Quantitative research plays an instrumental role in facilitating health and wellness. Effective interventions are developed, assessed, and refined through the application of logic and empirical evidence in a scientific milieu characterized by diverse views. However, the increasing colonization of academic discourse by postmodern/critical theory (PCT) may undermine foundational concepts upon which quantitative research rests. The postpositivist tradition in which quantitative methods are embedded emphasizes probabilistic truth, logic, empirical evidence, and the interplay of diverse, frequently conflicting perspectives. Conversely, some currents of thought within PCT emphasize multiple realities, intuition, personal stories of lived experience, and the exclusion of views that challenge PCT tenets. The increasing adoption of these concepts in academia may limit or even delegitimize quantitative research as currently practiced in social work. We conclude by arguing that social work clients are best served by a scientific discourse that values multiple theoretical frameworks, research methodologies, and scientists operating from different social locations.

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社会工作定量研究的终结？后现代/批判理论对学术界日益殖民化所构成的威胁


定量研究在促进健康和保健方面发挥着重要作用。通过在以不同观点为特征的科学环境中应用逻辑和经验证据来开发、评估和完善有效的干预措施。然而，后现代/批判理论 （PCT） 对学术话语的日益殖民可能会破坏定量研究所依赖的基本概念。嵌入定量方法的后实证主义传统强调概率真理、逻辑、经验证据以及各种、经常相互冲突的观点的相互作用。相反，PCT 内部的一些思潮强调多重现实、直觉、个人生活经历的故事，并排除挑战 PCT 原则的观点。这些概念在学术界的日益普及可能会限制甚至使目前社会工作中实践的定量研究失去合法性。我们最后认为，社会工作客户最好由重视多种理论框架、研究方法和来自不同社会地点的科学家的科学话语服务。