- Nagging is an expression of dissatisfaction through incessant verbal remarks.
- Nagging contains insinuations, comparisons, mocks and advice.
- Mothers aren't the only group of people who nag. Father, son, daughter, sister also nag.
- It may occur many times in a day.
- It can happen in a few minutes or lasts for about an hour.
- The participants also nag and they emulate the way the naggers (their mothers) nag.
- One of them react verbally to the nagger if she feels she is innocent.
- They keep silent if they feel the nagger is right about the claims.
- Mother's nagging serve as a deterrent.
- Compliance (doing what was nagged by the mother) is a way to keep her to cease from nagging.
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I'm curious about where one starts.
If I recall, in Awareness of Dying, the authors investigated this area because there was a lot of mystery to it -- something to do with Strauss' mother had recently died in a hospital and there was a lot of mystery around it? (I can't remember exactly.)
When we go into a substantive area such as "nagging," what don't we know about it? You nag, I nag, we all nag. Don't we? Is there someone who doesn't nag? That would be interesting to follow.
LD, after a few conversations with some participants, suddenly I have this idea that I'll never get anywhere with this "nagging" thing. I don't know why. Am I in the right substantive area? Or am I just hoping for something to emerge? Andy Lowe wanted me to proceed with this "nagging" thing but I'm worried nothing will appear. Help me!
I'll be honest with you, I wondered if "nagging" would be too broad, but I'm always open to new possibilities and so I went along.
As for substantive area, it strikes me that it would be a lot easier to go into an area that we don't have that much knowledge about. For instance, I would be so interested in studying what is the main concern for Malay government servants, because I don't know much about this "substantive area." I imagine I could more easily (with a fresher more impartial perspective) identify an underlying theory to the actions of those deep into the main concern.
If I were you, having struggled with the challenge of studying an area that I already know a lot about (and don't we know what nagging is about?), I would go with this other area of research you had mentioned about -- talking to those non-Malay government servants and learning from them what is their main concern. That would make a very interesting study and probably generate some new theory that we've not really looked at.
As for proceeding with this nagging idea, if I were you, I would ask around to see if anyone knows of someone who doesn't nag, and go interview him/her to ask their perspective. Something new might come up.
Of course, I speak as one who is very new and young in GT. I am still very much in learning mode.
p.s. All the above is NOT to say that your notes on nagging are not interesting. They are. In addition to what I said, I imagine that you can ask theoretically sensitized questions of any one of those points you've listed (e.g. what makes nagging last a few minutes, what makes it last an hour).
LD,
I thought I was the only one thinking as you did. I knew this "nagging" thing was not something that I should focus on. I was more interested to study the "Lonely Minority". But my supervisor insisted that I do the "nagging" thing. She also knew of the "Lonely Minority" but she presumed that the topic was not "communication" enough.
LD... I hope you obtain your PhD ASAP so that you can help me with my situation here.
Thank you so much for your insights LD. I may need more, you know.
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