Giving voices to Jamaican Canadian immigrant women: a heuristic inquiry study

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dc.contributor.authorDixon, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorAmin, Dania
dc.contributor.authorArthur, Nancy M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-11T19:57:42Z
dc.date.available2023-08-11T19:57:42Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionOpen access article. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) applies
dc.description.abstractThe Heuristic Inquiry (HI) qualitative method applied in this study explored the role of Pentecostal faith in the post-migration lived experiences of Jamaican Canadian immigrant women (JCIW). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven JCIW whose Pentecostal faith helped them to reconstruct their cultural identity post-migration. The creative flexibility of HI allowed for the integration of the primary researcher’s (i.e., first author's) voice into the study alongside those of the co-researchers. Positioning the study within a postmodern social constructionism theoretical framework created space for multiple realities to emerge that were constructed through social interaction and language. These realities were evident in the unique ways in which the JCIW used faith to reconstruct their cultural identity during the migration process. Results revealed four key categories and 10 salient themes which were used to inform theory, research, and practice for counseling professionals. Recommendations for future research in using HI and the topic of cultural identity are discussed.
dc.description.peer-reviewYes
dc.identifier.citationDixon, S. P., Amin, D., & Arthur, N. M. (2023). Giving voices to Jamaican Canadian immigrant women: A heuristic inquiry study. The Qualitative Report, 28(7), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2023.4775
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6563
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNSUWorks
dc.publisher.facultyEducation
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridge
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of South Australia
dc.publisher.urlhttps://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2023.4775
dc.subjectHeuristic inquiry
dc.subjectCultural identity reconstruction
dc.subjectJamaican Canadian immigrant women
dc.subjectPentecostal faith
dc.subjectPostmodern social constructionism theoretical framework
dc.subjectPost-migration
dc.subject.lcshHeuristic
dc.subject.lcshGroup identity--Case studies
dc.subject.lcshJamaican Canadians
dc.subject.lcshWomen immigrants--Canada--Interviews
dc.subject.lcshPentecostal women--Canada
dc.titleGiving voices to Jamaican Canadian immigrant women: a heuristic inquiry study
dc.typeArticle
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