Mcq 6
Download and study the following research article:
Langa, M. (2017). Boys to men: Narrating life stories of fatherhood and work life
amongst young black men. PINS, 55, 61 - 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2309-
8708/2017/n55a5
Use the following URL link https://www.pins.org.za/pins/pins55/langa.pdf
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From question 58 mcq questions and answers and feedback is included
Item Rate Rating item (R.R.I) Justification
01 3 01. The title contains at least one Yes, the item criterion is achieved and a
central psychological construct rating of 3 (sufficiently up to standard) is
from the research proposal or allocated.
study. "fatherhood" and "work life" are key
psychological constructs.
02 3 02. The title indicates the research Yes, the item criterion is achieved and a
setting or demographic information rating of 3 (sufficiently up to standard) is
of the sample population. Any one of allocated.
the following is sufficient: where, The who: "Boys to men", "young black
who, when, under what men", and the what: "fatherhood and work
life", "life stories" are indicated.
, circumstances, or the phenomenon
that is being investigated.
03 2 03. The title points to, or refers to 2 The item criterion is not fully achieved. A
the research method, design or rating of 2 (only partially addressed) is
paradigm. This may be signalled by allocated.
a keyword or phrase such as: “lived Although the research method is signalled,
experiences”, “perceptions”, i.e. "narrating" points to a "narrative
“attitudes”, “constructions”, approach" that places the story of each
“discourses”, “quasi-experimental”, participant at centre stage in the data
“critical study”, “psychometric analysis. It is also mentioned that "Life
properties”, “correlational study”, stories" were used and this point to a
“inferential study”, and so on. qualitative approach.
However, photovoice as the main method
or (auto-)photography is not expressly
mentioned.
The method or design that was used in the
study is "photo voice" or auto-photography
followed by semi-structured individual
interviews ("Auto-photography" by
Noland, 2006; "photo-biographical
research" by Blackbeard and Lindegger,
2007; and "Photovoice" by Kessi, 2011).
The different names for the research
method are not discussed, nor unpacked in
the article. The approach or paradigm is
also not unpacked. It is not stated whether
this participatory action research, or
liberatory psychology, or interpretive
research, or narrative research, or
psychohistory/ psychobiography, or other.
This omission makes the exact approach
and research design unclear.
04 3 04. The abstract indicates the The abstract (or summary/ executive
research interest, issue or summary) is provided at the beginning of
problem. the article.
Yes, the item criterion is achieved and a
rating of 3 (sufficiently up to standard) is
allocated.
The research interest, issue or problem is
indicated: " the life stories of young black
men, specifically how they negotiate their
masculine identities over time." And
"tracked a group of young black men over a
period of nine years, from when they were
adolescent boys (between the ages of 13
and 18 years), until they were young adults
(between the ages of 23 to 26 years
at the time of the writing)."
