Applied qualitative research in psychology

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    • Brooks, Joanna
    • King, Nigel

Bibliographic Information

Applied qualitative research in psychology

edited by Joanna Brooks and Nigel King

(Macmillan education)

Palgrave, 2017

  • : hardback

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References : at the end of each chapter

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

With a highly pragmatic, yet rigorous and pragmatically driven approach, this edited book explores demonstrates qualitative research with an applied approach. Using not only theory but real world setting, readers are introduced to the function and relevance of qualitative methods in psychological research. Exemplified through the contributions of various experts from across the different sub-disciplines of psychology, this text takes a versatile approach to explaining methods in research and covers a broad range of methods in a variety of settings. This book will appeal to those with an interest in qualitative methods across the spectrum of psychology and beyond. Offering an introduction to applied qualitative research in psychology with a distinctively applied approach, this title is apt for undergraduate psychology students taking modules in research methods, executing research-based projects or those undertaking Masters and taught doctoral level programs in psychology.

Table of Contents

  • SECTION 1: INTRODUCING APPLIED QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY 1. Applying Qualitative Research in Psychology
  • Joanna Brooks and Nigel King 2. Approaches to Qualitative Psychology
  • Joanna Brooks and Nigel King 3. Carrying Out an Applied Qualitative Research Project
  • Nigel King and Joanna Brooks SECTION 2: REAL WORLD EXAMPLES OF APPLIED QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 4. Exploring Men's Experiences of Diagnosis and Treatment for Prostate Cancer
  • Peter Branney, Clare Strickland, Frances Darby, Lisa White and Sunjay Jain 5. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Psychology in Organisational Research with Working Carers
  • Leah Tomkins 6. Participatory Methods in Research with Children: The Scripted Cartoons Narrative of Bullying (SCAN) Drawings Method
  • Helen Cowie and Dawn Jennifer 7. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in Conjunction with the Think Aloud Technique to Examine Experience of Living with Disfiguring Conditions with a View to Developing Psychosocial Interventions
  • Andrew Thompson 8. Methods for Community Research, Action and Change
  • Michael Murray and Katie Wright-Bevans 9. Using Discourse Analysis in Social Psychology
  • Kirsty Budds, Abigail Locke and Viv Burr 10. Digging Deeper: Using Grounded Theory to Explore Meanings of Gardens and Gardening across the Lifespan
  • Harriet Gross and Vicky Alfrey 11. Understanding Disability, Physical Activity and Sport through Innovative Qualitative Methods: Mobile Interviewing, Autophotography and Creative Non fiction
  • Brett Smith and Anthony Papathomas 12. Exploring the Response to Diversity and Equality in English Prisons: An Appreciative Inquiry
  • Victoria Lavis, Charles Elliott and Malcolm Cowburn 13. Using Construct Elicitation and Laddering in the Education of Social Work Students: Exercises in Reflexive Practice
  • Viv Burr and Nigel King 14. The Pictor Technique: Exploring Experiences of Collaborative Working from the Perspectives of Generalist and Specialist Nurses
  • Nigel King, Joanna Brooks, Alison Bravington, Beth Hardy, Jane Melvin and David Wilde SECTION 3: ISSUES IN APPLYING QUALITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN REAL WORLD SETTINGS 15. Using Multiple Methods in Applied Qualitative Research
  • Rachel Shaw and David Hiles 16. Public Involvement in Qualitative Research
  • Delia Muir 17. Disseminating Qualitative Research: From Clarity of Writing to Collaborative Action
  • Flora Cornish and Sarah Honeywell

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Details

  • NCID
    BB25740857
  • ISBN
    • 9781137359155
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 295 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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