Transdisciplinary solutions to methodological and ethical problems in performing arts psychology

Area of Science:

• Performing Arts Psychology
• Performance Science
• Transdisciplinary Research

Background:

• Performing arts psychology faces challenges with homogenous samples (WEIRD problem) and overgeneralized practice conceptions.
• Subject-specific disciplines study performance practices differently, leading to knowledge silos.
• Current psychological definitions of performance risk overgeneralization and lack equity.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose a transdisciplinary research model for performing arts psychology.
• To address the ethical implications of homogenous samples and overgeneralized concepts.
• To integrate scientific, subject-specific, and practice-based knowledge and ethics.

Main Methods:

• Developing a transdisciplinary research model.
• Analyzing the triad of research ethics: procedural, relational, and equity.
• Bridging methodological and ethical approaches across research domains.

Main Results:

• Transdisciplinary research can lead to more inclusive samples and diversified methods.
• Grounded research questions and widely applicable results are potential benefits.
• Negotiating across methodological and ethical paradigms can solve existing problems.

Conclusions:

• Transdisciplinary research offers a viable solution to the WEIRD problem and overgeneralized concepts in performing arts psychology.
• Integrating diverse ethical values and methodological approaches is key to inclusive and equitable research.
• Bridges between different research domains can overcome limitations in current practices and ethics.