Qualitative Research Commission Report
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Abstract
In August 2012, the Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF) published an exchange on qualitative research (LaRossa, 2012a, with comments by Lareau, 2012, Matthews, 2012, and Roy, 2012, and a reply by LaRossa, 2012b). In the exchange, LaRossa recommended that a qualitative research commission (QRC) be formed to facilitate a conversation about the qualitative-research culture of JMF and the culture of qualitative family research overall. The idea for a QRC grew out of several overlapping issues: (a) the feeling that considerable confusion exists over what constitutes good qualitative family research; (b) a concern that an assortment of scholars were choosing not to submit their qualitative manuscripts to JMF; (c) questions about the number of qualitative articles in JMF being relatively low; and (d) the possibility that some of the most innovative qualitative family research may not appear in the journal.