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Considerations for conducting psychological research in lower- and middle-income countries

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: For over a decade now, it has been established that more psychological research needs to include samples from lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) 1 . Scholars have also pointed out the many challenges that are involved in doing research in low-resource settings, including restricted funding, ethical considerations, and power imbalances, such as adequately reflecting collaborations with local partners in academic authorship 2 . Here, we—two early-career psychologists from Germany and India and one global health researcher from the UK who all conducted field work in LMICs—summarize key questions and concerns that we wish someone would have told us before conducting our research in Ethiopia, Myanmar, Thailand, and India. While there is a need for more psychological research in LMIC, we need to proceed with caution and with the goals of trying to contribute to capacity strengthening and benefiting communities.

Source: Communications Psychology

DOI: 10.1038/s44271-024-00168-4

Authors: Samia C. Akhter-Khan, Sakshi Ghai, Rosie Mayston

Institutions: King's College London, London School of Economics and Political Science

Language: English

Topic: Psychology Research and Bibliometrics

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Partnerships for the goals, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,090