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Vignette selection for ethical reflections: a selection procedure for vignettes to investigate staff reflections on the ethical challenges in interaction with people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- ØSTBY May, BJØRKLY Stål
- Journal article citation:
- Ethics and Social Welfare, 5(3), 2011, pp.277-295.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
Care staff in Norway normally work in the private homes of people with intellectual disabilities. Staff experience ethical challenges daily in their interactions with their clients. The aim of this paper is to introduce a vignette validation procedure for selection of practice-close vignettes that can be used to elicit and explore staff reflections on ethical challenges in their work. Twenty staff participants were recruited from different municipalities in one county of Norway. To develop vignettes with good internal validity, the validation process consisted of: a field study to identify situations to be included as vignettes; a six-step categorization process to select vignettes with good internal validity; transforming the situations into vignettes; including removal of elements that were too leading or constricting; testing the familiarity and relevance of the preliminary sample of vignettes; final selection of four vignettes to be included in the investigation; and a validation of the four vignettes’ familiarity and practical relevance as ethical challenges by the final sample of interviewees. Preliminary experience indicates that the validation procedure enhanced the selection of vignettes to elicit staff perceptions and reflections on daily ethical challenges.