both method and content differ. Third, researchers from various fields are socialized into contrasting forms and conventions of dissemination. In the final section, we suggest means for overcoming these challenges through careful planning and the cultivation of collegial dispositions, such as intellectual humility, humor, hospitality, and trust. |
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| ISSN: | 0733-4273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and christianity
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