Abstract

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is used increasingly in leisure research to foster equitable relationships and social change, yet individuals who disseminate CBPR remain fraught with the challenges of upholding CBPR’s central values and principles in the daily practices of CBPR. In this analysis we examine the promises and challenges of integrating mental health ‘peer’ research participants into all phases of the CBPR process. While peers’ experiences were largely positive, reflections from team members revealed ongoing tensions in attending to power differences between academic researchers and peers - what the research team called “self-other” constructions. Our efforts to unsettle ‘self-other’ constructions built peers’ capacity and personal growth but perpetuated role distinctions, power inequalities, and tensions around structure and control. These tensions are highly instructive for leisure researchers “to reimagine leisure studies and its role in helping society understand, confront, and address complex social challenges” (Glover, 2015 Glover, T. D. (2015). Leisure research for social impact. Journal of Leisure Research, 47(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2015.11950348[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], p. 1).

摘要

基于社区的参与式研究 (CBPR) 越来越多地用于休闲研究，以促进公平的关系和社会变革，但传播 CBPR 的个人仍然充满挑战，在 CBPR 的日常实践中维护 CBPR 的核心价值观和原则。在这项分析中，我们研究了将心理健康“同行”研究参与者整合到 CBPR 过程的所有阶段的前景和挑战。虽然同行的经历基本上是积极的，但团队成员的反思表明，在关注学术研究人员和同行之间的权力差异方面存在持续的紧张关系——研究团队称之为“自我-他者”结构。我们打破“自我-他者”建构的努力建立了同龄人的能力和个人成长，但使角色差异、权力不平等、以及围绕结构和控制的紧张局势。这些紧张关系对于休闲研究人员“重新构想休闲研究及其在帮助社会理解、应对和应对复杂的社会挑战方面的作用”具有重要指导意义（格洛弗，2015年 格洛弗，TD（2015 年）。休闲社会影响研究。轴颈休闲研究的，47（1），1 - 14。https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2015.11950348 [Taylor & Francis Online]，[Web of Science®]  ，[Google Scholar]，p。1）。