Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ανακλαστικότητα στην Ποιοτική Έρευνα	Κριτήρια Αξιοπιστίας στην Ποιοτική Έρευνα
Πεδίο	Ποιοτική Έρευνα	Ποιοτική Έρευνα
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1990	1985
Δημιουργός	Anthony Giddens and Pierre Bourdieu	Yvonna Lincoln and Egon Guba
Τύπος	Concept	Framework
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Finlay, L. (2002). Outing the researcher: The provenance, process, and practice of reflexivity. Qualitative Health Research, 12(4), 531-545.	Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (1985). Naturalistic Inquiry. SAGE Publications. ISBN: 978-0803924314
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	reflexive practice, researcher reflexivity, positionality, reflective practice	trustworthiness criteria, credibility, dependability, confirmability
Συναφείς	4	4
Σύνοψη	Reflexivity is the practice of examining how the researcher's identity, assumptions, relationships, and values influence the research process and findings. Rather than treating objectivity as achievable detachment, reflexivity acknowledges that the researcher is embedded within the research and cannot be fully separated from it. Originating in sociology and anthropology, reflexivity has become central to qualitative research rigor across disciplines. Reflexive researchers critically examine their own influence at each stage: research design, participant recruitment, data collection, interpretation, and presentation. This transparency strengthens rigor by making visible the lens through which data are collected and interpreted.	Trustworthiness is a framework for evaluating the quality and rigor of qualitative research, developed by Lincoln and Guba (1985) as an alternative to quantitative criteria (internal validity, external validity, reliability, objectivity). The framework comprises five criteria: credibility (findings are accurate and grounded in data), transferability (findings apply to other contexts), dependability (findings are consistent and defensible), confirmability (findings reflect the data and participants' perspectives, not researcher bias), and authenticity (research reflects diverse viewpoints and promotes understanding). This framework has become standard for assessing qualitative research across disciplines and guides researchers in designing and reporting rigorous qualitative studies.