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This updated edition of
Qualitative Research in Psychology brings together a diverse group of scholars to illuminate the value that qualitative methods bring to studying psychological phenomena in depth and in context.
List of contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Paul M. Camic Part 1. Laying the Foundations: The Pluralistic Approaches of Qualitative Inquiry Chapter 1. Going Around the Bend and Back: Qualitative Inquiry in Psychological Research
Paul M. Camic Chapter 2. Choosing a Qualitative Method: A Pragmatic, Pluralistic Perspective
Chris Barker and Nancy Pistrang Chapter 3. Narrative in Qualitative Psychology: Approaches and Methodological Consequences
Michael Bamberg Chapter 4. Information Power: Sample Content and Size in Qualitative Studies
Kirsti Malterud, Volkert Siersma, and Ann Dorrit Guassora Part 2. Methodologies for Qualitative Researchers: Helping to Understand the World Around Us Chapter 5. Participation, Power, and Solidarities Behind Bars: A 25-Year Reflection on Critical Participatory Action Research on College in Prison
Michelle Fine, Maria Elena Torre, Kathy Boudin, and Cheryl Wilkins Chapter 6. Doing Narrative Research
Michael Murray Chapter 7. Discursive Psychology: Capturing the Psychological World as It Unfolds
Jonathan Potter Chapter 8. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Jonathan A. Smith and Megumi Fieldsend Chapter 9. Situational Analysis: Mapping Relationalities in Psychology
Rachel Washburn, Adele Clarke, and Carrie Friese Chapter 10. What Lies Beneath? Eliciting Grounded Theory Through the Analysis of Video-Recorded Verbal and Nonverbal Interactions
Colin Griffiths Chapter 11. Under Observation: Line Drawing as an Investigative Method in Focused Ethnography
Andrew Causey Part 3. Developing and Expanding Qualitative Research Chapter 12. Into the Ordinary: Lessons Learned From a Mixed-Methods Study in the Homes of People Living With Dementia
Emma Harding, Mary Pat Sullivan, Keir X. X. Yong, and Sebastian J. Crutch Chapter 13. Using Qualitative Research for Intervention Development and Evaluation
Lucy Yardley, Katherine Bradbury, and Leanne Morrison Chapter 14. Qualitative Meta-Analysis: Issues to Consider in Design and Review
Kathleen M. Collins and Heidi M. Levitt
About the author
Paul M. Camic,
PhD, is Emeritus Professor at Canterbury Christ Church University and Honorary Professor of Health Psychology at the Dementia Research Centre, University College London. He has taught qualitative research methods for over 25 years and has published widely using a range of quantitative and qualitative methods. His research interests include the arts, health, and well-being, focusing on older people, those with mental health problems, and those with dementia. He was founding co-editor of the journal
Arts & Health from 2009 to 2018 and co-editor of the
Oxford Textbook of Creative Arts, Health, and Wellbeing (published in 2015). He is a Professorial Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, and his research on the use of museums and art galleries to address problems of social isolation and loneliness has won awards from Public Health England and the Royal Society for Public Health, as well as a Museums and Heritage Award for Best Educational Initiative.
Summary
Brings together a diverse group of scholars to illuminate the value that qualitative methods bring to studying psychological phenomena in depth and in context. A range of techniques, guiding paradigms, and rich case examples are explored. Thoroughly updated chapters reflect advances in this dynamic field.
