Description
Looking to use qualitative methods in psychology research? This book takes a unique approach to showing readers how.
Its expert contributors use the same dataset to illustrate six commonly used qualitative approaches, including thematic analysis, interpretative phenomenological analysis and narrative analysis. Demonstrating the nuances of these different approaches, the book offers clear guidelines on how to actually do qualitative analysis.
This fully-updated third edition:
- Includes new chapters surveying contemporary qualitative research methods and diving deeper into discourse analysis and discursive psychology
- Adds a new focus group dataset and chapter on this popular method of data collection
- Enables students to engage in qualitative research that is theoretically-informed, ethical, reflexive and of high quality.
This book is the perfect companion for any undergraduate or postgraduate student conducting qualitative research in psychology.
Table of Contents
Part I: Doing design
Chapter 1: Introducing qualitative methods in psychology - Jo Brooks & Simon Goodman
Chapter 2: Theory and method in qualitative psychology - Cath Sullivan
Chapter 3: Research ethics in qualitative research - Nigel King & Cath Sullivan
Chapter 4: Quality in qualitative research - Nollaig Frost, Deborah Bailey-Rodriguez, & Frauke Elichoaff
Chapter 5: Conducting literature reviews - Cassandra Screti, Gemma Heath & Rachel Shaw
Part II: Doing data collection
Chapter 6: The interview in qualitative research - Nigel King & Siobhan Hugh-Jones
Chapter 7: The focus group in qualitative research - Craig Owen, Christine Campbell & Emily McKendrick
Chapter 8: Beyond interviews and focus groups: Alternative approaches to data collection - Stephen Gibson & Sarah Riley
Chapter 9: Introducing our data sets - Stephen Gibson, Cath Sullivan & Craig Owen
Part III: Doing data analysis: Practical examples
Chapter 10: Thematic analysis - Leanne Etheridge & Cath Sullivan
Chapter 11: Interpretative phenomenological analysis - William Day and Rachel Shaw
Chapter 12: Narrative analysis - Deborah Rodriguez, Nollaig Frost & Frauke Elichoaff
Chapter 13: Discourse analysis - Sarah Riley
Chapter 14: Discursive psychology - Sally Wiggins
Chapter 15: Grounded theory - Alasdair Gordon-Finlayson
